The quack reporters at Reuters and their useful idiots would like us to believe the new terror threats are politically motivated.

"A vague new U.S. warning that al Qaeda may be planning a massive attack smacks of political back-covering and campaigning, not just a call for heightened vigilance, analysts and former government officials say."

"Stung by accusations that the Bush administration ignored key intelligence in the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, officials may now be issuing warnings to prove to Americans they are on the ball this time, say terrorism analysts on both sides of the political fence."

"Apparently there were warnings over 9/11 and nothing came out to the public before that, and they've paid a dear price for that," said Jonathan Schanzer, a terrorism analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "They need to alert the public that there could be something coming down the pike, in which case, don't say we didn't tell you," he said.

And there's more:

"One former national security official in the Bush administration told Reuters: "This is more butt-covering than anything else."

So someone who was either fired or quit their job wants to tell us what the President and his advisers are really doing. That's persuasive.

This should all just be a matter of common sense. We have huge events coming up this summer: the party conventions, Olympic Games, and the G8 summit. Three of those will be held in the U.S. Al Qaeda demonstrated both willingness and capability to violently insert itself into a state's political process in March (Spain).

The 2004 election will set the course for the War Against Democracy. If President Bush loses, Kerry will submit to the terrorists and cease any offensive measures. Al Qaeda knows that more rides on this election than any other event for the next 4 years!

Officials also complain that there are no specific guidelines for what the public should do. Look, if they knew what the threat was, law enforcement/military would take care of it. When you don't know, the only thing you can do is to urge increased vigilience and awareness. Those tactics work; if you know something bad is going to happen, you might find that 20 year-old Muslim guy in the trench coat with wires hanging out just a little more suspicious than you would otherwise and perhaps alert the police. If we are led to believe things are just fine, we will follow our natural impulse to hurry to work and just forget about him.

Finally, there is a lot of nonsense buried at the end of this article.

"One prominent terrorism expert, who would only speak on condition of anonymity, said Bush may also be trying to staunch increasing criticism of the Iraq campaign by underlining the link in the public's mind between Iraq and security at home. 'The president is running as a war president, so the timing is interesting,' he said, pointing to a speech by Bush on Monday that made frequent references to terrorist threats."

"'I wonder if there's not a connection to the president's speech when he mentioned terrorism 18 times in the context of Iraq. Isn't this a very convenient way of linking back to the United States that Iraq is part of the broader war on terrorism?' he said."

President Bush is a war president. Whoever is elected in November will also be a war president, though Kerry, if elected, will not want to admit it. The war is against the US, and we will remain at war whether or not we fight back.

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