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Zawahri, al-Qaeda's Number 2 man, has released a new tape with the following message (ABC News Blotter):

"The first is that you aren't the ones who won the midterm elections, nor are the Republicans the ones who lost. Rather, the Mujahideen -- the Muslim Ummah's vanguard in Afghanistan and Iraq -- are the ones who won, and the American forces and their Crusader allies are the ones who lost," Zawahri said, according to a full transcript obtained by ABC News.

It is unsurprising that the terrorists would claim that the Democratic electoral victory was, in actuality, a victory for al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. By electing so many "anti-war in Iraq" Democrats this past November, America has sent a signal to the terrorists that the United States lacks the will (or moral fortitude) to complete the mission of eliminating al-Qaeda and supporting independent and democratic states in the Middle East (much as what happened when Jimmy Carter abandoned our ally, the Shah of Iran…and look what happened there, after the Shah was deposed).

By placing Democrats, especially hard-left zealots such as Nancy Pelosi, it is oly a matter of time before we withdraw from the battlefields and allow Iraq and Afghanistan fall into the chaos of civil war and let the Islamic Fundamentalists take control of those countries. The likelihood of that happening is increased by Iran's continued support of the terrorists currently operating in Iraq, as well as its ongoing quest for nuclear weapons.

This has sent a signal, that was received loud and clear, that, like Vietnam, America will kowtow to pressure from the anti-war, peace at any price, Neville Chamberlain, crowd. Anti-war protests have, just as with Vietnam, handed victory to our enemies. All they have to do is hold out long enough for the political climate to change in their favor, and they win.

Since the November elections, President Bush has let Rumsfeld resign as Secretary of Defense, replacing him with Gates. Another victory for the terrorists and the Democrats, as it means that Bush has abandoned one of his closest allies and friends, all due to the change in the political climate. Bush has as much handed victory of the country to the Democrats, just as the electing of a DNC majority in congress has garnered victory for al-Qaeda.

Like Spain and Italy, if the terrorists do enough damage, they can effect a change in the political arean that is favorable to them. Like Spain and Italy, after electing a "peace at any price" government and pulling out of Iraq, it is only a matter of time before the chickendoves that make up the hard-core, leftwing base of the DNC are able to force withdrawal and abandonment of Iraq and Afghanistan.