Before Al Qaeda hit Charlie Hebdo, the satirical French magazine, for running cartoons of Mohammed, Obama’s little press soldier, Jay Carney attacked them for it. (via Ace of Spades)

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Wednesday criticized the “judgment” of a French satirical magazine for publishing cartoons that are critical of the Islamist political movement, amid the routine threat of attacks by Islamists during President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign.

“We are aware that a French magazine published cartoons featuring a figure resembling the prophet Muhammad, and obviously we have questions about the judgment of publishing something like this,” Carney told reporters during a midday press briefing at the White House.

“We know these images will be deeply offensive to many and have the potential be be inflammatory,” Carney said in a prepared statement.

Within the US, Obama and Hillary had pressured YouTube to take down the Innocence of Muslims trailer and arranged to have the man behind it jailed.