Monday, July 25, 2005

Is Tom Tancredo Right That We Should Nuke Mecca?

Rep. Tom Tancredo has spoken what a lot of Americans have already stated, that if Islamic Terrorists use nuclear weapons on American soil, that we should Nuke Mecca.
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."

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."

His desire to deter the Muslim Radicals from using nuclear weapons in the US is to be commended, but would it the right thing to nuke Mecca? Would it be right to punish all Muslims for the actions of a radical bunch?

Let's look at it from a different point of view. Say they were radical bunch of Americans that were performing terrorist acts against Muslims, and let's say that the American people knew about it, and in fact some Americans actually publicly voiced opinions in support of these radicals, would it be right for the Muslims to retaliate against America? Say these American radical were planning on exploding nuclear weapons in a Muslim country, which the American Gov't knew about the plan and did nothing to stop them, would the Muslims be correct in threatening Washington D.C.? The answers to these questions are tough, because anyway you look at it, the innocent are the ones going to be hurt. We need to find an effective way of stopping these crazy Muslims and enlist the help of the peaceful Muslims in the War against Terrorism. This war in NOT against Muslims, it is against a Radical, Suicidal, Sociopathic, cultic offshoot of mainline Islam, and if the mainline Muslims don't want to help in eliminating these wackos, then they are going to be considered accomplishes. They need to wake up to the fact, that these radicals are not helping them, but hindering them in establishing any kind of workable relationship with the rest of humanity. I have no pat answers, but I do have an opinion of, that if a nuclear weapon IS exploded on American soil, someone is going to pay, and pay dearly. And hopefully it won't be the innocent, but the perpetrators.


Mr Minority