Posted on 07/21/2005 11:15:23 PM PDT by ChristianDefender
Upset by radio discussion about bombing Mecca
The controversial lobby group Council on American-Islamic Relations wants the Republican Party to repudiate Rep. Tom Tancredo's discussion in a recent radio interview about the possibility of the U.S. could bombing Mecca if provoked by a nuclear terrorist attack on American soil.
As WorldNetDaily reported, the Colorado Republican clarified his remarks after the interview Friday, saying he was not suggesting that the U.S. should bomb the Islamic holy site as a response to a nuclear homeland attack by al-Qaida.
The congressman's press secretary told WorldNetDaily the comments were an off-the-cuff response to a hypothetical situation.
"He doesn't believe that we should go out and threaten to bomb anybody's holy city," said spokesman Will Adams.
But CAIR's government affairs director, Corey Saylor, urged the Republican Party and its leadership to "clearly distance America and the GOP from Tancredo's inflammatory and irresponsible remarks."
Yesterday, CAIR sent letters to President Bush and the chairmen of the national and Colorado Republican Parties.
"While the rest of America seeks to win the war on terror, isolate extremists and improve our nation's international image, Rep. Tancredo is busy handing rhetorical ammunition to those who would do us harm," Saylor said.
In the interview with Pat Campbell of WFLA radio in Orlando, Tancredo discussed his request for a briefing from the Justice Department on information it has on plans revealed by WND this week for a nuclear attack on the U.S. by al-Qaida terrorists.
Campbell noted that just after the July 7 London bombings, former Israeli counterterrorism intelligence officer Juval Aviv predicted an attack in the U.S. within the next 90 days.Aviv believes the plan is to attack not one big city, like New York, but half-a-dozen smaller ones, including towns in the heartland.
The host asked Tancredo, "Worst case scenario, if they do have these nukes inside the border, what would our response be?"
The congressman replied: "There are things you could threaten to do before something like that happens, and then you have to do afterwards, that are quite draconian."
"Well," Tancredo continued, "what if you said something like, 'If this happens in the United States and we determine that it is the result of extremist, fundamentalist Muslims, you could take out their holy sites.'"
Campbell: "You're talking about bombing Mecca?"
Tancredo: "Yeah. What if you said, we recognize that this is the ultimate threat to the United States, therefore this is the ultimate response."
The congressman quickly added, "I don't know, I'm just throwing out some ideas, because it seems that at that point in time you would be talking about taking the most draconian measures you could imagine. Because other than that, all you could do is tighten up internally."
The Washington, D.C.-based CAIR is a spin-off of a group described by two former FBI counterterrorism chiefs as a "front group" for the terrorist group Hamas in the U.S.
Several CAIR leaders have been convicted on terror-related charges.
..and they are still in the U.S. my goodness!!!
American people to CAIR: Repudiate terrorism.
CAIR plenty of bloody crap to clean from your domed sty.
Tell that fat slob at CAIR to go eat some bacon.
"Jihadi's attack us, we Nuke Mecca" No nuance, no Diplomatic double speak, just the facts Jack
Dear Tom:
To your detractors you should say:
Ever hear of Deterrence? This is the concept that has kept the world from
fighting a nuclear war for 60 years. Deterrence is worthless unless you
threaten the one thing that the enemy values. In this case that would be Mecca
and Medina. Those responsible members of the Islamic faith cannot be allowed to
ignore or to provide tacit or financial approval to or in support of the actions
of those who would invite nuclear disaster into the world. They have to be
active partners in stopping the murderous members of their faith or pay an
intolerable price for their inaction. That is Deterrence.
Does anyone doubt that the terrorism, we see in the world today, is directly
linked to the teachings of the Islamic faith by Islamic leaders? We cannot use
our weapons of superiority on the extremist because they hide in innocent
populations. The policy of Deterrence, now being initiated by the few, should
be put forth by our President in a clear and unequivocal address to all the
nations of the world. He should say, clearly--If a nuclear weapon explodes on
US soil, the residents of Mecca will have 4 hours to abandon the City or be
subjected to a nuclear counter strike. There should be no further debate on the
subject and the codes should be programmed into the missiles. The time to take
strong action is now, not after we have lost a city.
John
USAF(Ret)
Ps: "Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice"
Well said!
PING!
Love that letter... thanks a lot!
HAHAHAHAHA yea, right.
GOP to CAIR: Repudiate Islam.
Our intellectuals and leaders have appeased these criminals and armed them with frightening audacity.
In the words of Archie Bunker, "Go stifle yourself".
There should be no further debate on the
subject and the codes should be programmed into the missiles. The time to take
strong action is now, not after we have lost a city.
John
USAF(Ret)
Ps: "Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice"
Amen Brother.
Ray
USAF (Ret)
b) willing to nuke our enemies and publicly say so
c) running for President in 2008
d) all of the above... TANCREDO '08!
If this man will be the President of the United States, muslims might consider a New International Version of their Qur'an... hahaha sarcasm...
I still have confidence with Pres. George Bush Jr., i just hope that by God's grace he will make the right decisions that will give favor to this country not to CAIR...
No one should care about CAIR!
American people to CAIR: You have lots of sand.
Go pound some.
If there were to be a nuclear attack on the US by terrorists, I don't think anyone would give a rat's you know what about Mecca.
Frankly, CAIR should be thanking their moon god that we are a GOOD people. Because, historically, powerful nations that have been subjected to attacks such as 9/11 have usually turned around and made rubble out of anything they remotely perceive to be their enemies.
A front group for terrorism:
Background:
from Anti-CAIR:
*Sen. Charles Schumer: "we know [CAIR] has ties to terrorism"
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I heard this exchange on Fox News- Where else? The name Medina also was mentioned, as well as Mecca.....And then I cheered, vociferously!
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