The only reason for the terrorists to want Bush out, is because his policies hurt them. By contrast, if they want Kerry, they must believe he can’t do the job, which in turn will allow them to continue committing terrorist acts. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this one out. Even the terrorists know who would be the best president for America.

Posted by: BH57 at October 27, 2004 11:32 AM

The most pro-Bush, he said, are the foreign extremists. “They prefer Bush, because he’s a provocative figure, and the more they can push people to the extreme, the better for their case.”

Foreign Extremists for Bush?

Should we trust the words of our enemies, relayed through unnamed reporters? Should we take their statements at face value? Or, should we look at the effect these statements are intended to have?

If the effect of these statements is to encourage people to vote for Bush, then the terrorists are in fact for Bush and not for Kerry.

Posted by: Lonewacko at October 27, 2004 12:47 PM

I think it is obvious that the terrorists are backing Kerry.

“The most pro-Kerry, he said, are the former Saddam Hussein loyalists — Ba’ath Party members and others who think Washington might scale back its ambitions for Iraq if Mr. Kerry wins, allowing them to re-enter civic life.”

The part that the article left out is, not only do the Ba’ath party members want to “re-enter civic life,” but it allows the terrorists to gain a better foot hold in the region. Should that happen, we in effect loose the war or terror. Both candidates have expressed how that would be unacceptable. But the fact of the matter is, the terrorists believe they stand a better chance of survival if Kerry is elected.

Here is another quote worth posting:

“All the elements of anarchy and unrest in the Middle East and Muslim Asia
and Africa are clamoring and praying for a Kerry victory. The mullahs and
the imams, the gunmen and their arms suppliers and paymasters, all those
who stand to profit - politically, financially, and emotionally - from the
total breakdown of order, the eclipse of democracy, and the defeat of the
rule of law, want to see Bush replaced. His defeat on November 2 will be
greeted, in Arab capitals, by shouts of triumph from fundamentalist mobs of
exactly the kind that greeted the news that the Twin Towers had collapsed
and their occupants been exterminated.

I cannot recall any election when the enemies of America all over the world
have been so unanimous in hoping for the victory of one candidate. That is
the overwhelming reason that John Kerry must be defeated, heavily and
comprehensively.”

Posted by: BH57 at October 27, 2004 01:13 PM

Of course the zealots want Kerry, because he is the only one arrogant enough to believe that he can talk his way to a desirable outcome. With Kerry, the zealots know that they will be able to manipulate the President of the United States simply by throwing out the word that they want to negotiate, and Kerry will go after it like a tropical fish after a food pellet, and with their enemy thus distracted, they can go on the offensive again. And in the end, they will also know that they will be able to outlast Kerry as he constantly tries to “triangulate” his position for 2008.

What saddens me the most is that if Kerry is elected, all of the soldiers we have lost in Iraq will have died in vain when Kerry cuts and runs.

Looking at these polls six days before the election, I have to wonder if the terrorists are right, that the US has grown soft in the comfort of it’s wealth. Maybe our nation is no longer fit for liberty. All that remains to be seen is whether or not we enter our polling places next Tuesday and then walk out standing tall or crawl out on on our knees.

:jackson

Posted by: jackson zed at October 27, 2004 01:50 PM

I was going to post a big, hairy long epistle here. But Jackson, you really summed it all up very nicely. We can hope Americans will see through all the crap and vote for the right man next Tuesday.

Posted by: BH57 at October 27, 2004 02:06 PM

“I can not vote for John Kerry. If for no other reason, because it would be spitting in the faces of all our Veterans, past, present, and future.”

Posted by: No Party at October 27, 2004 02:58 PM

So, all of these comments above are telling me that, in effect, we should vote for Bush. That’s the real bottom line, isn’t it? Like I said, the terrorists really want Bush.

Posted by: Lonewacko at October 27, 2004 04:20 PM

Lonewacko. If you want to vote for a Patholigical Liar who dishonors the military at every opportunity… vote for Kerry. He ain’t changed a whole fat lot in 30 years. Still doing the same put-down routine on the military, only he ain’t stooped to calling them monsters just yet. I’m sure he will. Too bad that there ain’t about 600 of our own POWs being held. But then again, the wackos are just beheading hostages anyway, ain’t they?

Pathetic.

Posted by: Cap'n DOC at October 27, 2004 04:32 PM

I have a novel approach: ignore “what the terrorists want.” I want a President who will (continue) to be relentless in killing the bad guys. I have no doubt some of those bad guys don’t want that and others believe that having just such an agressive opponent is good for recruiting. I disregard both and choose the candidate that I trust to pursue the course of action I believe to have the best long-term chance of creating the world in which I want my daughters to grow up. That course of action is agressive engagement with Islamic terrorists, financially, militarilly and socially, and I believe President Bush has best demonstrated a will and determination to pursue and stay that course.

Posted by: submandave at October 27, 2004 05:41 PM