"No duh, and I have no doubts that our current military would get tough, that still doesn't give any excuse for a congressman to give our enemies propaganda points."
This is where you are completely off-base. We need more Tancredos. I don't get embarassed by tough talk. I get embarassed by those wimps who whine about air conditioning at 'Club Gitmo' being quoted by Al Jezeera. We need someone talking tough to temporize such a pathetic, wimpy image.
We've been Mr. Nice Guy long enough. The Islamics aren't saying much of anything against terror. So now we need someone to offer the STICK rather than the carrot.
The more people who call for Tancredo to be president, the more those moderate Islamics will realize this is serious business.
That scares you, I'm sure. You think, "We'll drive more into al qaeda." But, we need to flush them out one way or the other. Either they let us know they are on our side 100%, or we need to round them up in internment camps.
I don't know about you, but I'm not satisfied. I'm very disappointed in Islamic moderates.
I don't get embarassed by smart tough talk either, what I am embarassed about is knee jerk tough talk, which gives our enemies propaganda points.