Posted on 07/18/2005 3:48:32 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle
There has been much speculation about what Tom Tancredo said on the now famous interview last Friday on WFLA-AM in Orlando, Fla.
From what I am reading here on FR, much of that speculation is wrong.
Tancredo was, in fact, suggesting that we consider (not implement, just consider implementing) a strategy similar to the strategy that Reagan used to win the Cold War.
Listen for yourself. HERE
If you think Tancredo is a nut case, and you don't want to change your thinking, move along, this clip isn't for you. Just post your thoughts without listening.
Personally I don't believe the outrage we see here at FR has anything to do with his comments about a retaliatory strike. I saw one poster make a wild claim that Tancredo is a drug dealer a few weeks back.
That said, he should be smart enough to know that anything he says will/would be twisted around and used badly against him.
He is to smart to let himself get trapped like this normally, but he slipped up here, and now all he can do is wait it out.
There won't be any major backlash, and this won't be a big story in the grand scheme of things, chalk it up as a lesson learned on how the media can twist ya, and be more careful next time.
The majority doesn't care.
A discredit Tancredo cabal at FR and afoot in this nation?
I'm shocked, I tell ya, shocked!.. lol
Contemplation yes. Telegraphing a punch no. I think reducing Damascus and Tehran to rubble is first on the table Mecca is not. Unless you project a credible threat there is no way you can run a house to house winning strategy against Islam. They can produce mad bombers faster than you can root them out and mad dirty bomb bombers are in the batter's box. Strategic planning for a response to a dirty bomb is essential unless we want to die of 100 dirty bombs. I hate to admit it but I do think radical Islam is merely the military arm of the world Islamic movement which has always been "a convert by the sword" evangelic religion. The idea that "moderate Islam" actually opposes the work of their military is not born out yet by their actions and activities.
My new tagline says it all.
I don't think Tom really wanted to be President anyway.
Would you? l;-)
By Rocky Mountain News
July 18, 2005
Comments made by Rep. Tom Tancredo on Friday during an on-air interview on radio station WFLA in Orlando, Fla. Host Pat Campbell and the congressman were discussing the possibility of future terrorist attacks inside the United States.
I heard that interview too, and that's what prompted this post.
During the Cold War there were scores of people who thought Regean was nuts. During this war there will be scores of people who think Tancredo and similar thinkers are nuts.
Once the viewpoint Tancredo voiced is implemented we will probably have rounded the corner on this was.
I enjoy political correctness as much as the next guy(:D), but at some point you have to defend yourself. Especially if we start losing 500,000 at a time.
Why wait? How many more Americans have to die before we drop the "big un on em.?"
Let us be frank, Tancredo voiced a thought that concerns many of us. If Washington D.C. is obliterated there will be a tidal wave of demands that we take out Makka. Also, let us also be frank about something else, should a Muslim bomb take out Tel Aviv then Makka will be ashes.
Question:
If America is attacked again, this time with nukes, biological/toxin weapons, radiation (dirty) bombs etc, contaminating our cities for years, killing thousands, possibly millions, sending our economy into the dark ages, what would be your suggested response?
I think it would be foolish for any foreign power, or terrorist, to believe that a Muslim terrorist, be it al-qaede or what have you, detonating a nuclear weapon in a US city wouldn't trigger an immediate, earth-shaking response which would have a far-reaching, devastating impact on the Muslim world.
I'm glad Tancredo is made of tougher stuff. If we used your standard as the standard as to when and what we would say, Rush wouldn't be on the air.
Nor Laura Inghram, Hugh Hewitt, Sean Hannity.............the list is endless.
Even President Bush would never step in front of a microphone.
Come on! We're Conservatives, and we are cleaning their clocks! Only one time before in the history of this Republic have people been witness to the death and disappearance of a whole political party. Watch and enjoy their verbal spasms. They are their death throes.
I should have checked. Had I looked I would have realized you're in CO. Sorry.
A lot of people don't want to confront the possibilities but the US simply must be prepared for whatever contingency we need.
Oh yeah, and Tom knows he's considered on the fringe by many people but he's willing to take the heat knowing he's right. I believe he will win reelection as long as he wants to stay in the US House. He has too many constituents who agree with him and are thankful he's making the cases he makes.
And your response to #33 is?
Did you think Regean was nuts for impletementing MAD?
tsk tsk
I would expect better from a former US Marine (Or as some on FR refer to us, "Internet Warriors".
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