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Rep. Tancredo: Threaten Muslim Holy Sites to Deter Terror
NewsMax ^ | August 1, 2007

Posted on 08/01/2007 3:14:16 PM PDT by EveningStar

Before he became a candidate for president, Tom Tancredo was telling Americans that the U.S. should threaten to bomb Mecca if Islamic terrorists successfully detonate a nuclear device in America...

And the congressman and presdential candidate is not backing down from these comments. He told an audience in Iowa today, almost exactly two years later, that as president he would advocate the very same position...

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aliens; kooks; marines; mecca; tancredo
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You're a crackpot, Tom. It will just make them madder.
1 posted on 08/01/2007 3:14:19 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

You forgot your /sarc tag. You CAN’T make them any more mad then they already are.


2 posted on 08/01/2007 3:17:00 PM PDT by Illuminatas (Being conservative means never having to say; "Don't you dare question my patriotism")
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To: SittinYonder

Tanc ping.


3 posted on 08/01/2007 3:17:44 PM PDT by dynachrome (Henry Bowman is right.)
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To: EveningStar

“It will just make them madder”
Madder than the SP episodes mocking Moe-ham-head?


4 posted on 08/01/2007 3:18:46 PM PDT by dynachrome (Henry Bowman is right.)
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To: Illuminatas

True. :) But Tom is a whacko if he thinks this will make them back down. Well, we already know Tom is a whacko.


5 posted on 08/01/2007 3:18:47 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

But it would make me happier if they did nuke Mecca in retaliation.


6 posted on 08/01/2007 3:19:02 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: EveningStar

If those nuts bombed another one of our cities, that would be a nice tit-for-tat.


7 posted on 08/01/2007 3:19:13 PM PDT by rbosque ("To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." - Teddy Roosevelt)
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To: EveningStar

It’s one thing to threaten, but will we follow through? I know President Tancredo would, but there’s not a great chance of that...


8 posted on 08/01/2007 3:19:20 PM PDT by hunter112 (Change will happen when very good men are forced to do very bad things.)
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To: EveningStar; SittinYonder

Um, the current “winning hearts and minds” approach is only resulting in hearts and minds splattered. It’s far past time to either retaliate accordingly or GTHO.

Time to get medieval on the literally medieval.


10 posted on 08/01/2007 3:20:35 PM PDT by NewRomeTacitus (Liars and Climers who dare...Oh my!)
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To: EveningStar

No, he’s just mistaken. Anywhere a muslim takes a crap can be declared a holy site.


11 posted on 08/01/2007 3:21:13 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: EveningStar

In the current atmosphere, something like this just cannot be said. I don’t really understand why, but it seems that way.


12 posted on 08/01/2007 3:21:14 PM PDT by mutley
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To: EveningStar
I have long held the opinion that the president ought to tell the ummah that if America were attacked by nuclear devices or biological or chemical weapons, Mecca and the Kabbah would disappear.
13 posted on 08/01/2007 3:22:16 PM PDT by Beckwith (dhimmicrats and the liberal media have chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
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To: Beckwith

Not doing that is a form of national suicide actually.


14 posted on 08/01/2007 3:22:49 PM PDT by Tolsti
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To: EveningStar

Whose side are you on? I think it’s a GREAT idea.


15 posted on 08/01/2007 3:25:09 PM PDT by whipitgood (Let's burn some MEXICAN flags!)
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To: NewRomeTacitus

I wasn’t advocating the “winning hearts and minds” approach. I just think this would radicalize the non-radical Muslims, and instead of having 100 million against us, we would have 1 billion against us.


16 posted on 08/01/2007 3:25:59 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Let me guess, you probably think Tancredo’s ideas on illegal immigration make him a crackpot too?


17 posted on 08/01/2007 3:26:29 PM PDT by whipitgood (Let's burn some MEXICAN flags!)
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To: dynachrome

This man is getting my vote,if he keeps it up. This is the way you fight these people. 1 Bomb = Bye Bye Mecca


18 posted on 08/01/2007 3:28:38 PM PDT by Dutch Tulip
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To: EveningStar

I don’t know, it might make the radicals wilt. If Allah can’t protect Mecca, he can’t/won’t protect them either.

It’s that strong horse thing.


19 posted on 08/01/2007 3:30:12 PM PDT by Valpal1 ("I know the fittest have not survived when I watch Congress on CSPAN.")
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To: EveningStar
You're a crackpot, Tom. It will just make them madder.

What a moroon. Do you think groveling to those that behead is a good strategy (like the moroons in DC)?

How it is:

How it should be:

Korben Dallas: "Anyone else want to negotiate?"

20 posted on 08/01/2007 3:30:24 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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