And yet they weren’t so organized to make a propaganda effort before the election when it could have made a difference.

They don’t care who is elected. Their goal is to make people in America hate each other, to undermine democracy, to incite fear etc. So far Fox serves as a very willing accomplice, even running the film full of terrorist propaganda several times before elections.

Are they really happy or are they just playing propaganda games?

Who the hell plays a propaganda game after the fact? Amazing that many disparate enemies of America manage to work together to present a united “fake” front that they’re happy with the Dems in Congress. And yet they weren’t so organized to make a propaganda effort before the election when it could have made a difference.

I’m glad to see that you are getting a good deal of positive feedback for your excellent post.
It’s reassuring to see that there are people with brains out there who understand insightful and “reasonable” comments….

I agree that Ed Morrissey’s piece was outstanding as well, and he’s right on the money with this comment:

“Radical Islamists want to divide Americans in order to defeat us. They will play on our differences, stoking the fires of resentment and generating more hatred between us than we have against our enemies. AQ understands that the only way they can possibly beat the US is to get us to grind to a halt with partisan warfare at home, paralyzing our ability to fight them on the battlefield and sapping our will to put them out of business. This video is transparently calculated to give enough ammunition to both sides of the political divide to do that job.”

It’s unfortunate to see the way most of the commenters jumped all over him like a pack of hyenas at feeding time to the point where he felt he had to write TWO UPDATES, such as the following:

“UPDATE: One more time — I’m not advising that we let the Democrats do whatever they want. I’m not advising we remain silent. I’m not advising that we stop promoting our own agenda or deviate from our principles. I am advising that we base our criticisms on what the Democrats say and do rather than what Abu Hamza says about them. They have to govern now and be responsible for their agenda, and that responsibility will almost certainly force them towards the center on foreign policy and the war. When they do not act responsibly, then we must act to correct them with all due diligence.”

While it is understandable - with the election only five days past - that there are a lot of bitter people out there, it is none the less unfortunate to see them attacking respected conservative bloggers as if they had thrown in the towel and sold out their party…

It’s equally frustrating to see in many of these negative comments how the commenter begins with some statement like “We (the Republicans) have always taken the high road”….and on and on, then quickly descend to the “low road” and attack the writer.

I believe that another important point to be made here is that many of these critical comments are coming from people who are not old enough to remember and understand the tremendous power of propaganda. The in-fighting that comes from responding to every calculated tape and comment from AQ and other terrorist groups is EXACTLY what they want; it’s the basic principle of “DIVIDE AND CONQUER”

Let us not fall into this trap…

Read my comment again: Of course as a group they are despised, and must be destroyed. On that we all agree.

Is that not clear enough?

I don’t care a bit about their ravings, only their actions. Those I hate.

Of course, G.W. Bush had no influence on the terrorists perception of the election when he said, “If Democrats win, the terrorists win”. Hell, our own president told them they were the big winners.

So instead of AQ propaganda, maybe the Dems more accepting attitude towards retreat is itself an act, to win the favor of AQ who will see this as weakness, attack the US again, and the Dems will respond by glassing the ME. So the Dems really ARE like Hitler…..though the numbers will be Stalinesque.