I’m sick and tired of hearing supporters of the Ground Zero mosque insist that the issue is one of local interest only. After all, they say, what right do people in Kansas have to decide what should be built in New York City. It’s a local issue, we’re told.

Except that it’s not a local issue. What is constructed at and around Ground Zero is of national interest.

When Islamic terrorists murdered thousands of Americans at Ground Zero, New York City didn’t mourn — America mourned. Likewise, those murdered at Ground Zero weren’t solely New York City residents. They were Americans from all places of origin and walks of life.

When the time came for retaliation, New York City didn’t strike terrorist camps in Afghanistan and drive the Taliban out of power. The United States military and CIA paramilitary officers — individuals from all across the country — responded, blowing the holy hell out of terror camps and sending terrorists and their guardians scrambling for their lives.

Many fine Americans from New York to California and everywhere in between have lost their lives in the retaliatory endeavor. Many fine Americans from all across the country mourn the loss of friends and loved ones who have made the ultimate sacrifice for America’s freedom and security. Other fine Americans have financed the costly war.

Americans from all areas of the country have mourned, lost their lives, lost friends and loved ones, and committed to large sums of financial debt due to what occurred at Ground Zero on September 11th. Now we’re told to mind our own business, that what happens at Ground Zero is solely a local issue? I don’t think so.

It’s time for defenders of the Ground Zero mosque to find another excuse for building a 13-story monument to Islamic extremist in the shadow of the former World Trade Center.