If freedom of religion means anything in the United States, it means that Muslims have a right to congregate and worship wherever they please. But that doesn't mean the people behind this mosque, in the shadow of the former Twin Towers are acting like good neighbors or even good citizens. However, one wonders that with just over 100 mosques in the New York City area, why did the city council allow it here? Did they entertain the thought and just imagine the city fathers of, say, RIYADH so graciously clearing the way for construction of a 13-story cathedral in the Saudi capital!

I did some investigating and found out who'll be actually funding the the project. Granted, the groups leading the mosque-building effort seem just fine, but scratch a bit deeper and the instigator is revealed. The Cordoba Initiative, led by Kuwaiti-born Iman Feisal Abdul Rauf, says it's devoted to "interfaith tolerance," while its sister organization, The American Society for Muslim Advancement, seeks to "foster an American Muslim identity." Unfortunately, many people with no sense of history will believe this bullshit and not realize it really will be celebrated as a Muslim monument erected on the site of a great Muslim "military victory."

And this ignorance also resides in the top naive, socialist, apologist, the one and only President Obama! Last Friday, this Islamic Ass-kisser decided to impose his opinion on New York's dilemma and delivered a strong defense of erecting this 9/11 Mosque, much to the shock and consternation of his fellow Democrats. One said, "It's probably the dumbest thing he's said to date and we would've preferred the President be a little more a politician and a little less of a leftist college professor." Another chimed in saying the President was still "not listening to New Yorkers and on the whole, with a recent poll reporting 68% of people oppose the mosque's location, it tells you that he has a very disdainful view of the American people."

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Robert Gates: bombing Iran would not stop nuclear threat

Telegraph.co.uk

Bombing Iran would fail to stop the Islamic Republic from building nuclear weapons and could only 'buy time', according to Robert Gates, the US defence secretary.

Robert Gates: A military strike would only delay Iran's nuclear programme, while the regime's resolve to build a weapon, if it so chooses, may only be hardened.

Testifying before the Senate Appropriations committee, Mr Gates outlined the central objection to using force to halt Iran's nuclear programme.

All of the country's known nuclear installations, notably the crucial uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, could in principle be destroyed. But the Iranian regime would eventually be able to rebuild them - and it would almost certainly do so without admitting the inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency, who presently monitor Iran's most important nuclear plants.

A military strike would only delay Iran's nuclear programme, while the regime's resolve to build a weapon, if it so chooses, may only be hardened.

"Even a military attack will only buy us time and send the programme deeper and more covert," said Mr Gates, during the hearing on Thursday.

The attitude of Iran's regime was, he added, the crucial factor. Mr Gates said that America's key aim should be to make clear to Tehran that developing a nuclear arsenal was not in Iran's own interests.

"Their security interests are actually badly served by trying to have nuclear weapons. They will start a nuclear arms race in the Middle East and they will be less secure at the end than they are now," said Mr Gates.

If Iran were to acquire a nuclear bomb, rival powers in the Middle East, especially Egypt and Saudi Arabia, would probably follow suit. Since Iran began enriching uranium on a large scale in 2006, 13 countries across the Middle East have embarked on nuclear energy projects.

While all these programmes are civilian - and there is no question of any safeguards being breached so far - experts believe the nations concerned may be keeping their future options open.

Mr Gates, who became defence secretary under the Bush administration in 2006 and was reappointed by President Barack Obama, has previously made clear his opposition to striking Iran.

In 2007, he told a private meeting of Congressmen that bombing Iran would "create generations of jihadists, and our grandchildren will be battling our enemies here in America," according to the New Yorker.

Mr Obama has chosen diplomatic and economic pressure to persuade Iran to refrain from developing nuclear weapons. In particular, five United Nations Resolutions have urged Tehran to stop enriching uranium.

This process could be used to produce weapons-grade uranium: the crucial component of a nuclear weapon. In February, Iran had produced almost a ton of low-enriched uranium, according to the IAEA.

Experts believe the country could produce enough weapons-grade material for one nuclear bomb by the end of next year.

Benjamin Netanyahu, the new Israeli prime minister, has described a nuclear-armed Iran as the greatest threat to world peace. Mr Gates may also be trying to dissuade Israel from launching a unilateral strike on Iran's nuclear plants.

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Obama, Hollywood Elite and Money

President Barack Obama raised $1 million for House Democrats at a Monday night fundraiser backed by the Hollywood elite. The cost to attend the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee event, hosted at the Los Angeles home of "West Wing" and "ER" producer John Wells, was $2,500 per person. But co-hosts including J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg, Kate Capshaw, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Barbra Streisand paid $30,400 per couple. According to pool reports, Obama spoke to the crowd for about half an hour. He said that keeping Congress in Democratic hands will be "my focus over the next several months"
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