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Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland

10/27/08

In the battle for endorsements in the presidential campaign, Barack Obama snared a strong nod from former Secretary of State Colin Powell and John McCain received an equally strong recommendation from al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda? Yes, you heard right, al-Qaeda! This endorsement indicates what has long been known: al-Qaeda is fairly sophisticated politically. And this doesn’t mean McCain is the more accomplished candidate — in fact, apparently the group believes he is the more gullible of the two men. Quite bluntly, al-Qaeda says it wants McCain to win essentially because it thinks he is most likely to continue Bush’s macho ‘bull in the China shop’ war on terror. There has been a lot of bull in the China shop, and al-Qaeda wants to make sure it continues...

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2355


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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