So why should Muslims not be able to build that mosque near ground zero?

Because Ground Zero is The Wound inflicted by the Jihad on the Great Satan. The Victory Over The Great Satan Hamasque is the jihad's high profile twisting of the knife in that wound, the permanent, burning, galling salt forced into the wound, a demonstration to the world, and most importantly to the caliphate and its millions of would-be foot soldiers that the Great Satan can be attacked by the Jihadi AGAIN and in so MANY ways: the failed 1993 attack on WTC, the 911 attack, and now, the extremely hi profile CULTURAL attack. "You, Jihadi warriors, can come in pilgrimages from Saudi, Somalia, Yemen, Paki, and Iran, in full Islamic garb, flaunting your Korans, stand in the golden light of our Victory Mosque and spit on the burning, humiliating wound our holy martyrs of 911 have inflicted on this great killer of Moslems all over the world."

THAT'S the message that will be taken by the caliphate's footsoldiers. THAT will hugely embolden them in Afgan, Paki, Somalia, Yemen, the Caucasus. Paris, London, Madrid, Rome, Michigan, LA and all the Fort Hoods.

They will truly believe the belligerant rantings of imam Rauf and his ilk that the West is a soft fruit, ready to be forced into "sharia-compliance." For any nation to allow it's most sensitive hallowed ground to be so brazenly colonized by its proven, open antagonist is total proof that nation is truly a spineless Paper Tiger and inviting conquest by a people truly committed to be martyrs to their god. THAT'S the message that imam Rauf and his Saudi masters are calculating to send.

That's why. We the People won't allow it, but thats why.

Muslims have always built Mosques at the site of their victories over the infidels. This Mosque would be a memorial to honor the victory over the weak and spineless Americans. And that is why it cannot be built somewhere else.

It is to be named Cordoba House. Named after the city in Spain which was conquered by the Muslims in 711. A Mosque was built there to celebrate the great victory.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.