al Qaeda and the Two Party System

Andrew Sullivan points us to a quote that summarizes my thoughts about the politics in America as it relates to terrorism and Al Qaeda. The British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw says:

"What people have got to remember is that Sept. 11 happened in 2001 and not in 2003. It was planned under the presidency of Bill Clinton."

Sullivan's take:

"The point, of course, is not to blame Clinton for 9/11, but to show that al Qaeda terrorism is not some kind of response to the Bush administration. It predated it, and will probably outlast it."

Simply put, the Islamic militants don't give a rats @$$ about who is in the White House. Democrat or Republican, the militant Islamic fundamentalist sees both parties (and independants for good measure) cut from the same cloth of satanism. Really, all one has to do is witness the bombings in Turkey, a Muslim country and Saudi Arabia, a Muslim country run by a theocracy, to know that even fellow Muslims are not safe.