Paul Johnson, the eminent British historian, in the October 25 issue of National Review, on the “High Stakes” in the November 2 election:
All the elements of anarchy and unrest in the Middle East and Muslim Asia and Africa are clamoring and praying for a Kerry victory.
The mullahs and the imams, the gunmen and their arms suppliers and paymasters, all those who stand to profit — politically, financially, and emotionally — from the total breakdown of order, the eclipse of democracy, and the defeat of the rule of law, want to see Bush replaced.
His defeat on November 2 will be greeted, in Arab capitals, by shouts of triumph from fundamentalist mobs of exactly the kind that greeted the news that the Twin Towers had collapsed and their occupants been exterminated.
I cannot recall any election when the enemies of America all over the world have been so unanimous in hoping for the victory of one candidate. That is the overwhelming reason that John Kerry must be defeated, heavily and comprehensively.
The Jerusalem Post reported yesterday that the Palestinian Authority “made its first open statement Monday expressing support for US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.” Perhaps the PA read this article.