Paisley’s insult to the President had a calculated political objective

IN THE aftermath of the blacklash against the Danish cartoons, most western governments are still tip-toeing around any mention of the issue for fear of drawing the wrath of the Islamic world on them.

Thankfully, for the world at large, Muslim anger is not directed at Rev Ian Paisley because, in that event, we would have witnessed their wrath a long time ago.

He of the infamous not-an-inch mentality, who likes to be addressed by the title of the honorary doctorate granted by the illustrious Bob Jones University in South Carolina, is a past master at uttering an insult.