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!
Oy.
Hugh2d2:
Just when I thought it couldn't get ANY worse than Buch/Cheney...
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aktaeon:
This idea is almost universally applauded in the conservative blogs.
Fluffy:
So he's proposing that we just actually go straight out and become religious fundamentalist terrorists? I guess then we could start bombing ourselves. Bring the whole thing full-circle.
Hugh2d2:
We have to suicide bomb them before they suicide bomb us!