US taxpayers likely funding construction of various mosques and Islamic schools-Newsweek

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As noticed by American Thinker, A Newsweek columnist suggests the planned mosque at the site of the former World Trade Center is being funded by US taxpayers, as other mosques have been. He starts with the 'there is no debate' method one sees today, ie, "Ever since 9-11, liberals and conservatives have agreed" that we can prevent future attacks by being nice and helpful to Islamists.

• It is true George Bush and some of his advisers thought that, but George Bush was a globalist, not a conservative and wrong about this anyway. Changing an entire way of life around the globe is of course not possible. The same theory of 'getting them to like us' is being used in Afghanistan including handing out wads of US taxpayer money to any Taliban member who walks by so they'll 'like' us. The results are in: they don't, and US voters want the people running this scam on their behalf to leave town.

The 'get them to like us' policy is an excuse to drain trillions out of Americans and give it to thugs around the world, perhaps including those building the mosque at Ground Zero.

• It may explain why Mayor Bloomberg is enraged that anyone ask where the money is coming from to pay for the mosque, comparing it to "throwing a buck" in a basket at church.
  

8/8, American Thinker: "Newsweek, the Washington Post's former progressive stepchild, published an op-ed by Fareed Zakaria, the in-house lapdog for the Administration, extolling the virtues of building the Ground Zero Mosque. A couple of sentences demand a great deal more explanation.

'To that end, early in its tenure the Bush administration began a serious effort to seek out and support moderate Islam. Since then, Washington has funded mosques, schools, institutes, and community centers that are trying to modernize Islam around the world.

We should be encouraging groups like the one behind this project, not demonizing them. Were this mosque being built in a foreign city, chances are that the U.S. government would be funding it.'

Perhaps we all missed the memo where US taxpayers are gleefully funding Islamic "mosques, schools, institutes, and community centers" around the globe. Of course, US troops have restored hundreds of schools and community centers in Iraq and Afghanistan, but mosques and Islamic institutes? This seems very difficult to believe.

• So, as an enraged and curious taxpaying citizen, I have a few questions for Mr. Zakaria, our Congress and this Administration.

What are the locations, costs, and dates of construction of these US taxpayer-funded mosques and Islamic institutes? If some of these mosques were built in the America, didn't anyone contact the ACLU?...What particular piece of Congressional legislation authorized US taxpayer dollars to be spent on these mosques and Islamic institutes? Did our government apportion these funds fairly and equally between the Shi'a, Sunni, and Sufi sects of Islam?

• The Constitution states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" I'm damn sure spending US taxpayer dollars on constructing mosques was not envisioned by the Founding Fathers nor by the overwhelming majority of American citizens. "

"Newsweek columnist says US funding mosque construction," , American Thinker, by Lee Decovnick

• Mayor Bloomberg should stop speaking about this project both publicly and privately. He is only a temporary steward of NY City. This project would be permanent at least for most of our lifetimes. ed.