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It's too bad Romero and his group of happy litigators aren't so sensible of the treatment accorded to religious icons and their display right here in their own backyard. As some have noted, if such tortuous treatment of the Bible occurred here in the USA, Mr. Romero would no doubt defend it as free speech.

Romero has also tried to sell the canard that the ACLU's efforts to ameliorate the treatment of detainees will guarantee the safety of our own soldiers should they be captured by the enemy. This will come as news to the families of the 3,000 civilians blown to smithereens by the Al Qaeda crowd whose signing of the Geneva Accords has escaped my attention

It is instructive to try and remember the reason why there even are detainees in Gitmo and who's responsible for it. Whether or not one believes that Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a haven for those who perpetrated 9/11 before the war, the fact is that Al Qaeda bigwig Abu al-Zarqawi and friends are now unquestionably there. Since their stand is there, we have been until now, without further attacks here. Which brings us back to the World Trade Center site.

In poll after poll, New Yorkers have overwhelmingly supported rebuilding the site as close to its original appearance as possible. But the various groups responsible for the project have decided to inflict the touchy-feely Daniel Libeskind design upon the city.

Michael Bloomberg--a pseudo-Republican who was elected only because real 9/11 mayor, Rudy Giuliani deigned to put an arm around his shoulder--is apparently too busy trying to curb the city's smoking habits to worry about a memorial to the event he owes his job to.

So unless Trump can garner enough support to do otherwise, it seems the IFC and its advisors will have their way. It is bad enough that the towers themselves were annihilated by America haters, should the WTC memorial museum echo their message as well?

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Lisa Fabrizio is a columnist who hails from Connecticut. You may write her at mailbox@lisafab.com.

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Note -- The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, views, and/or philosophy of GOPUSA.

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