Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo’s campaign stood by his assertion that bombing holy Muslim sites would serve as a good “deterrent” to prevent Islamic fundamentalists from attacking the United States, his spokeswoman said Friday.  
 
“This shows that we mean business,” said Bay Buchanan, a senior Tancredo adviser. “There’s no more effective deterrent than that. But he is open-minded and willing to embrace other options. This is just a means to deter them from attacking us.”  
 
 
Right...because threatening to destroy the holiest site of a billion Muslims in the world, the vast majority of whom are peace-loving people, and not to mention a huge population center in its own right, is a great way to deter the less than 1/10 of 1% of Muslims who are radical fundamentalists.  
 
My God, I can't think of a statement that could be better calculated to recruit moderate Muslims into a holy war against the US, which is exactly what the radicals want. Knotheads like Tancredo and the PNAC crowd are the best recruitment tools Al Qaeda has!