before this. but actually, the decision by secretary clinton was to allow them to shutter the embassy and the rest of the staff got out we re told in a convoy over land to jordan. now, the reason the u.s. is doing this, they say, is that the government has refused the syrian government has refused to address its security concerns. and what were they? well, the embassy in damascus is located right off on a very busy street. and the u.s. says there was concern after some car bombs last month that perhaps there could be the embassy could be a target of al qaeda. that bombing, by the way, was linked to al qaeda. so they decided to do this. but obviously there was a lot of concern about whether they could get out. so that staff includes as i said the remaining staff, 17 people, plus the ambassador are now out. kyra? and sort of a bit of a coins d dense here? this is right after syria and russia blocked the resolution calling for president assad to be removed from office. t
far have gotten a cold shoulder. we re talking about renee ellmers. even though she was far away from the proposed islamic center blocks from ground zero, she made that a central part of her campaign. this is the ad she ran. after the muslims conquered jerusalem and constantinople, they built victory mosques. and now they want to build a mosque by ground zero. where does bob ethridge stand? he won t say. won t speak out. won t take a stand. the terrorists haven t won. and we should tell them in plain english no. there will never be a mosque at ground zero. i m renee ellmers and i approve this ad. i asked her about that commercial during the campaign on this program. in your ad you use the term muslim and the term terrorist basically interchangeably. you say muslims want to build a mosque at ground zero, the terrorists haven t won and we
to be honest, i think you could make that assumption but that s not giving me the benefit of the doubt. but that s what you re saying, i mean your words are carefully selected. the words are carefully selected but that is certainly not what i m intending to say. i am not intending to say that all muslims are terrorists. you also talk about victory mosques that muslims built hundreds of years ago on the site of military conquests. yes, sir. don t all religions do that? you re catholic, rome was conquered by the pagans, christian conquistadors and pilgrims built their own houses of worship. is the vatican a victory church? no. you are incorrect in your statement, sir. wait, so, wait, just about every religion when a religion in the past used to conquer in a war, they wouldn t build a house of worship, the catholic church didn t build houses of worship on the sites of other religions?
ellmers, even though she was far away from the proposed islamic center blocks from ground zero, she made that a central part of her campaign. this is the ad she ran. after the muslims conquered jerusalem and constantinople, they built victory mosques. and now they want to build a mosque by ground zero. where does bob ethridge stand? he won t say. won t speak out. won t take a stand. the terrorists haven t won. and we should tell them in plain english no. there will never be a mosque at ground zero. i m renee ellmers and i approve this ad. i asked her about that commercial during the campaign on this program. in your ad you use the term muslim and the term terrorist basically interchangeably. you say muslims want to build a mosque at ground zero, the terrorists haven t won and we should tell them no on ground zero.
should tell them in plain english, no, there will never be a mosque on ground zero. you re essentially equating muslims with terrorists. to be honest, i think you could make that assumption but that s not giving me the benefit of the doubt. but that s what you re saying, i mean your words are carefully selected. the words are carefully selected but that is certainly not what i m intending to say. i am not intending to say that all muslims are terrorists. you also talk about victory mosques that muslims built hundreds of years ago on the site of military conquests. yes, sir. don t all religions do that? you re catholic, rome was conquered from the pagans and their alters destroyed so the vatican could be built. christian conquistadors and pilgrims built their own houses of worship. is the vatican a victory church? no. you are incorrect in your statement, sir. wait, so, wait, just about every religion when a religion in the past used to conquer in a war, they wouldn t b