McCain, a terrorists best friend?
A pretty stupid headline, right? Yet, that is the level of today’s discourse by the mighty Republican smear machine.
Regardless of the desperation two minute hate drill being run by McCain-Palin, comes word out of the intelligence establishment that another AlQaeda attack, or at least a new threatening video, would not be a surprise right before the election. From Richard Clarke writing at USN&WR:
What would be the purpose of any attempted manipulation of the U.S. election? It could just be to use the election to magnify the media coverage of their terrorist activities, make al Qaeda look even more capable than it is, and remind everyone they are still around. Such a media-amplified attack might help them with recruitment and fundraising. Even more likely is the possibility that al Qaeda would hope the attack would benefit John McCain. Opinion polls, which, as noted above, al Qaeda reads closely, suggest that an attack would help McCain. Polls in Europe and the Middle East also suggest an overwhelming popular support there for Barack Obama. Al Qaeda would not like it if there were a popular American president again.
Tags: al qaeda, mccain, obama, richard clarke
