Is Bush using 'terror threats' as a re-election card?

CAIRO, August 8 (IslamOnline.net) – As long as Osama bin Laden and his ghostly network, Al-Qaeda, continue to grab the headlines, US President George W. Bush is certain to win enough support to stay in the White House for another four years, according to a British daily Sunday, August 8.

Under the heading, "Why Bush could be a fan of terror", Peter Preston, a well-known columnist with the Guardian, delved deep on the US war on terror and Bush's handling of the American people's fears and concerns.  

" America won't turn against its President this November, not as long as Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden stay on the front pages," said Preston in his article appearing in "Inside US Politics" section of the Observer, Sunday's edition of the British daily.

"The fattest factor in America 's election year hasn't flamed, or even singed, yet. But another hot week of orange alerts, white knuckles and scarlet blushes begins to pose the inevitable awful problem. Who exactly will Osama bin Laden be voting for this November? Is he (whisper it gently) a closet Republican?"

"Take almost any current terror scenario and put it to public opinion. Suppose that the 9/11 commission is right. Suppose that the obvious risk of another Al-Qaeda attack turns to bloody reality sometime over the next four months. Who gains? Why, the sitting President, the Commander in Chief. George W Bush declared this 'war' and took his country into battle. It would not desert him if true crisis suddenly returned.

"Suppose there are significant arrests which net more of Osama's operatives, perhaps even the thin man himself. Who gains? A no-brainer."

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