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"DingellBerry"
Posted on 07/23/2005 6:13:24 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak
Congressman John D. Dingell (MI-15), the Dean of the House of Representatives, condemned the recent comments made by Representative Tom Tancredo (CO-06) as “ignorant” and “inexcusable” for a Member of Congress. During a recent interview on Tampa radio station WFLA-AM, Mr. Tancredo said that the US might “take out (Muslim) holy sites” in response to another terrorist attack on the US. When asked if he meant Mecca, Congressman Tancredo responded “yeah.”
Said Dingell, “First of all, suggesting the bombing of a holy site of any religion is simply inexcusable for an elected official in the United States Congress and an anathema to the millions of people of faith across our nation. To even suggest an attack on Mecca shows Congressman Tancredo has no understanding of the true nature of Islam and the peaceful Muslims living in the Arab world. The holy sites of all religions – Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and all others – are the most sacred and hallowed places for their respective followers and to suggest that any one of these sites be bombed is clearly an attack on that religion and its followers. Mr. Tancredo’s reprehensible attack on Islam is ignorant and offensive.
“We must stand united and strong against terrorism, but these are exactly the kind of careless comments that Muslim extremists feed off of and use to recruit new terrorists. To suggest that we hold an entire religion responsible for the actions of a minority of religious extremists - in effect declare a holy war against Islam - is outrageous and plays right into the hands of those very radicals. There is no better motivation to get someone to fight an apparent enemy than to threaten what they love most and are willing to defend at any cost – whether it is their family, homeland, or their holy land. I only hope that his statement won’t be used on extremist websites as justification for a ‘holy war’ against the United States and our allies.
“America was founded by people who believed strongly both in God and in the free expression of religion; that solid foundation remains and is part of what makes us the greatest nation in the world. Mr. Tancredo’s comments --while he has the absolute right to make such remarks-- are contradictory to freedom and the values of this nation. I call on the Republican Leadership in Congress and the President to condemn these comments and make clear that this is an action that the United States would never lower itself to.”
Michigan democrat. Never heard of him.
But threatening to nuke Mecca is supposed to accomplish....what, exactly? I suspect there would be a fair number of radical moslem groups who wouldn't be too upset at that because, rightly or wrongly, they think it might help their causse.As Osama bin Laden would be immediately arrested upon setting foot in Saudi Arabia, Mecca is worth far more to him as a destroyed "martyr city" than as a place of worship.
-Eric
Anyone saying it is is a liar or hasn't read its "sacred" texts.How many Christians and/or Jews follow all the strictures of Leviticus? Yet the verses in question remain in the Bible.
-Eric
Well, if New York got nuked, and I was dying of radiation poisoning, at least I'd die happy knowing Mecca was a pile of glowing sand.
Kind of selfish, I grant you. If I were a better person, I suppose I'd fold paper cranes in my last hours. But I think I'll be a little too cranky for origami.
Is he from Alabam or Mississip. No wait, he is from Michiganistan! Now why would he oppose the honesty of Tom Tancredo? It's just beyond me.
Wasn't the search for a new route to the far East the reason European sailors went exploring - to avoid the murderous thieving Muslims along the overland route? And how long ago was that?
The Slaves that arrived in the New World were transported to the Caribbean and South America to work in the sugar cane fields. 5% of all the Slaves found their way to what is now the United states. The American government outlawed Slave importation to the new nation in 1806, and the American government was abolitionist virtually from it's inception.
The Muslims actively preached and practiced Slavery as part of their Religion, and in some parts of the world the Muslims still practice Slavery.
The basic dislike of the United States by Mr. Dingell and his ilk is soiling my floor.
Wfla-am and Pat Campbell is out of Orlando and not Tampa. They get the first paragraph wrong and I usually stop reading .
So what is your plan on this one? Mecca is bombed(not nuked, Tancredo didn't say to nuke Mecca), and then VOILA! Somehow all the terrorists in the world cease? Explain to me how that works and you may give your side some credence. I doubt it.
Flattening Mecca wouldn't solve a damn thing and only make the situation worse. Threatening to do so is totally counterproductive and I question the intelligence of anyone who thinks this helps. If you want to break the backs of muslim fundamentalism you need to incite a cultural revolution to rip apart the degenerate muslim culture from within.
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[[Why is it that our Freepers who have been to Iraq, or are there now, don't agree with you?]]
Better yet Eric, let's see YOU walk down the street in any of these muslim countries and let's see how long it takes you to assume room temperature. Put up or shut up. The religion of peace would use your head for a paint bucket.
Because the anti-Tancredo minions don't want to put his comments in context.
LOL....Dingellberry has pals here on FR pretending to be Conservatives...
It wasn't a threat, it was a promise.
One the muslims better pay attention to.
Tancredo is right.
MAD requires that the islamo-fascists have something to worry about. I wouldn't be surprised if Dingell and Tancredo aren't having this argument at the behest of the NCA in deep background.
It is keeping highly publicized that which would otherwise have been a news blurb that disappeared.
We want the fascists to worry.
Observant Jews observe the portions that are observable at this time.
What is Dingell's response to what should we do if the Islamofacists use nukes?
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