Muslim Americans have been receiving the brunt of reactionary
rhetoric and violence as goaded on by right wing propagandists.
Ann Coulter comes to mind.
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, Rep. Tom Tacredo
pours gasoline on the fire of racial/religious intolerence by declaring Mecca a possible target of retaliation of a terrorist attack. Apparently, radicalizing Muslims, and justifications (of Wahhabiists and other radicals) of their view of western aggression so vital to new recruitment to their cause. This never enters the mind of this wingnut, apparently.
As has been argued again, and again, if we are to win the
"war on terror," it will mean racheting down the rhetoric, and preventing radical Islamists from their goal of enlisting sympathy for their views.
It will also mean supporting our fellow peace-loving Muslim
Americans who abhor the violence done in the name of their religion.
CNN reports