[XJarhead]

That's what happens when people are unable to separate the validity of an expressed opinion from the peron who expressed it. Tancredo may (or may not) be right on immigration. But even if he is right, it doesn't mean he shouldn't be criticized if he's wrong on another issue.

The whole "nuke Mecca" thing just looks completely mindless to me. If he'd have said something about nuking the capital of a cuontry found to have supported the terrorists who nuked us, I'd see the logic at least. It's a threat to governments to crack down. Okay, I'm with that.

But Mecca is just a place in the middle of the desert, and within the control of only one ME government. Not much of a deterrent to the rest of them.

[Bush2000]

But Mecca is just a place in the middle of the desert, and within the control of only one ME government. Not much of a deterrent to the rest of them.

The commonality is the Muslim religion. Mecca is a holy place considered sacred by most of the world's Muslims. Bomb it -- and you're basically offending all Muslims; even the ones who have no affiliation with terrorism.