Why is President Obama apologising for "that Muslim video"?

Is it just me or, by publicly apologizing for a video he had nothing to do with, has President Obama, in a way, justified the violent protests regarding "that anti Muslim video"? Surely responding in such a mannner gives it some credence it shouldn't get right?

The book of Mormon's been running for ages yet all protests have been peaceful and quiet. No big media coverage, no apology... nothing.

I'm not saying violent protest is right however it obviously works as religion is ridiculed every day but the President only makes a speech when it's violent!

Well said... and thank you :)

because in the US, apparently millions of people think it's ok to believe in batsh!t insane ideals just because of how many people share them. Freedom of speech, not freedom from criticism

I'm worried that this sort of response erodes our freedom of speech. A UK Channel 4 documentary called "Islam: The Untold Story" was broadcast before time of the infamous dodgy video clip trailer that caused such an uproar. The documentary was consequently pulled from repeat transmission just after those shocking events supposedly in response to the Youtube video, while getting over 1000 complaints about it and Tom Holland (the program creator) getting threatening messages.

The documentary is about the rise of Islam following Arabic conquest rather than preceding it. Where was the insult - aside from disagreeing with Islamic scholasticism in preference to historical evidence? It was critical of the evidence for early Islamic belief, so I guess that was insulting to those who place faith only in a book.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm8xKh8eQqU Thankfully it's gone up on YouTube now.)