Glen Meakem "Throughout history, conquerors have torn down the most important symbols of a culture and society and built their new monuments of religious and political domination right on top of the ruins of the old. This is a universal, cross cultural way of instilling fear and communicating domination. This is basic to human nature. Do our enemies as well as our own soft, out-of-touch leaders really believe that average Americans do not understand these truths and will allow Cordoba House at Ground Zero to happen?
"There may be some moderate Muslims who see the proposed Cordoba House mosque as a positive, bridge building facility, but the voices of our enemies in radical Islam confirm our worst fears about this mosque's more aggressive nature. "
I agree with this latter point of view, but have much trouble with the "sacred ground" aspect. That has caused the entire site to remain a vacant hole and a symbol of continuing victory for al Qaeda, unlike the immediately restored Pentagon. The message given by the pentagon's restoration was that the terrorist's deaths meant nothing; the building looks as it did before.
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