{"id":11556,"date":"2007-08-03T14:17:47","date_gmt":"2007-08-03T21:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/08\/03\/because-massive-impersonal-retaliation-always-works-right.html"},"modified":"2007-08-03T14:17:47","modified_gmt":"2007-08-03T21:17:47","slug":"because_massive_impersona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/03\/because_massive_impersona.html","title":{"rendered":"Because massive, impersonal retaliation always works, right?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After all, the terrorists of the world have clearly <\/em>been cowed by cruise missiles launched against them, by military strikes, and even by full-scale invasions.  Yes, Tom Tancredo is on the “stand tall, talk like an idiot” mode again<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo\u2019s campaign stood by his assertion that bombing holy Muslim sites would serve as a good \u201cdeterrent\u201d to prevent Islamic fundamentalists from attacking the United States, his spokeswoman said Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis shows that we mean business,\u201d said Bay Buchanan, a senior Tancredo adviser. \u201cThere\u2019s no more effective deterrent than that. But he is open-minded and willing to embrace other options. This is just a means to deter them from attacking us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I mean, when you have the Bush White House touting an military option as “reprehensible” and “absolutely crazy” — that should be a warning sign.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cIf 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,\u201d Tancredo said. \u201cThat 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Given that extremists in, oh, let’s just pick out Iraq, have been more than happy to bomb Muslim holy sites, religious leaders, mosques, and freaking funerals <\/em>— I have no doubt there are plenty of folks who not only would not be deterred by such a threat, but would actually be incented <\/em>by it.<\/p>\n

The only reason I’d want Tancredo for president is it means he wouldn’t be my US Representative<\/a> any more.<\/p>\n

(via Amanda)<\/small><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After all, the terrorists of the world have clearly been cowed by cruise missiles launched against them, by military strikes, and even by full-scale invasions.  Yes, Tom Tancredo is on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[54,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-2008","category-geopolitical-brouhaha"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134875,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/01\/yes-just-colorado-needs-political-future.html","url_meta":{"origin":11556,"position":0},"title":"Yes, this is just what Colorado needs in its political future","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 1-Oct-17 11:03pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A Steve Bannon-backed Tom Tancredo GOP candidacy for governor. Part of me wants to see it happen because I think that not in a million years could Tancredo (my [sigh] former US Representative, two-time failed gubernatorial candidate, and a guy who's managed to alienate both the state's Dems and the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Tancredo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":46218,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/03\/ominous-prediction-or-just-tom-tancredo-being-tom-tancredo.html","url_meta":{"origin":11556,"position":1},"title":"Ominous prediction, or just Tom Tancredo being Tom Tancredo?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 3-Nov-14 7:12pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Former presidential candidate, former gubernatorial candidate, former US Congressman (sighMyDistrictsigh) and nativist of the highest water, Tom Tancredo, joins the chorus of right-wing commentators arguing that if the GOP wins the Senate, Job One should be impeaching Barack Obama. Because FREEDOM! (And no invasion from south of the border.)http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/tom-tancredo-republicans-should-impeach-obama-if-they-win-senateIt would\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/o-TOM-TANCREDO-GOVERNOR-2014-facebook%5B1%5D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/o-TOM-TANCREDO-GOVERNOR-2014-facebook%5B1%5D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/o-TOM-TANCREDO-GOVERNOR-2014-facebook%5B1%5D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12179,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/10\/29\/ta_ta_tom.html","url_meta":{"origin":11556,"position":2},"title":"Ta-ta, Tom","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 29-Oct-07 6:45pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Colorado, at least, won't have Tom Tancredo to kick around any more. Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo has had enough. Of Congress, that is. The five-term member of the U.S. House...","rel":"","context":"In "Elections 2008"","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2008","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2008"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11956,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/23\/welcome_back_tom.html","url_meta":{"origin":11556,"position":3},"title":"Welcome back, Tom …","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 23-Dec-07 9:29am","format":false,"excerpt":"I can't tell you how disappointed I am that Tom Tancredo has given up his quest for the US presidency.\u00a0 Here I was hoping we'd have him out of...","rel":"","context":"In "Elections 2008"","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2008","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2008"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/voting-butterfly.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2753,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/09\/25\/mans_gotta_know.html","url_meta":{"origin":11556,"position":4},"title":"Man’s gotta know his limits","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 25-Sep-02 1:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), our sometimes whacky local congressman, has decided to blow off his original term limits pledge. As he enters the race for this third term, which he'd promised...","rel":"","context":"In "Politics & Law"","block_context":{"text":"Politics & Law","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19074,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/11\/01\/unblogged-bits-mon-1-nov-10-2330.html","url_meta":{"origin":11556,"position":5},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Mon. 1-Nov-10 2330)","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 1-Nov-10 11:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... GOP Rep. Cynthia Lummis Says Return Of Estate Tax Is Leading Her Constituents To Commit Suicide: Zaid Jilani Senate Candidate Ken Buck: The First Goal In Afghanistan Is To Make It \u2018As Safe\u2019 As\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Potpourri"","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}