Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posted on 08/15/2010 5:01:54 PM PDT by StatenIsland
The Mosque That Cannot Be Ignored
After six U.S. Marines fought their way to the peak of Mt. Suribachi in February of 1945, I doubt that there were any citizens of Tokyo who viewed the raising of the American flag over Iwo Jima as a form of "community outreach." To a man, they knew exactly what it represented.
Triumphant armies have always planted their symbols and standards at the conclusion of battle, and I believe that even the most progressive elements of Japanese society must have averted their eyes - to avoid the pain of loss, and to avoid a constant reminder of a horrible death suffered by a loved one. Tolerance has its limits.
However, it may come to pass that we in America, too, will be forced to avert our eyes to escape the pain of loss - because of the cowardice and political correctness of a ruling class that has removed all impediments to the construction of a mosque within yards of Ground Zero. Indeed, the building over which the mosque will rise is in such close proximity to the World Trade Center site that a jet engine crashed through its roof on the morning of September 11, 2001.
The construction of this mosque will be a heinous act of triumphalism on a scale so massive that it is almost unimaginable.
Over a killing field where 3,000 Americans lost their lives - men and women who were guilty on the morning of their deaths of nothing more than simply getting up and going to work - the Islamists will smugly plant their flag of victory. Such is the degree of effrontery on the part of its sponsors that it was scheduled to have been opened on September 11, 2011, and was to have been called the Cordoba House, referencing the 8th century seat of the Islamic caliphate in Spain, which Muslims consider to be symbolic of Islamic rule over the West.
There is something terribly wrong with the people who would want to do this, and there is something terribly wrong with the people who would allow it to be done when they had the means to prevent it. To desecrate the site of the worst attack on American soil by a foreign enemy, and to do so with a structure glorifying the religion in whose name the terror was perpetrated, staggers the imagination and defies logic.
There is no question that the location is symbolic in a way that sickens most Americans.
The leader of the Cordoba Initiative is one Imam Feisal Rauf, who in the days after the attacks called the United States an accessory to the crime, and said that for all intents and purposes Osama Bin Laden was made in the U.S.A. He has steadfastly refused to condemn Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations. He has dodged questions about the massive funding required to complete the project.
Still, freedom of religion and speech are the basic principles upon which this country was founded, and I'll fight to the death to defend both them and the constitution in which they were enumerated. However, opposition to this mosque isn't about inhibiting religion or speech - there are thousands of mosques in New York - and I recognize that when something can be built “as of right,” meaning that there are no legal obstacles to the construction, we have no right to prevent it. Our not liking the builder – or what he’s building - does not trump his right to build.
This case, however, is simply about common decency. If, as the Imam states, the construction of an Islamic Community Center is about building bridges between the cultures, I would think a good way to start would be to be mindful of the sensitivities of a community, a city and a nation that mourns still. There are dozens of sites upon which to build this project. Why here? Why so close to an open wound? We see through you, Imam Rauf, we are not blind, unlike the cowards and quislings that sit on commissions and inhabit City Hall.
The ruling class may have removed the last legal obstacle to your project, but the souls of 3,000 dead Americans cry “NO!” and the families of 3,000 dead Americans cry “NO!” and the vast majority of New Yorkers are outraged and they, too, cry “NO!”
It may mean nothing to you, but there are millions – no, tens of millions – of ordinary Americans who remain deeply wounded by the cowardly attack that killed 3,000 innocents, and who have not forgotten that the pilots of those planes shouted “Allahu Akbar” as they successfully concluded their insane mission.
We will never know peace if a mosque lords over the site of that murderous act of war, Imam Rauf, but know this: you may never know a moment of peace within it.
Don’t let a piece of equipment run. Civil disobedience is absolutely required to sabotage all equipment used on the construction site and trucks. NO TO THIS MOSQUE. THE TIME FOR OPEN REVOLT IS AT HAND.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Fifty or sixty years ago our elected leaders would not allow a Japanese monument to be built around Pearl Harbor. Shows how our political leadership has deteriorated over the years.
The Mosqueketears
We should consider a mosque at Ground Zero when the Saudis allow a church in church and a synagogue in Mecca and allow Christians and Jews to visit there and worship freely and safely.
Especially when it's covered with bacon. I seem to recall Dr. Johnny Fever "suggesting" his listeners dump their garbage on the mayor's front lawn...
There, fixed it.
Would love to just superglue bacon and pork chops all over...nevermind.
“Yes, it is an obvious symbol of conquest - but the author is wrong on one point - The Flag was raised on Mt. Suribachi by five Marines and one Navy Corpsman.”
Yes, I knew that, but I took some license for the sake of conciseness. I knew I would get caught here, though. I’m proud of this community for that very reason...
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I wouldn't use those words, but the term Hard Hat Rebellion has resurfaced, which hasn't been used since the Nixon days and that rebellion.
IMHO I am hearing on talk shows already the union guys are saying they won't pour a drop of cement. My guess is with that alone, this thing doesn't get built...
Time for a museum celebrating the Crusades and Charles Martel.
Right on target!
Sounds like a good public place to take a piss [on].
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