Terrorists for Kerry?

One of the biggest problems John Kerry is having in this election is the fact that a large number of people who normally vote for the Democrat because of their social liberalism are voting for Bush because to them, foreign policy and national security are far more important. These voter clearly recognize that when it comes to fighting the war on terror, Bush is simply stronger. He's more likely to be aggressive and decisive in destroying these terrorist thugs. Kerry's lack of conviction and his desire to only engage in a foreign policy that pleases the French and Germans is obviously not the way to fight terror, and many people who would normally vote for a Democrat know this. Unfortunately, many terrorists realize this as well. The insurgents in Iraq, Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority have all shaped their terror strategies to bring about the defeat of Bush in the upcoming election. The reason that conditions on the ground will be more favorable to their objectives if the Bush administration is defeated in November. The logical inference here is that they clearly see a Kerry administration as being more conducive to their agenda. They want Kerry to win. If Kerry presented himself as being tougher on terror than Bush, then they clearly would settle for the lesser of the two evils in their mind and endure another 4 years of Bush. But this isn't how they think. Kerry has left them with the opinion that they would be better off under his watch--that their terror would be more effective and their long term goals closer with Bush out and Kerry in.

Today's Haaretz (an Israeli newspaper) has an excellent piece about terrorist organizations in Syria. During the course of the article, the following point is made:

"Neither the Shi'ite leadership in Iraq, which is far from being a monolithic body and contains fierce opponents to the United States, or even the Shi'ite leaders in Iran, dared to say what Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah did in precise terms, pulling no punches, and in public before a crowd of thousands of his followers.

"The resistance movement [against the U.S. in Iraq] may not be able to remove the U.S. from Iraq within a year, but it will be able to remove Bush, [Defense Secretary Donald] Rumsfeld and [National Security Adviser] Condoleezza Rice, together with their Zionist friends, from the White House," Nasrallah assured his listeners. Nasrallah's scenario requires no deep understanding: Suicide attacks and sabotage operations against the American forces in Iraq will cause American public opinion to turn against the president and not re-elect him, thus bringing about the disappearance of this group of leaders from the White House."

Put in very simple terms, a vote for Kerry can, in this context, be viewed as giving in to terrorism.