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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: GST who wrote (149328)10/27/2004 1:13:27 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
This to me is one of the flimsiest and least logical things you have posted -- not in keeping with your "objective" viewpoint.

I do think it follows logically from my views, particularly my notion that the struggle with the Jihadists is presently hanging in the balance, with their commitment pitted against our dwindling resources and domestic political hairball. You are of course free to disagree.

Increased terrorism and violence are known to have little effect on Bush, who seems determined to fight the Jihadists. The campaign has highlighted the fact that Kerry is inconsistent to the point of being unpredictable. One thing he has not highlighted nor emphasized is a commitment to fighting the Jihadists wherever they may be, including Iraq. Kerry's campaign in that sense has been based primarily on an attack on Bush's policies.

The Jihadists are shrewd political observers, viz., the Spanish bombings. If they can influence a President Kerry to leave Iraq using increased terror designed to create a domestic furor, they will do so. Doing the same thing to Bush only invites retaliation with no political fallout, particularly as he will be a lame duck President and very difficult to move.

That's my thinking for that conclusion in a nutshell.
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