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The way to defend America is to isolate al-Qa'ida from the Islamic mainstream. To wit, let them build their mosque. Otherwise, Usa'ama binLaden just have grist for his propaganda mill about the Crusaders. If we are smart, we will deny him that grist.



Give criminals what they want, so they won't get mad. The problem is they are already mad, and aren't going to get over it. The mill will still have grist because the "street", which was mentioned here earlier, believes anything that's told to them. They believe the 3000 jews thing. They believe Atta and crew are alive and well. They believe Coke or Pepsi (can't remember which) is owned by a Zionist conspiracy to destroy Arabs. They believe the Protocals and the Blood Libel.

This mosque is a no win for anyone but Radical Islam. You're right. If it's not built, they're able to propagandize the evil Crusaders. If it is built, they'll say it's nothing but a puppet of Zionists and the Great Satan. And what's worse than Infidels? Believers who don't believe the right way. These pricks are experts at spinning nothing into a mountain, and their audience, who let's be honest here for a second, are followers of a death cult that hasn't made a significant dogmatic change since the 8th Century. No Reformation for them, kids. Punch the fuck out of your wife for lippin' off, cover the whore from head to toe and while you're at it, feel free to off your daughter for having a boyfriend or showing her curvey wrists.

And since we're so worried about the Islamic street, why not make a few concessions to the American street? Maybe the Amish street, the WP street, the Westboro Baptist Church street? Shouldn't everyone's precious sensebilities be considered?

I have to wonder why anything other than a nice memorial plaque is being built there. This is hallowed ground we're talking about. Someone mentioned the USS Arizona Memorial. Ever been? It's a cemetary, for fuck's sake. It's a place for quiet, for individual reflection. Anything other than that at Ground Zero is pissing on those people's graves. And it certainly isn't a place for wrangling, politically, religiously or any other way.
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