One of Prince Charles's purposes in making his first post-Di visit to these shores, according to the Sunday Telegraph, was to communicate his concerns that the United States has been "too confrontational" in its attitudes toward Islam.

One of Prince Charles's purposes in making his first post-Di visit to these shores, according to the Sunday Telegraph, was to communicate his concerns that the United States has been "too confrontational" in its attitudes toward Islam. The Telegraph infers this purpose from Charles's public pro-Muslim statements, and perhaps from insider information. Charles's staff simply said that he never issues "political messages around religion." Whatever Charles's intentions, surely he knows that the United States during the last four years has liberated tens of millions of Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq from despots. He knows this because his own nation has been with us every step of the way. Doesn't the modern monarchy show its discretion "around" politics by understanding the policies of its own elected government?