Al Qaeda endorses Senator McCain in Presidential Election

[mkrishnan]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/opinion/26kristof.html?em

“Al Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election,” read a commentary on a password-protected Islamist Web site that is closely linked to Al Qaeda and often disseminates the group’s propaganda.

The endorsement left the McCain campaign sputtering, and noting helplessly that Hamas appears to prefer Barack Obama. Al Qaeda’s apparent enthusiasm for Mr. McCain is manifestly not reciprocated.

No big surprise, just entertaining. Sorry if already posted.

[Blue Velvet]

Who is John McCain really?

[iShater]

That says that everybody is expecting McFiery to do some crazy stuff.

[rdowns]

Who is John McCain really?

Beautiful!

[mactastic]

Oh noes! McCain's getting terrorist endorsements! Why's he palling around with terrorists? Why don't conservatives care about McCain's terrorist connections? :p

[solvs]

I mentioned this awhile ago, and it looks like it still doesn't have much play. Of course if it was the other way around, we'd be hearing nothing but this from the McCain campaign now. Actually they're trying to do it anyway. We see it with the Khalidi (sp?) thing, even though McCain has more actual ties. We've heard it's a fake out, that they're using reverse psychology, and other such things. But let's face it, they'd be better off with a furthering of the current policies, which is exactly what McCain is promising. Obama equals lower recruitment and furthering of their agendas. Barely anyone wants to say it, but we all know it.

[thomahawk]

al-queda did this to spook the american ppl who are supporting McCain, so that they will all go rushing to Obama because they think that McCain would be conspiring with the terroists

in my analysis this is Al-quedas 50-50 ticket to freedom or all out war. If McCain wins the election, to put it bluntly Al-Queda is screwed. cuz for sure mccain is going to bomb the ************* out of them when he gets the chance. whereas obama who has no military expirience, if elected al-queda will be safe and be able to plan a possible attack in the future.

thats my lil rant of what i think

honestly i dont care about our international affairs, right now im more focused on our economy 1st then we can take care of international businesses liek the war

[.Andy]

al-queda did this to spook the american ppl who are supporting McCain, so that they will all go rushing to Obama because they think that McCain would be conspiring with the terroists

in my analysis this is Al-quedas 50-50 ticket to freedom or all out war. If McCain wins the election, to put it bluntly Al-Queda is screwed. cuz for sure mccain is going to bomb the ************* out of them when he gets the chance. whereas obama who has no military expirience, if elected al-queda will be safe and be able to plan a possible attack in the future.

thats my lil rant of what i think

honestly i dont care about our international affairs, right now im more focused on our economy 1st then we can take care of international businesses liek the war
Al-Qaeda: world leaders in reverse psychology.

[atszyman]

al-queda did this to spook the american ppl who are supporting McCain, so that they will all go rushing to Obama because they think that McCain would be conspiring with the terroists

And without getting into a Princess Bride circuitous logical argument, you don't think that may be Al Qaeda has noticed that whenever they make headlines, no matter what they say, that it tends to boost support for the GOP, which has been doing a decent job of bankrupting the country over the last 8 years furthering their ultimate goal?

[SLC Flyfishing]

Originally Posted by Nicholas D. Kristof
“Al Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election,” read a commentary on a password-protected Islamist Web site that is closely linked to Al Qaeda and often disseminates the group’s propaganda.

The endorsement left the McCain campaign sputtering, and noting helplessly that Hamas appears to prefer Barack Obama. Al Qaeda’s apparent enthusiasm for Mr. McCain is manifestly not reciprocated.

Anecdotal :D

Doesn't matter, it's not going to change anything about this election, and by the way, I didn't vote for either of them. The times is just hoping to get some of the more idiotic Democrat supporters to the polls since they've been heavily backing Obama. A tactic that most of you have been railing against the GOP over by the way, what hypocrisy!

SLC

[leekohler]

Anecdotal :D

Doesn't matter, it's not going to change anything about this election, and by the way, I didn't vote for either of them. The times is just hoping to get some of the more idiotic Democrat supporters to the polls since they've been heavily backing Obama. A tactic that most of you have been railing against the GOP over by the way, what hypocrisy!

SLC

The media has been extremely tough on Obama. I don't know how one could possibly claim it hasn't. Every tiny little possible dirty secret has come out and been raked over the coals.

[Cleverboy]

Al-Qaeda: world leaders in reverse psychology. Hardly. Password-protected website.

McCain: We'll keep fighting in countries unrelated to the attacks 9/11 until the last man, and create unrest that drains our country dry and ruins our moral standing in the world!

Obama: I'm sorry, if Al Qaeda wants to play its 100 year tactics of draining American resources, weakening our power and influence, and striking at our financial institutions... I'm not going to play that game. We're going to play OFFENSE and find them where their leaders live and where they do business and kill the bastards.

I'm really getting sick of listening to people that don't read the Al Qaeda playbook, and act as if every battle we fight could mean the end to the war on terror. America's longterm strategic interests are being undermined by extraordinary ignorance, considering what we already know.

Yet the endorsement of Mr. McCain by a Qaeda-affiliated Web site isn’t a surprise to security specialists. Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism director, and Joseph Nye, the former chairman of the National Intelligence Council, have both suggested that Al Qaeda prefers Mr. McCain and might even try to use terror attacks in the coming days to tip the election to him.

“From their perspective, a continuation of Bush policies is best for recruiting,” said Professor Nye, adding that Mr. McCain is far more likely to continue those policies.

An American president who keeps troops in Iraq indefinitely, fulminates about Islamic terrorism, inclines toward military solutions and antagonizes other nations is an excellent recruiting tool. In contrast, an African-American president with a Muslim grandfather and a penchant for building bridges rather than blowing them up would give Al Qaeda recruiters fits. Please, let's stop arguing over the obvious, and get to solving REAL problems.

~ CB

[freeny]

Hardly. Password-protected website.

McCain: We'll keep fighting in countries unrelated to the attacks 9/11 until the last man, and create unrest that drains our country dry and ruins our moral standing in the world!

Obama: I'm sorry, if Al Qaeda wants to play its 100 year tactics of draining American resources, weakening our power and influence, and striking at our financial institutions... I'm not going to play that game. We're going to play OFFENSE and find them where their leaders live and where they do business and kill the bastards.

I'm really getting sick of listening to people that don't read the Al Qaeda playbook, and act as if every battle we fight could mean the end to the war on terror. America's longterm strategic interests are being undermined by extraordinary ignorance, considering what we already know.

~ CB
+1
Truer words have not been spoken.

[Queso]

Am I the only one that keeps reading the thread title as Al Gore? :p

[hulugu]

Anecdotal :D

Doesn't matter, it's not going to change anything about this election, and by the way, I didn't vote for either of them. The times is just hoping to get some of the more idiotic Democrat supporters to the polls since they've been heavily backing Obama. A tactic that most of you have been railing against the GOP over by the way, what hypocrisy!

SLC

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

And, since I question the timing of the Times' article, I don't really understand the hypocrisy you're railing about.

Furthermore, I don't really see how much this matters. Al Qaeda is clearly trying to influence the election, but at some point, do we really care? Isn't worrying about their intentions akin to the poison wager between the Dread Pirate Roberts and Vizzini:

Man in Black: All right. Where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right... and who is dead.
Vizzini: But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you: are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
Man in Black: You've made your decision then?
Vizzini: Not remotely. Because iocane comes from Australia, as everyone knows, and Australia is entirely peopled with criminals, and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.
Man in Black: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
Vizzini: Wait til I get going! Now, where was I?
Man in Black: Australia.
Vizzini: Yes, Australia. And you must have suspected I would have known the powder's origin, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
Man in Black: You're just stalling now.
Vizzini: You'd like to think that, wouldn't you? You've beaten my giant, which means you're exceptionally strong, so you could've put the poison in your own goblet, trusting on your strength to save you, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But, you've also bested my Spaniard, which means you must have studied, and in studying you must have learned that man is mortal, so you would have put the poison as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
Man in Black: You're trying to trick me into giving away something. It won't work.
Vizzini: IT HAS WORKED! YOU'VE GIVEN EVERYTHING AWAY! I KNOW WHERE THE POISON IS!
Man in Black: Then make your choice.
Vizzini: I will, and I choose - What in the world can that be?
Vizzini: [Vizzini gestures up and away from the table. Roberts looks. Vizzini swaps the goblets]
Man in Black: What? Where? I don't see anything.
Vizzini: Well, I- I could have sworn I saw something. No matter.First, let's drink. Me from my glass, and you from yours.
Man in Black, Vizzini: [they drink ]
Man in Black: You guessed wrong.
Vizzini: You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...
Vizzini: [Vizzini stops suddenly, and falls dead to the right]
Buttercup: And to think, all that time it was your cup that was poisoned.
Man in Black: They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.

[bradl]

Al-Qaeda: world leaders in reverse psychology.

IMO, I think they smegged up their reverse psychology.

If anything, they would have been tuned in to the rhetoric flying around this country over the past few months; especially the "Obama's a muslim" bit. If anything, it would have helped them to support Obama to further strengthen that line, leading people to vote more for McCain. Since he's for the 'wars' in Afghanistan and Iraq, more of our money would be spent for supporting that, going after Iran, causing those oil fields to get blown up, causing our prices to go up. Bin Laden stays in hiding, and we get fleeced to the point of bankruptcy after 3 - 4 years. Oh.. and we still would be the bane of the world.

All which would fall into Al Qaeda's hands, drawing up more support for them. Instead, they screwed that up.

BL.

[solvs]

al-queda did this to spook the american ppl who are supporting McCain, so that they will all go rushing to Obama because they think that McCain would be conspiring with the terroists

in my analysis this is Al-quedas 50-50 ticket to freedom or all out war. If McCain wins the election, to put it bluntly Al-Queda is screwed. cuz for sure mccain is going to bomb the ************* out of them when he gets the chance. whereas obama who has no military expirience, if elected al-queda will be safe and be able to plan a possible attack in the future.

thats my lil rant of what i think

honestly i dont care about our international affairs, right now im more focused on our economy 1st then we can take care of international businesses liek the war

Thank you for proving my point even better than I could.

Guess they're dancing in the streets right now, even though we won't be helping their recruitment and continuing to bankrupt our system the way they wanted.