Mosques are Fair Game

November 16th, 2004 by drg

Ruins of Monte Cassino shortly after the attack

Some in the liberal media are quoting the Geneva Convention to argue that attacking religious buildings or places of worship are off-limits. What they fail to mention is that once those structures are “militarized” they lose their protection under the convention.

Case in point: During World War II, in which the same rules of the Convention applied, the German Army occupied the Benedictine Abbey atop Monte Cassino in Italy. This position gave the Wehrmacht a strategic position in which they could see allied troop movements in the valley below. Artillery fire that was called atop the mountain led to the deaths of thousands of American, British and Polish troops. Realizing this, the allied forces destroyed the abey – a christian monestary! It was not because we were anti-christian (which is the absurd excuse the left uses to attack coalition doctrine regarding Mosques), it was simply war. The Italian Campaign would have cost the lives of thousands of more allied soldiers had the abbey not been leveled.

So, the next time you here squirmy liberals whine about Mosques – think about Monte Cassino. If you militarize it – it’s fair game.