Since global jihadists want to destroy republican government and the secular societies of the West, the war on terror should enjoy bipartisan support. I myself do not agree with the President on many important issues, but I appreciate his resolve to resist those who would destroy us. Unfortunately, however, anti-jihadist efforts are becoming a political football in the 2004 election.
Here is an interesting report from Kenneth Timmerman at Insight, which sheds some light on the infamous Kerry memo trumpeted by Iran’s Mehr News Agency. (Thanks to “Allah.”)
For Aryo Pirouznia, who chairs the Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran, Kerry’s offer to negotiate with hard-liners in the regime smacks of lunacy. “America is incredibly popular with the Iranian masses, so this is a grave mistake for a short-term benefit,” Pirouznia says. “To the regime, this sends a message that America is willing to make a deal despite the blood of Americans who were murdered in Dhahran [Saudi Arabia] and are being killed today in Iraq by so-called foreign elements. And to Iranians, it shows that the old establishment may be back in power, a return to the Carter era.”
Why might Kerry want to make nice with the mullahs? Here’s a report on “John Kerry’s Iranian-American Fund-Raisers.”