Two parties of war and reaction
Hillary Clinton, Dick Cheney champion torture on eve of election
By Bill Van Auken, SEP candidate for US Senate from New York, 28 October 2006

The terrorists told WorldNetDaily an electoral win for the Democrats would prove to them Americans are "tired."

They rejected statements from some prominent Democrats in the U.S. that a withdrawal from Iraq would end the insurgency, explaining an evacuation would prove resistance works and would compel jihadists to continue fighting until America is destroyed.

They said a withdrawal would also embolden their own terror groups to enhance "resistance" against Israel.

You ARE! This whole invasion/occupation has emboldened them. What incredible tunnel vision you have.

"Just put in your ear plugs, put on your eye shades.

You know where to put the cork."

Bonus questions:

1. Explain why the Thais have an Islamic insurgency in the south which has killed thousands over the last few years.  Is that source from our invasion of Iraq as well?

2. Explain the chaos spreading in France - police and fire units attacked in the banlieus daily for quite some time now - since France tried very hard to stop the attack on Iraq, how does that tie in?

3. What about Hamas and Hezbollah in Gaza and Lebanon?  

After 70 years of broken Western promises regarding Arab independence, it should not be surprising that the West is viewed with suspicion and hostility by the populations (as opposed to some of the political regimes) of the Middle East.(3) The United States, as the heir to British imperialism in the region, has been a frequent object of suspicion. Since the end of World War II, the United States, like the European colonial powers before it, has been unable to resist becoming entangled in the region's political conflicts. Driven by a desire to keep the vast oil reserves in hands friendly to the United States, a wish to keep out potential rivals (such as the Soviet Union), opposition to neutrality in the cold war, and domestic political considerations, the United States has compiled a record of tragedy in the Middle East. The most recent part of that record, which includes U.S. alliances with Iraq to counter Iran and then with Iran and Syria to counter Iraq, illustrates a theme that has been played in Washington for the last 45 years.

An examination of the details and consequences of that theme provides a startling object lesson in the pitfalls and conceit of an interventionist foreign policy.