OSAMA CAUGHT

[12th Doctor]

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-2-2004_pg1_7

"It went on to claim that US officials were keeping news of the arrest secret and were likely to announce it later in the year — in order to help US President George Bushh’s re-election chances in November polls, AFP added. “The capture of the Al Qaeda leader was made some time ago, but President Bush is intending to announce it at the time of the American presidential election,” the report claimed."

Cool!  I do have a feeling he'll be captured, before the election..  just hope its about a week or two before, and not several months before.  The ungrateful public would have time to start whining about their jobs again.

I would say that the most prefereable time would be right after the Republican Convention.  Kerry would be totally drown out for two of the biggests weeks of the campaign.

[12th Doctor]

That's the whole reason that an idea that the terrorist would commit an act to some how cause an effect in the vote is rediculous.  It would cause turmoil but it would be impossible to predict how the electorate would react.

The terrorists really don't care who wins.  I'm certain they would prefere Kerry, but there main cause is to destroy us.  That stays constant no matter who is in office.  The question is, who is more prepared to deal with the threats and the after-math of future attacks that are certain to happen.  An interesting treand has developed in the polls.  A majority of people believe that we are losing the War on Terror, but a majority still prefere Bush, indicating that they realize that this thing is for the long haul and any negative things that happen are not nessesarily Bush's fault and certain attacks cannot be prevented.  For that reason I believe that another attack would probably help Bush.

[12th Doctor]

Some  have made the argument that the U.S is not like Spain and they voters won't "give in" like they did in Spain.  First off that whole basis is incorrect.  For starters to say a Kerry vote is "giving in" is  wrong in the 1st place 2nd it wasn't that an attack happened why the voters went the way they did in Spain.  It was the government lying about who attacked Madrid which caused the voters to vote them out.  

You just made a point and then defeated it in the same post.  That took talent.

[12th Doctor]

Let them attack France!  hahaha

Sick, sick, sick.  Let them attack France.  Do you even realize what you are joking about?  I would say let France catch Osama Bin Laden because even if it was egg on our face a terrorist enemy would be dealt with and the world might be a little bit more secure.  Even joking about wanting to see more terrorist attacks is completely twisted.

An attack on France would only do one thing. It would lead to the building of mosques all over Paris because Chirac would run to Vichy and immediately form a "coalition" with the terrorists and split the nation in half with Iran.

OMG.

You France-haters are so stupid. That would not be the French reaction at all. They'd use all the force they could muster. What none of you seem to realize is that France had no INTEREST in supporting the US, it wasn't b/c they're cowards. They're amoral and fairly weak, not frightened.

France is a hard-core realist country.  They would do anything as long as they believed it to be in their interests and they woudl do anything to assure self-preservation.  No, they are not cowards, but they are bastards.