Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., wants to nuke Mecca

[cynatnite]

I stumbled on this RW site and was just rolling my eyes at some of the antics up until I saw this. The guy is trying to say he didn't mean it, but he said it just the same. WARNING: This is RW christian site.

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45298

Campbell noted that just after the London bombings last week, former Israeli counterterrorism intelligence officer Juval Aviv predicted an attack in the U.S. within the next 90 days. Aviv believes the plan is to attack not one big city, like New York, but half-a-dozen smaller ones, including towns in the heartland.

The host asked Tancredo, "Worst case scenario, if they do have these nukes inside the border, what would our response be?"

The congressman replied: "There are things you could threaten to do before something like that happens, and then you have to do afterwards, that are quite draconian."

"Well," Tancredo continued, "what if you said something like, 'If this happens in the United States and we determine that it is the result of extremist, fundamentalist Muslims, you could take out their holy sites.'"

Campbell: "You're talking about bombing Mecca?"

[babylonsister]

1. And the repugs are going after Durbin for his comments?

Come on, Dems, don't let this slip slide away!

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Misplaced post

See below

[stepnw1f]

2. He sounds like a terrorist...

I Want Him Locked Up!

:wtf:

[alarimer]

3. What an idiot

Can you imagine what kind of hell would break out if we actually did that??? According to a book I am reading now (Imperial hubris) they hate us for what we DO, not who we are or for our "freedoms" and this would just incite the mother of all terrorist attacks.

[Ian David]

5. Small, Republican enclaves in the US Heartland? I dare them to try!

I double-dare them!

Bring...

It...

on!

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Supposedly this is a new kind of war

Campbell: "You're talking about bombing Mecca?"

Tancredo: "Yeah. What if you said, we recognize that this is the ultimate threat to the United States, therefore this is the ultimate response."

The congressman quickly added, "I don't know, I'm just throwing out some ideas, because it seems that at that point in time you would be talking about taking the most draconian measures you could imagine. Because other than that, all you could do is tighten up internally."

So why is this idiot still thinking in terms of MAD? And not against a nation, but against holy sites as if it is the Islamic faith rather than terrorists that threatens us.

These people are just as sick as the terrorists themselves.

[karlrschneider]

7. Tancredo is a genuinely insane xenophobic piece of shit.

I mean that 100% literally. :grr: