Afterwards, the White House said it would continue to focus on "calling for restraint, supporting universal rights and supporting concrete steps that advance political reform."
In the name of "dialogue, " Annan issued statements callingforrestraint from all alike, as if there were no difference between Danish cartoonists and the militant mobs that were looting, burning and in some places killing their own brethren in the Muslim world.
Yet this was sufficient for the citizens' movement callingfor fiscal restraint, spending and tax cuts to have a defining impact on the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives.