McCain backed by Al-Qaida?

[Versailles]

Oh this has to be just too beautiful to actually be true. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let this become a huge talking point over the next 2 weeks.

Al-Qaida supporters suggested in a Web site message this week they would welcome a pre-election terror attack on the U.S. as a way to usher in a McCain presidency.

The message, posted Monday on the password-protected al-Hesbah Web site, said if al-Qaida wants to exhaust the United States militarily and economically, "impetuous" Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain is the better choice because he is more likely to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"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."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_el_pr/al_qaida_us_election_2

[zulchzulu]

1. Yep... I mentioned it earlier... wow! Look at the photo!

[Arrowhead2k1]

2. lol, those people are absolutely nuts.

:rofl:

That must be a photochop right?

[zulchzulu]

6. Shhh.... it's from a McCain rally in Kandahar n/t

[rgbecker]

3. LOL on the Pic. Would send this to my RW sister but even she might be skeptical.

[Franks Wild Years]

4. Security will now be increased everywhere.

Home and abroad.

Because after this leak, you can bet your bottom dollar that this article would be all over the news for days, weeks and months in the event of a successful attack on ANY US related interest now. Given that he wants to steer away from the economy, the best shot for McCain in the final days of the campaign is to run with a "There has been no successful attack since 9/11, we've kept you safe, folks" slogan.

[SurfingAtWork]

5. Wingnuts will say that they are saying they want McCain because

They secretly want Obama, and they know that Americans will hear AQ hearts McCain and it will win some votes for Obama.

[Gothmog]

7. Remember that Bin Ladin did hsi best to help bush in 2004

Remember that in 2004, Bin Ladin did his best to help bush get re-elected http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/070306.html

On Oct. 29, 2004, just four days before the U.S. presidential election, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin-Laden released a videotape denouncing George W. Bush. Some Bush supporters quickly spun the diatribe as “Osama’s endorsement of John Kerry.” But behind the walls of the CIA, analysts had concluded the opposite: that bin-Laden was trying to help Bush gain a second term.

This stunning CIA disclosure is tucked away in a brief passage near the end of Ron Suskind’s The One Percent Doctrine, which draws heavily from CIA insiders. Suskind wrote that the CIA analysts based their troubling assessment on classified information, but the analysts still puzzled over exactly why bin-Laden wanted Bush to stay in office.

[Versailles]

8. Yeah, forgot about that...bleh. (n/t)

[CJCRANE]

9. There's no mystery as to why Bin Laden wanted Bush to stay in office:

"So we are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy...one cannot say that Al-Qa'ida is the sole factor in achieving these spectacular gains. Rather, the policy of the White House...has helped al-Qa'ida to achieve those enormous results. And so it has appeared to some analysts and diplomats that the White House and us are playing as one team towards the economic goals of the United States".

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16990-2004Nov1.html

[Lady-Damai]

10. No shock to me.

Mccain and his stupid supporters is icing on the cake for Al-Qaida. Al-Qaida is more stronger than ever because of Bush politics. The anti-Muslim and anti-Arab crap spewing from the Mccain campaign is being used to motivate Al-Qaida supporters.

[Democat]

11. McCain loves the terror!

Why wouldn't the terror love him back?