Congressman Says He Doesn't Advocate Bombing Mecca

[norml]

Congressman Says He Doesn't Advocate Bombing Mecca

POSTED: 9:36 pm EDT July 18, 2005
UPDATED: 9:40 pm EDT July 18, 2005

DENVER -- Colorado U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo said he was talking about deterrence when he raised the possibility of bombing Mecca if Muslim terrorists set off nuclear weapons in American cities.

On a Florida radio show Friday, Tancredo was asked what the response should be to a nuclear attack on U.S. cities. He answered that if fundamentalist Muslims were to blame, "you could take out their holy sites." When he was asked if he meant bombing Mecca, the congressman said, "Yeah."

But in a statement issued Sunday, Tancredo said he was talking about a making a threat that might deter such an attack, insisting: "I do not advocate this."

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has asked to meet with the congressman and is urging the Republican Party to repudiate his remarks.


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[coloradodem2005]

1. I can't believe I live in THIS GUY'S congressional district.

:puke:

[donco6]

7. You poor thing.

Seriously. I wrote the idiot (another) email, basically calling him an idiot.

I can't believe he actually got RE elected. But I know you're hopelessly outnumbered over there.

[ole_evil_eye]

2. first thing I thought when I read this was..

um....that's good....I think

[Dave Reynolds]

3. I think he may be...

oh, I don't know....maybe...LYING?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

4. and the jim bunning award for biggest congressional nutjob goes to...

..

[marmar]

5. What a complete asshole...

Isn't he also one of the people behind placing The Minutemen at the U.S.-Mexico border?
Who produces these freaks? And why are they allowed to keep breeding?

[dweller]

6. bull.shit.

how do you make a threat, without advocating it? And his statements were in response to an attack, too late for deterrence asshat.
Tancredo should be censored, better yet recalled/impeached, tarred and feathered and sent to the ME for ridicule.

dp

[donco6]

8. Wow (envisioning that one).

That would truly make my year.

[RPM]

9. FLIP - FLOP!!!!!

:evilgrin:

[magellan]

10. I'll bet Tancredo likes to throw gasoline on smoking grills, too.

What a weenie roast.