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2005-07-21 Home Front: Politix
Tancredo's threats against Muslim holy sites spark criticism
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Posted by Jan 2005-07-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1  If it were proven that the Swiss Guards bombed your city would you feel the right to bomb the Vatican in response? He was talking about sites not people.
Posted by Jan 2005-07-21 00:28||   2005-07-21 00:28|| Front Page Top

#2 If the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor I'd feel the need to retaliate against Japan. Oops, that one already happened didn't it?

If Islam continues to attack the west, retaliation against the Islam itself may well be in order. Removing the sources and focal points of Islamic ideology might well be a very productive lesson. While many are quick to point out the potential dangers, few are yet willing to admit that such actions, if they force Muslims to choose sides, will have the effect of more clearly defining the enemy in this conflict and that will be both a welcome and positive development that will greatly shorten the war.

Alternatively think of it this way: Islam reached into the heart of capitalist America and struck down one of capitalist America's enduring symbols; it reached into the heart of American political power and struck at one of the symbols of American political power. But do all capitalists or all Americans now rabidly support unrestricted warfare against Islam? If not why not? Are we not all people and as such should we not all respond the same to similar provocations? If so, is it not the height of bigotry to presume that Muslims will be unable to exercise the same sort of self-control exercised by most non-Muslim Americans following the events of 9/11?

If Tancredo's goal is to open this line of debate then bravo as it's well past time for it to be discussed.
Posted by AzCat 2005-07-21 01:03||   2005-07-21 01:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Tabling retaliation scenarios, makes the enemy think. Tancredo did us a favor, even if their is no current political will to fry the central Muslim cess pools.
Posted by Vlad the Muslim Impaler 2005-07-21 03:36||   2005-07-21 03:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Yeah. I applaud Tancredo. Enough with the sensitivity to Moslem demands.

If they can't take care of the Islamofascists they are breeding, they need to understand that there is a cost associated with their passivity (or support, as most polls show majorities of Moslems support Bin Laden).

We will not win this war if we keep pretending that there is no problem inherent to Islam, that Moslems must fix. Telling them that their tacit support of Islamofascism may lead to the total destruction of their "holy" towns is legitimate and necessary. It should have been said on 9/12.

The choice is entirely theirs.
Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-07-21 03:43||   2005-07-21 03:43|| Front Page Top

#5 "I think all options ought to be on the table." GWB

I do to, and this is one we need to be open about.
Posted by Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-07-21 03:57||   2005-07-21 03:57|| Front Page Top

#6 SPoD, when did GWB say that? It seems like he's prevaricating a bit there "I think" "ought to be on the table". Whereas if he had said "All options are on the table", then it would have been unequivocal (and of course the MSM would have had the vapours!)
Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-07-21 06:34||   2005-07-21 06:34|| Front Page Top

#7 Tony - GWB was talking about military action against Iran in that statement. He had just been asked about the EU dwarfs negotiatons to limit Iran's nuclear program.
Posted by SR-71 2005-07-21 06:46||   2005-07-21 06:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Judaism survived the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem -- twice. In fact, the destruction of the Second Temple accelerated the evolution of the religion from emphasis on sacrifices by the priests to individual prayer and actions, a very good thing, in my opinion. And we still face toward Jerusalem when we pray. Islam could well benefit, as a religion, from that kind of forced evolution, if it is flexible enough to make the change.
Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-21 07:56||   2005-07-21 07:56|| Front Page Top

#9 Let's hope, for all our sakes, that they take Tangredo seriously.
Posted by gromgoru 2005-07-21 08:20||   2005-07-21 08:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Bravo to Rep. Tancredo for refusing to apologize. Now we just need some others to repeat the message so that it sinks in and is not dismissed as a total aberration.
Posted by Neutron Tom 2005-07-21 08:22||   2005-07-21 08:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Gee, he really hit a nerve with that one didn't he. Everyone was thinking it, he just had the balls to say it on TV. Tancredo for President!!!
Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-07-21 08:22||   2005-07-21 08:22|| Front Page Top

#12 So easy to condem what someone else said. Did any of the complainers voice an opinion on how they would do it better? If several nukes went off in US cities, what would YOU do, Howie?

Oh, nver mind...Blame Bush.
Posted by Bobby 2005-07-21 08:39||   2005-07-21 08:39|| Front Page Top

#13 TW wonder if there would have been a return of the tribes if Jerusalem was a crater.... Maybe, maybe not.
Posted by Shipman 2005-07-21 09:47||   2005-07-21 09:47|| Front Page Top

#14 Thanks for the update SR-71 (cool handle by the way!)
Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-07-21 09:49||   2005-07-21 09:49|| Front Page Top

#15 I'm soooo glad he is from my state. Gives me a warm fuzzy....
Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-21 09:58||   2005-07-21 09:58|| Front Page Top

#16 The muzzies have already tried to "off" the Pope and have already threatened to blow up the Vatical.
Posted by milford421 2005-07-21 13:35||   2005-07-21 13:35|| Front Page Top

#17 Sorry, VATICAN
Posted by milford421 2005-07-21 13:36||   2005-07-21 13:36|| Front Page Top

#18 I like Vatical.
The administration building at Berkeley?
Posted by Shipman 2005-07-21 14:36||   2005-07-21 14:36|| Front Page Top

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