Savage on the Mumbai attacks: "Should the tribal areas in Pakistan be wiped out and the rats killed in there once and for all?"

Media Matters | Dec. 1, 2008 (News Analysis)

Discussing the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, Michael Savage said: "Should the tribal areas of Pakistan be wiped out and the rats killed in there once and for all? Should we nuke the tribal areas in Pakistan's wild-man region and wipe out the terrorists once and for all?" Savage later added: "What the heck do we have nuclear weapons for? What are tactical nuclear weapons for but to wipe out an enemy? The enemy lives there -- kill them and their ... Full Story »

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Topics: Genocide, Nuclear Weapons, War, Pakistan, Ethics in Journalism, Mainstream Media
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Media Matters identifies a commentator heard widely across the country advocating the use of nuclear weapons to commit genocide.

It is absolutely astounding that this racist idiot is allowed to spew this non-sense over public airways.

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