John McCain has told CNN that an Obama administration would be more vulnerable to terrorist attacks. He claims he has been tested and, therefore, enemies would not want to test him again. Not only are his statements arrogant beyond belief but they are also completely and utterly wrong. I even have a bit of evidence to back it up.
Earlier this week the blog Huffington Post (yes, Arianna Huffington) reported that an Al Qaeda supporter posted a video on a website this week stating that a terrorist attack just before the election would most likely usher in a McCain presidency and that he, and others like him he claimed, would welcome this. He said that McCain would continue the policies of George W. Bush: i.e. the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
“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.”
It should be noted that this video has come from someone not directly affiliated with Al Qaeda, but he is noted by the intelligence group that translated the video to be “a frequent and apparently respected contributor” to the website on which he posts.
I have thought this for some time: that a McCain presidency would potentially bring more terrorism rather than less. While I admit Obama is weaker on foreign policy than McCain, his election would send such a message of change and hope to the rest of the world that even fundamentalists would have to take note.
I do not hold the belief that Al Qaeda is a vast world-wide underground operation; rather, it is a small group in Pakistan/Afghanistan and other groups that wish to emulate them around the world. Regardless of the actual makeup of this group, they will most likely continue to plot against America and the West. I believe no war nor any other action, apart from American isolationism and non-interventionism, will prevent this. The point is, I believe, that McCain would indeed continue Bush’s failed Islamic relations and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to the point of complete and utter disaster. Obama, on the other hand, would seek to safely end the wars and get Afghanistan and Iraq back on course.
If this message from an avowed Islamic fundamentalist does not make you think twice about voting for McCain, I don’t know what else I can say or do. The choice is up to you…’my friends.’