Very possibly the worst idea from a presidential candidate ever

Some dumb things are said during every presidential campaign but few statements in campaign history can be as reckless, irresponsible and downright idiotic as Republican Presidential contender Tom Tancredo’s proposal that the United States announce that in response to a nuclear terrorist attack it would nuke Mecca and Medina. Tancredo thinks that this would be an effective deterrent. But  it would actually play straight into the terrorist hands: not only would they have pulled off a spectacular on American soil, but the American response world then thrust the world into a full blown clash of civilisations.

I know you can say that Tancredo is about as likely to win the Republican nomination as Gordon Brown is to wear that bomber jacket George W. Bush gave him in public, but what bugs me is how this can be reported in the rest of the world. “A Republican presidential contender today proposed using nuclear bombs against Islam’s holiest sites.”