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To damage Mr. Bush --
and perhaps install a Democratic Congress that would thwart his every
move -- our adversaries need to create doubt in voters' minds and time
their plays to be close enough to the election to prevent an effective
response. To say that terrorists and adversary nations want to hobble
the president with a Democrat Congress is not to say that the Dems are
in league with bin Laden or Kim Jong-il. They're not. But those who
would benefit most from Congressional actions such as hobbling the NSA
terrorist surveillance program or reducing funds for the Iraq battle
aren't America's friends. Who benefits most from blocking the
appointment of conservative judges who reject the application of
European law to American cases? It's not the ACLU: it's nations that
sponsor terrorism and want it to be a matter for the Justice Department
to handle, not the Pentagon.
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It's a very good thing that Osama bin Laden isn't as smart as he thinks
he is. If he were, he'd send one of those European-looking al-Q members
to Havana to kill Castro. With Fidel dead and the assassin suitably
shot to pieces, the world would be in an instant uproar, and we'd see a
media feeding frenzy in Turtle Bay that would make the UN look like the
courthouse in the Michael Jackson trial. America would be blamed and
Chavez (Fidel's most ardent admirer and greatest supporter since
Brezhnev) would go to Havana personally to supervise the restoration of
the Castro regime. The Cuban-American community would be up in arms --
literally -- and President Bush would be caught in the middle. And what
a fine mess that would be. Like I said, it's a good thing OBL isn't
that smart. But both Bad Vlad Putin and his funny-named sidekick, Hu
Jintao, are.
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The most serious consequence of a Democrat takeover of Congress (which
I doubt will happen) has in large part already occurred. It is
absolutely critical to the interests of the United States, first, and
the rest of the world, incidentally, that Iraq be secured, no matter
how long it takes, and no matter what methods are required. We're
already seeing signs that the Administration has blinked in the
face of torrential criticism by Democrats, and their attendant media.
If the House of Representatives falls under Democrat
control, it's almost certain they will cut funding, just as
Democrats did in Vietnam. The United States, and the world as we
knew it, will end permanently on that note. We'll enter periods
of negotiating with terrorists under Democrats, guided by the UN, and
savage defensive military action under Republicans. It gets worse
from there.
