It was a stupid response, and will be used by any opponent of Tancredo's for a higher office. "Nuke Mecca" is a bumper sticker. Tancredo explaining "context" gets lost.
A stupid admission by an out-of-control demagogue.
You can thin sending a nuke back is stupid but I will say quite clearly that if we are nuked we DAMN WELL BETTER be sending one back and it BETTER be for keeps!
After all that IS their purpose. What is stupid is to claim that it was said or meant in terms other than the context in which it was said.
When you have to resort to that it shows that you cannot argue it on its merits.
Whenever I read one of your post all I see is "I got mine jack".