In the summer of 2010, Glenn “Civil Discourse” Beck joined the rest of his Fox News brethren in an all-out assault on the reputation of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the man behind the Park 51 project. Everything that Rauf had ever said or written was potential fodder to be spun as extreme or anti-American. But Beck was really reaching when he lashed out at Rauf for saying, “I wouldn't say the United States deserved what happened on 9-11, but the United States' policies were an accessory to the crime that happened.”

According to Beck, those were the words of a dangerous extremist with ties to Hamas. Which makes you wonder what he thinks of the guy who said this:

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BECK: Can we stop meddling in people's business? Can we stop reaching out to the most thuggis- thuggish dictators? Because it helps us-- It doesn't help us in the end. This is the lesson we should have learned on September 11. The enemy of my enemy is not my friend. The Muslim Brotherhood trained Osama Bin Laden. But because he was a-- an enemy of the Soviet Union, we did as well. Because he was the enemy of our enemy. And now he's just our enemy.

That is of course none other than radio host and Fox News personality Glenn Beck, uttering comments markedly consistent with what Glenn Beck said in April 2010:

When people said they hate us, well, did we deserve 9-11? No. But were we minding our business? No. Were we in bed with dictators and abandoned our values and principles? Yes. That causes problems. [Glenn Beck, 4/15/10]

Which leads one to ask: What compels Glenn Beck to call Imam Rauf dangerous for making comments very much in line with Beck's own position?