President Obama says the intended Quran burning by that freak and his nutjob followers in Florida would be a recruitment bonanza for al-Qaida:
"This could increase the recruitment of individuals who'd be willing to blow themselves up in American cities or European cities."
And the imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, meanwhile, says if plans are withdrawn for the "Ground Zero Mosque," that would emolden radicals:
“If we move from that location, the story will be that the radicals have taken over the discourse,” he said. “The headlines in the Muslim world will be that Islam is under attack. And I'm less concerned about the radicals in America than I am about the radicals in the Muslim world.”
Geez, just no pleasing those guys, is there?
But, seriously. Aren't these kinds of arguments getting close to the "9/11 was America's fault" mentality, the notion that we did something wrong that the Islamist extremists didn't like so shame on us? Come on: Terrorists are terrorists. They don't need a reason. As an aside, I notice that even many conservatives who don't usually buy in to such arguments (they bristle, for example, when told that Rush Limbaugh's bombast might have been responsible for, say, the Oklahoma City bombing) are spouting the same "enabling the radicals" rhetoric instead of the usual "he has the right to burn the Quran, but he should be sensitive enough not to do it" line.
Oh, and please, please, please, don't anybody do a cartoon about any of this that might suggest in any way, shape or form that the extremists might be someone than can be made even a little fun of occasionally. And now that I think about it, I take back this whole post. I was just kidding, but I don't know what got into me. Really. Build the mosque/cultural center thingy. Build thousands of them and put them on every corner of every city. And let's all burn Bibles and American flags instead of that holy, untouchable Quran.
Yes, I know, I had the right to say all of this, but I should have been sensitive enough not to do it.
