Tommy T Says: Let’s Bomb Mecca!

Republican Presidential candidate and anti-immigrant zealot Tom Tancredo never ceases to amaze.  On Tuesday, IowaPolitics.com (listen) recorded the following comments by Tancredo on the campaign trail: “If it is up to me, we are going to explain that an attack on this homeland of that nature would be followed by an attack on the holy sites in Mecca and Medina,” Tancredo said. “That is the only thing I can think of that might deter somebody from doing what they would otherwise do. If I am wrong, fine, tell me, and I would be happy to do something else. But you had better find a deterrent, or you will find an attack.”

CNN reports that the Tancredo campaign stood by the candidate’s assertion that bombing holy Muslim sites would serve as a good “deterrent” to prevent Islamic fundamentalists from attacking the United States.

Tom Casey, a deputy spokesman for the State Department, not known during the Bush years as being especially soft on terrorism,told CNN that Tancredo’s comments were “reprehensible” and “absolutely crazy.” This kind of controversy is nothing new to Tom Tancredo.  He was widely criticized in 2005 for making a similar suggestion.

Timothy Noah of Slate offers his views about Tommy T’s latest gaffe here.  Make sure and check out the Tancredo for President website!

KJ