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Originally Posted by onetime2
The "apocolyptic" message is that the US will go back to the failed policy of turning the other cheek it has held to for the last 30 years in the face of growing terrorist attacks against our embassies, our citizens, and our soldiers. State sponsors of terrorism won't shirk from averting their eyes to newly formed terrorist training camps springing up within their borders while their bank accounts grow.
Additionally that message will be an invitation for the opposition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan to multiply their attacks tenfold to drive the US out sooner since Kerry's entire goal is to get people home as soon as possible. The last thing his political career can handle is continued or increased deaths in those two countries.
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I don't think that any president is going to ignore Al Qaeda again, as earlier presidents and, initially, this administation, did. Kerry has called for more troops in Iraq which doesn't exactly imply weakness in that arena. As for Afghanistan, Bush has definitely given priority to Iraq. They did have elections but things are far from stable there (hopefully improving, though).
As for the state sponsors of terrorism angle, does it seem that likely that our military is capable of doing much else as we are tied up with the occupation of Iraq?