Posted on 07/26/2005 7:25:31 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk
Tom Tancredo, the Colorado congressman who caused an uproar with the suggestion Muslim holy sites could be taken out in response to a nuclear attack on U.S. cities, is making no apologies if people are offended by his frank talk.
"Many critics of my statements have characterized them as 'offensive,' and indeed they may have offended some," writes Tancredo in a guest commentary in the Denver Post.
"But in this battle against fundamentalist Islam, I am hardly preoccupied with political correctness, or who may or may not be offended. Indeed, al-Qaida cares little if the Western world is 'offended' by televised images of hostages beheaded in Iraq, subway bombings in London, train attacks in Madrid, or Americans jumping to their death from the Twin Towers as they collapsed."
Tancredo, who in recent months has been an outspoken critic of immigration policies allowing illegal aliens to stream across U.S. borders, says few can argue the current approach to the war on terror has deterred fundamentalists from killing Westerners, adding so-called moderate Muslims and leaders of Muslim countries have done little to crack down on extremists.
"That being the case, perhaps the civilized world must intensify its approach," Tancredo says. "Does that mean the United States should be retargeting its entire missile arsenal on Mecca today? Does it mean we ought to be sending Stealth bombers on runs over Medina? Clearly not.
"But should we take any option or target off the table, regardless of the circumstances? Absolutely not, particularly if the mere discussion of an option or target may dissuade a fundamentalist Muslim extremist from strapping on a bomb-filled backpack, or if it might encourage 'moderate' Muslims to do a better job cracking down on extremism in their ranks."
Tancredo's commentary comes in the wake of reaction to his remarks during a Florida radio discussion.
In the interview with Pat Campbell of WFLA radio, 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."
Tancredo's office clarified the comments, saying Tancredo was not advocating an attack on Muslim holy sites.
As WND reported, the controversial lobby group Council on American-Islamic Relations is urging the Republican Party to repudiate Tancredo's remarks.
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Earth to CAIR: FOAD.
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good to hear from another savage fan. I actually podcast him..had do that on my own, subscription to talkradionetwork , supermp3recorder then cut the commericals out listen to it in the morning. I did listen to Tancredo all ready.
I also predict they will try to shut Savage down and find a way to silence Tancredo.
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As Hugh Hewitt points out: notice that absolutely nobody in political life is coming to Tancredo's defense? That's an excellent indication that you said something really stupid. Nobody is offended by the idea. It's stupid and counterproductive. That's all.
TO CAIR:
Go wipe your butt because you stink. Then put your knee pads on and eat a big one!
If this PC is not plain enough for you I can do better. "Your 70 goats are waiting for you!!
Look folks, the only thing that will solve every problem that has plagued man for 6000 years is the "Kingdom of God, on Earth". You can post every idea, cute quote, original thought you want, and that's ok. But if you don't pray at least once a day for "thy Kingdom come", you are part of the problem, not the solution. Until the curse that came from sin is lifted from mankind, the same old hatred, wars, envy, jealousy, haves and have nots, etc. will continue. The one big difference, man got so smart he finally invented a weapon that can clean this planets clock. And now its in the hands of fanatics like Al K-Duh, Dr. Ill, Pakistan, Red China, India, and I'm sure soon Chavez in South America. Its only a matter of time before someone lights one off, with escalation the only option, trumpeting the end of all life on Earth. The only other option is looking above for Divine intervention, instead of beneath at fallen man, and his ultimate solution, total destruction.
Fat Boy and Little Man..
Tancredo is very good at tossing out the red meat...but that's where his talent ends.
Tancredo was on Pawn Vanity?
btw Savage says we should do random acts of violence. surreptitiously take out a port in Iran, blow something up in Syria, make it look like muslim extremist(redundant i know) did it, send flowers and condolences.
Tancredo is the only politician out there who has any balls.
I totaly agree with him, if they nuke us, bye bye Mecca.
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