Al Qaeda wants Republicans to win--Robert Parry

[happydreams]

Al-Qaeda Wants Republicans to Win
by Robert Parry

George W. Bush's blunt assertion that a Democratic victory in the Nov. 7 elections means "the terrorists win and America loses" misses the point that Osama bin Laden stands to advance his strategic goals much faster with a Republican victory.

Indeed, as U.S. intelligence analysts have come to understand, there is a symbiotic relationship between Bush's blunderbuss "war on terror" and bin Laden's ruthless strategy of terrorist violence - one helping the other.

Last April, a National Intelligence Estimate, representing the consensus view of the U.S. intelligence community, concluded that Bush's Iraq War had become the "cause celebre" that had helped spread Islamic extremism around the globe.

In June, U.S. intelligence also learned from an intercepted al-Qaeda communique that bin Laden's terrorist band wants to keep U.S. soldiers bogged down in Iraq as the best way to maintain and expand al-Qaeda's influence.

"Prolonging the war is in our interest," wrote "Atiyah," one of bin Laden's top lieutenants.

Atiyah's letter and other internal al-Qaeda communications reveal that one of the group's biggest worries has been that a prompt U.S. military withdrawal might expose how fragile al-Qaeda's position is in Iraq and cause many young jihadists to lay down their guns and go home.

But a Republican victory in the Nov. 7 congressional elections almost certainly would end that concern. A GOP-controlled Congress would continue to give Bush a blank check, meaning the Iraq War would be prolonged and, quite possibly, expanded into other Middle East countries....


http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/2494

[eppur_se_muova]

1. You bet they do!

A provocative, but incompetent enemy is the best they could ask for!

[eShirl]

2. k&r, I want to see this thread title on the Greatest page

[blm]

4. as do I - Parry is a TRUTHTELLER and we need to help him spread it.

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[happydreams]

7. Parry goes way back. He broke the Iran-Contra stories

twenty years ago. He was fired from Newsweek after Poppy Bush paid a visit to the editor. IMO that's because Poppy knew that Parry knew he was "inside the loop".

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[Contrary1]

5. Go back to Free Republic...

you know, where they don't mind that their president is trampling all over the Constitution; aka: "just a God damned piece of paper".

Oh, and did you stop by the souvenir shop yet?

[happydreams]

10. What did (s)he say?

[CJCRANE]

6. BIn Laden said the same thing

in his November '04 videotape.

And B*sh is fond of quoting Bin Laden (during election season anyway). Seems like they have some kind of symbiotic link.

[Arkana]

8. Shut the hell up.

Seriously. Just go back to FR or whatever right-wing swamp you came from.

[Howardx]

9. thanks for playing today

n/t