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Holy . So the congressman's first idea is to counter terrorism with terrorism? Yeah, exactly the kind of person I want to place in charge. Right on!
Congressman: Mecca a possible retaliation target
DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A Colorado congressman told a radio show host that the U.S. could "take out" Islamic holy sites if Muslim fundamentalist terrorists attacked the country with nuclear weapons.
Rep. Tom Tancredo made his remarks Friday on WFLA-AM in Orlando, Florida. His spokesman stressed he was only speaking hypothetically.
Talk show host Pat Campbell asked the Littleton Republican how the country should respond if terrorists struck several U.S. cities with nuclear weapons.
"Well, 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 know, you could take out their holy sites," Tancredo answered.
"You're talking about bombing Mecca," Campbell said.
"Yeah," Tancredo responded.
The congressman later said he was "just throwing out some ideas" and that an "ultimate threat" might have to be met with an "ultimate response."
Spokesman Will Adams said Sunday the four-term congressman doesn't support threatening holy Islamic sites but that Tancredo was grappling with the hypothetical situation of a terrorist strike deadlier than the September 11, 2001, attacks.
"We have an enemy with no uniform, no state, who looks like you and me and only emerges right before an attack. How do we go after someone like that?" Adams said.
"What is near and dear to them? They're willing to sacrifice everything in this world for the next one. What is the pressure point that would deter them from their murderous impulses?" he said.
Tancredo is known in the House for his tough stand on immigration.
Mohammad Noorzai, coordinator of the Colorado Muslim Council and a native of Afghanistan, said Tancredo's remarks were radical and unrepresentative but that people in Tancredo's position need to watch their words when it comes to sacred religious sites and texts.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/....ap/index.html
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Blaze's Take: I think I'll start wearing my flame-re ant suit for what's about to go down in this thread.
Holy . So the congressman's first idea is to counter terrorism with terrorism? Yeah, exactly the kind of person I want to place in charge. Right on!
Moreso, that goes to prove just how much like terrorists many people in this country are.
Saber-rattling. Nothing more than a stupid comment made off the cuff. Thanks for giving OBL bulletin board material, asshole! (ditto to the asshole talk show host)
Asshole, me?
Asshole, Congressman?
Asshole, Congressman.
Just checking. I wouldn't want to degrade the quality of posts by flying off the handle and making internet threats at a misunderstood post.Asshole, Congressman.
I mean, what would message board posting come to if people did that?
What would be a better idea? Put them in therapy? You liberal communist traitorous bas !So the congressman's first idea is to counter terrorism with terrorism?
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Yes, I can definitely see how well destroying Mecca would work to calm the Islamic extremists. Right on! I bet they'd react as benevolently as Catholics watching the Vatican burn!
suprisingly stating that we woudl bomb mecca in response to a nucklear threat could in fact cause us more likely to have one WHY?
because OBL wnats a holy war between US and muslims, he knows if he puts c nuclear bomb in say new jersey we will bomb mecca, then regular muslims will hate and attack america
Usama doesn't want a holy war just to have a holy war...
He wants the recreation of the Ottoman empire with himself as leader...at the very least he wants to overthrow the Saudi Family and appoint himself as leader.
He does not want a nuclear waste where Mohammed was born.
He's a megalomaniac that wants to rule the middle east...not a guy that wants to start a nuclear war...
If he ever thought something would cause a nuclear retaliation in the middle east...he wouldn't be in favor of it.
I agree that this guys comments were incredibly stupid...he pretty much made it a priority for every muslim country to have nuclear weapons to retaliate with...including Saudi Arabia.
Me personally...I'm down with nuking the living out of Mecca, and I'll be happy to go take a piss and a crap on the nuked remains...if one of our cities get nuked...but I wouldn't go around saying it...it won't stop them from trying to do it, and it will make those nations in the middle east, that could be a middle man between terrorists and nuclear weapons, more deterimined than ever to have to have them.
What. The. .
Feel free to catagorize your feelings with those of every member of Al Queda.
Um...if a US city gets nuked there will be a muslim holocaust on this soil that will make WWII attempted extermination of the jews look like a beach party.
The muslims here are dead if our cities get nuked...Mecca has nothing to do with it.
Yes it will be sad loss of freedom and a shameful day in US history...but most of us will get over it...because it beats the living out of getting nuked.
classic thread
yeah i think bombing mecca would prove to be disasterous
What an absolute moron.
Chinese guy says China will nuke America if attacked...
Manny blames America.
American guy says America will nuke muslim symbol if attacked...
Manny blames America.
Nothing like consistency.
The simple fact of the matter is...that these guys killing themselves are not just pretending to be religious fanatics to trick us...they are religious fanataics and Mecca is a symbol of that religion...regardless of what it symbolized to most muslims...it has it's greatest meaning to those who have declared war on us...
Since it is an ideological war...and you don't want to get nuked...you have to destroy the symbols of the ideology to hqave the best chance of winning it...
Mecca getting nuked and Allah not doing anything to us for it will have a far greater impact than doing nothing.
So for that reason I would be in favor of it's destruction...
I could give two s about political correctness if one of my cities gets nuked.
But like I said earlier...I wouldn't go around saying that as a threat because it won't work and will likely exacerbate the situation.
but alot of doors will be opened if the US uses nukes on anything, regardless if they use it first or in retaliation
so far, most countries use their nukes as a deterrent, a bluff...
The terrorists aren't bluffing.
link?these guys killing themselves are not just pretending to be religious fanatics to trick us
link?Since it is an ideological war
link?and you don't want to get nuked
link?you have to destroy the symbols of the ideology to hqave the best chance of winning it...
link?Mecca getting nuked and Allah not doing anything to us for it will have a far greater impact than doing nothing.
proof?I wouldn't go around saying that as a threat because it won't work and will likely exacerbate the situation.
The best threats you could make to terrorists is tell them they are going to be pig feed if caught...they are genuinely terrified of them...I mean if these guys believe enough to commit suicide for that religion then they will also believe that they can't enter heaven if fouled by a Pig...
It's not that great of a threat because most of them are trying to kill themselves anyway...but it will put some doubt in their mind.
911
link?
Usama's speech citing the reasons for the war against America.
link?
LAMO you want a link on why you don't want to get nuked?
LOL..ok we'll just say it's my opinion. Dumb though it may be.
link?
Opinion.
link?
Opinion.
proof?
Opinion...
well according to clandestino and ressurected one, all americans have to do is give 100% of all government powers to a small conservative elite, then they will sucessfully lead us to victory over the infidels...
Instead of bombs, why not just cluster-bomb the terrorists with bacon.
World Searches For Elusive Thread Connecting Suicide Bombers
The greatest minds in counter terrorism are unable to establish even one thread of commonality between these suicide bombers. Many believe the mysterious and mystical connection may never be discovered.
Logical disconnect taxing greatest minds in counter terrorism; Norwegians to be profiled in beta program
As the world embraces London in the wake of the first recorded suicide attacks in Europe, counter terrorism experts at home and abroad are wrestling with the most frustrating of conundrums: what single thread binds these seemingly disconnected events together?
"Normally, some sort of peculiar similarities would jump right out at you," said one unnamed source at the Pentagon. "But for the life of us, these people have so skillfully erased the identifying red flags one would look for, we have no idea where to even begin looking for the next squad of killers."
Many believe that the attacks; Sept 11th, the Pentagon, London, Madrid, etc., are all the work of individualists, whom many in the American administration would pigeonhole for political gain.
"It's very convenient to start playing fast and loose with aesthetics," said one representative with Amnesty International. "Just because a mosque full of Arabs in Topeka was throwing ticker-tape when the towers came down--does not give you the right to start inductively creating your own homeland security dossier."
The representative also said that homeland security efforts would be better spent investigating Norwegians.
"There is a program in beta testing right now," said the source. "Counter terrorist organizations now have the required impunity when dealing with those of scrubbed, alabaster countenance. There's no place to hide, now."
So the best way to fight the few thousand terrorists out there is to turn all 1.2 billion Muslims against us.
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