Islamic group to build mosque adjacent to ground zero

[tibilicus]

It's a hard one to call. As someone from outside the US I want to say there's nothing wrong with it and people can do what they like. If I was from the US however I would probably feel very differently about.

As far as the whole Osama and US funding direct link, I doubt such a link exists. The US however is responsible for much of the mess in the Middle East. We have an Islamic Republic in Iran because the US fermented the desire for such a government, we have a war torn Iraq as the US poured money into the Iraq-Iran war, backing the Iraqis, who they were then forced to attack when their leader went overboard. Afghanistan is also affected by this same blight in the way the US encouraged the Taliban and funded a regime, simply for the purpose of delivering a bloody nose to its enemy, with no respect for the people of Afghanistan.

Of course, all this is just part of the messy picture of the middle-east and the reality is far more complicated than the US simply instigating poor regimes. I don't want to make out the US is wholly responsible for the mess, more they bear a large burden of the responsibility.