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Connecticut father's 9/11 memorial rebuffed by political correctness

Peter Gadiel knows exactly how his son died on 9/11. We do too, except it sometimes becomes easy to ignore the origins of his killers. James Gadiel was on the 103^rd floor of the World Trade Center when Muslim terrorists crashed a jetliner into the building.

Their hometown of Kent, CT wants to honor James Gadiel with a memorial plaque next to the town hall. But the father's desired wording has some politically correct peaceniks' panties in a twist.

He wants to include the words "Murdered by Muslim Terrorists" under his son's name.

Town officials said "no". They claim the phrase is "too controversial".

Presumably flying airplanes into buildings to murder innocent Americans isn't against everything that they stand for in Kent, CT. They don't want to offend anyone by pointing that fact out. Yes, by all means, let us eradicate all mention of Japan from the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor; someone of Japanese descent might be offended.

Does Kent, CT have a WW I or WW II memorial? Just about every town has one, so I'd be willing to bet that they do. It probably mentions Germany. Curiously, no one is offended by that?

Peter Gadiel understands that the ethnicity and ideology of his son's killers is a central fact of the 9/11 attacks.

"It isn't just overlooked, it's suppressed," Gadiel said. "It's simply wrong to imply that people just died. The buildings didn't just collapse, they didn't just fall down they were attacked by people with a specific identity, a specific purpose."

Yes they were. It behooves us to remember that, and to remind future generations of the evils perpetrated in the name of Allah.

Stick to your guns Mr. Gadiel. Don't back down. Otherwise you might end up with another Crescent of Embrace pointing toward Mecca.

The proposed Flight 93 "Memorial" in Shanksville, PA is a travesty. It faces less than 2° from Mecca. That makes it a mihrab, the Mecca-direction indicator around which every mosque is built.

There again the PC crowd pooh-poohs any concerns about the orientation of the memorial. They choose to ignore the Islamic symbolism rather than risk offending any Muslims.

American Patriots are offended, and it's about time that people started paying attention. Mr. Gadiel is spot-on:

"Muslims have to acknowledge that it was their co-religionists who committed this act in their name," he said. "I am offended that unlike so many others, they refuse to acknowledge that it was their people who did this."

Amen brother.

But then again, why should Muslims acknowledge their complicity when we have willing apologists like Ruth Epstein who can't bear to hold anyone responsible for James Gadiel's murder?

The truth is that we must be able to identify the Muslim Jihadists by name if we ever hope to really defeat them. Peter Gadiel is speaking Truth to Power. Surrender is not an option.

Posted at 17:10 by Chris Wysocki   []   Comments | Archived | Perm Link |   |   Tweet