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Ridge: Terrorists' aim is to influence presidential vote

"They are focusing on what they perceive to have been successful attacks in Madrid as far as the impact on the electoral process there and the outcome of that election," the official said. "The reporting that we are seeing, the information that we have, is tied to the different types of democratic processes here."

I think he has it backwards. Bush's aim is to "influence the presidential vote" ... by playing mind games and utilizing scare tactics.

The Spanish Prime minister lost his seat because he sent troops to Iraq when >90% of his people were against it. Once the terrorist attack occurred, he tried to mislead the people into believing it was ETA when they have no history or means of carrying out attacks on that scale. The Spanish people were capable of using their brains and the attacks energized a segment who probably weren't going to vote before hand. So - BUZZ - you lose with the "don't let them do to us what they did to Spain" routine!

Whether there is a pending attack or not, Bush lied and continues to lie about the reasons for going to war, the proof behind the need to go to war and the facts about how much it would cost and how long we would be there. Clearly, the terrorists are not afraid of George Bush or his policies. Clearly, our troops are in more danger than ever and face mounting daily attacks, deaths and casualties. Terrorist cells have multiplied and expanded their efforts throughout the world.

So, trying to pre-link an attack to so-called motives to oust a blathering idiot is absurd. If anything, they'd want him to stay in office as he has alienated the bulk of the world and given their cause a greater power surge than anyone else ever could have.

So keep trying fellas! Something will stick to that fly-paper of an administration sooner or later.