Here We Go Again, The Mosque Near Ground Zero

It’s getting to the point that it’s insulting to hear people say the Mosque shouldn’t be near Ground Zero because the majority of Americans don’t want it there.

I expect people like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Pat Buchanan to make such assertions, but a reputable person like David Gergen who has served under numerous Presidents on both sides of the aisle to take a position like that; is definitely beneath him.

For some reason all the people who site the reason the Mosque shouldn’t be near Ground Zero because the majority of Americans don’t want it there, seems to suffer with historical brain damage.

There was a time in this country when the majority of Americans didn’t think slavery should be abolished.

There was a time in this country when the majority of Americans didn’t think women should have the right to vote.

There was a time in this country when the majority of Americans didn’t think Blacks deserve the same rights as Whites.

All the people who argue against the Mosque being near Ground Zero, when asked the question how far away is far enough; they never answer the question.

We have people demanding to know where the funding for the Mosque is coming from; ok that’s fair. However, no one is asking where the funding is coming from for the Minister in Florida who wants to burn Korans.

As for the disregard and lack of sensitivity for the victims of 9/11 by having the Mosque near Ground Zero, what about the insensitivity of the American Muslim citizens who worked in the Trade Center that died when the planes crashed into the buildings?

The people who are against the Mosque being near Ground Zero, are doing nothing more than trying to turn this into Americans against Muslims with no regard for the Muslims who are fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq as American men and women of the U.S. Military.