REVOLTING – AT 7:18 P.M. ET:  The imam in charge of the proposed Muslim cultural center/mosque at Ground Zero has been speaking out since his return from a State Department-sponsored trip to the Middle East.  He might have been wiser to shut up.  This is his latest burst of wisdom, from Fox News:

The imam leading the effort to build an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero says there is a "misperception" that the proposed site is sacred ground.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said Monday that the location where the center would be built, two blocks from the World Trade Center, has a strip joint and betting parlors nearby. He says it's "absolutely disingenuous" to suggest that it is "hallowed ground."

COMMENT:  The insensitivity of that statement is breathtaking.  Yes, there are areas around Ground Zero that are seedy, and that is the fault of zoning boards.  But there are human ashes in the very ground where the proposed mosque will be built.  A wheel assembly from one of the planes that hit the World Trade Center went through the roof of the building that is on the site right now. 

It is hallowed ground because the American people say it is.  We don't need the approval of the imam.  This is the same man who, last week, said that if the mosque issue isn't "handled right," there could be repercussions in other parts of the world.  That is blackmail.  That is the old Mafia protection racket.

And yet, there is silence among his leftist allies and endless "multiculturalists" who choose not to see because, if they did, and spoke out honestly, it might mean a few less party invitations on the West Side of Manhattan.

September 13, 2010