Every vote for John Kerry is a vote for Al-Queda???!!!

On CNN WOLF BLITZER REPORTS Aired May 27, 2004 - 17:00 ET Kelli Arena, CNN Justice Correspondent started the fear with the following remarks:

Miles, it's something that we've heard a lot about, a possible al Qaeda plot to influence elections. But there's their hasn't been a lot of discussion about what the objectives might be. So we checked in with some terror experts to find out.

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ARENA (voice-over): Terror experts say it's not about who wins the U.S. election, it's about impact.


M.J. GOHEL, ASIA-PACIFIC FOUNDATION: If, for instance, say, George Bush was in the lead in the opinion polls right now and an attack took place and that changes the equation as it did, for instance in Spain, then al Qaeda would feel that it has scored a major success.


ARENA: Al Qaeda affiliates attacked Spain just before its elections in March. Some suggests that cemented an overwhelming win for the socialist party.


ASHCROFT: We believe, for example, the attack in Spain is one that is viewed by al Qaeda as particularly effective in advancing al Qaeda objectives.


ARENA: The attack did result in Spain pulling its troops out of Iraq. Experts say the less Western influence in Iraq, the better for al Qaeda.


GOHEL: Iraq is a key battleground for the terrorists. The terrorists want to turn Iraq into another Taliban Afghanistan. They would like to see the premature withdrawal of the U.S.-led coalition forces.


ARENA: Neither John Kerry nor the president has said troops pulled out of Iraq any time soon. But there is some speculation that al Qaeda believes it has a better chance of winning in Iraq if John Kerry is in the White House.


BEN VENZKE, INTELCENTER: Al Qaeda feels that Bush is, even despite casualties, right or wrong for staying there is going to stay much longer than possibly what they might hope a Democratic administration would.


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ARENA: While U.S. officials say they're concerned of an attack as early as this summer, some experts believe if al Qaeda strikes with the election in mind it will do that just before November 2.


And while much attention is focused on the political conventions, experts say al Qaeda usually hits targets that it can hit on any day of the week -- Miles.

This is Bush's plan for Iraq: (From White House.gov)

"We will hand over authority to a sovereign Iraqi government, help establish security, continue rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure, encourage more international support, and move toward a national election that will bring forward new leaders empowered by the Iraqi people."

This is Kerry's plan for Iraq: (From John Kerry.com)

"We need a massive training effort to build an Iraqi security force that can actually provide security for the Iraqi people...An international High Commissioner should be authorized by the UN Security Council to organize the political transition to Iraqi sovereignty and the reconstruction of Iraq in conjunction with the new Iraqi government...NATO agreement to take on this mission should be reached no later than the NATO summit in late June.

THEY ARE THE SAME. The next slogan, "Every vote for John Kerry is a vote for Al-Queda!" WAIT A MINUTE! Al-Queda in IRAQ?!!!!!! Oh shit. Here we go again with the terrorists/Al-Queda/Iraq thing that worked so well on the American public just before we invaded and occupied Iraq.

From White House.govFeb. 8, 2003
BUSH:"Senior members of Iraqi intelligence and al Qaeda have met at least eight times since the early 1990s. Iraq has sent bomb-making and document forgery experts to work with al Qaeda. Iraq has also provided al Qaeda with chemical and biological weapons training. And an al Qaeda operative was sent to Iraq several times in the late 1990s for help in acquiring poisons and gases."

OK, so then we have this: From White House.gov March 23, 2004)

President Bush sought all possible links to the attacks of 9/11, including Iraq. Once advised that there was no evidence that Iraq was responsible for September 11, the President told his National Security Council that Iraq was not on the agenda.

So here we are again, trying to somehow connect Iraq and Al-Queda. DON'T FALL FOR IT. This is so freaking obvious to anyone who reads or pays attention. I wonder how often we're going to start hearing this over and over. JOHN KERRY IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY WHEN PUT INTO OFFICE ABOUT IRAQ. I don't know if they're anything else I can add. Just read this and pass it on to other people, so they don't get sucked into the propaganda machine.