You know as well as I do that's a clear LOS unless something bigger is in the way. Beside the point though.

This really isn't about Islam, because 911 wasn't about Islam. A lot of people want to keep it that way. The founders of this mosque are supposedly among them, but their actions don't seem to reflect that.

Yes, this is still (theoretically) America and they have every right to do as they wish on their own land in accordance with existing laws. I have the right to beat myself over the head with a frying pan until I fall unconscious, too, but that doesn't make it a good idea.

911 was not and should never be a promotional tool for Islam. I understand the desire to say, "but we're not like them!" yet the fact remains that building an Islamic religious institution right next to where thousands were murdered in the name of Islam is the exact opposite of disassociating 911 from Islam. The Muslims murdered on 911 do have a place, and they do count: As victims, like all the rest; they don't get special status because they just happen to be of the same faith as that professed by the hijackers. That makes the hijackers even more idiotically insane, but it doesn't make the slain Muslims any more (or less) victims than anyone else.