Wacky Wednesday--The Ground Zero Mosque Must Be Stopped

Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.

~This is sacred or hallowed ground and should not be politicized.
~We must consider the foreign policy implications of our domestic actions. This will be a recruiting tool for Al Queda.
~Cordoba is a site where the Muslims built a Mosque atop a conquered Christian church. Muslims have a long tradition of building Mosques on sites of conquest, such as Jerusalem.
~This imam is a really bad guy, blaming America for the 9/11 attacks, never repudiating known terrorist organizations, and getting money from dubious sources.
~If we allow this, it will signal weakness to the terrorists and to Muslims generally.
~It’s insensitive to the victims of 9/11 and their families.
~The reasons given for building it are to bring reconciliation, but it clearly isn’t accomplishing that. Therefore, there must be other motives at work here.
~You can build a Mosque at Ground Zero when we can build a church in Mecca.
~There’s already Mosques nearby, why is this one necessary?
~There are all sorts of other places to build it, why here?
~You wouldn’t allow a Shinto cultural center on the periphery of Pearl Harbor while the war was still going on.
~We’re at war. That’s more important than anything else.
~It could become a recruiting ground for terrorists or a funnel point for terrorist activity.
~The Greek Orthodox Church damaged in the attacks still can’t get its permits to be rebuilt.
~64% of people think it’s wrong to do this.
~It’s a provocation and insensitive.

Links:
Ban a ground zero mosque? (Steve Chapman)
Obama’s mosque duty (Michael Gerson)
President apostate? (NYT)
What is moderate Islam, a symposium (WSJ)
Mosque imam says fight about Muslim role in US (AP)
Obama: Muslims have right to build (Christian Post)
Never Land Mosque, must read to the end (Mike Adams)