http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/guest-column-will-bin-laden-strike.html
Read this article, then vote.
Read this article, then vote.
Not a very popular notion. Pat Buchanan lost running on the same premise in 2000.
Why, what has he done in the past to protect America?I think everybody pretty much agrees that McCain is more likely to protect America than Obama. Just most voters have such a short term memory and no foresight (sp?) to think past the next beer.
Al-Qaida supporters suggested in a Web site message this week they would welcome a pre-election terror attack on the U.S. as a way to usher in a McCain presidency.
The message, posted Monday on the password-protected al-Hesbah Web site, said if al-Qaida wants to exhaust the United States militarily and economically, "impetuous" Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain is the better choice because he is more likely to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"This requires presence of an impetuous American leader such as McCain, who pledged to continue the war till the last American soldier," the message said. "Then, al-Qaida will have to support McCain in the coming elections so that he continues the failing march of his predecessor, Bush."
Well the spectre of Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda is likely to push voters towards the republicans so when out of no where this stuff about Al-Qaeda and bin Laden appears then I tend to think it's the republicans making it up to try and get their candidate a few more votes.
Also looks like the republicans are getting ready to fix the elections again, as they did for Bush when he lost in 2000, witht the warnings about how there are likely to be problems.
I just hope they can cause enough problems to offset all the voter fraud.
I just hope they can cause enough problems to offset all the voter fraud.
Since Obama is a politician this may simply be empty rhetoric as a means of pandering to the American people to give the appearance of toughness. Unfortunately only time will tell and we don't have a truth meter to consult before the election.Not that I expect Obama to be any better anyhow- he's just as much as interventionist as McCain is, talked about bombing Pakistan and playing world policeman.
There is a degree of truth in that. We can not win by "holding" territory. We are also spending ourselves into oblivion with military expansion. (I wonder if the Russians are laughing at us now!) I would favor an Israeli style approach, quietly hunt them down.The only way we can win the War on Terror is to give up our empire, close up all bases all over the world and call them home.