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," Representative Tom Tancredo answered.
"You're talking about bombing Mecca," Campbell said.
"Yeah," Tancredo responded.more
I wonder how long after he said that it took his top aides to go hide.
When I close my eyes, I see Muslims and other Americans of Middle Eastern descent holding press conferences and Representaive Tancredo offering some bumbling apology/explanation.
I hadn't heard of Congressman Tancredo before today. I will bet a lot of people hadn't. Welcome to the national scene and enjoy the heat.
Update
Michael here; I just wanted to note that the the spin has begun:
Denver Post - [Press secretary] Adams tried to equivocate: There's a "widespread misconception about what he said. Congressman Tancredo is not advocating bombing Mecca or Medina or anybody's holy site."I can see how that "yeah" could be misconstrued.
Next up: a discussion of what the meaning of "yeah" is.
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That's just plain, fucking stupid.
Sigh...
I can't believe that this needs to be explained to this dolt, but it does: Islamic terrorists are extremists and exist on the fringe. Nuking Makkah al-Mukarramah would only serve to turn all Muslims against us as well as much of the world, Muslim or not.
Plus, I don't think the Saudis would take too kindly to us doing that, either as Muslims or as a sovereign nation.
Seriously, that was just fucking stupid to say.
*nodding*
Adam: The logic is inescapable.
Following this logic, who is hoping the next terrorist attack is committed by Scientologists?
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