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Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the evil poster boys of mass murder, are revered and support- ed by millions of Muslims throughout the world. The stated goal of Al Qaida and its supporters is to kill or convert every infidel — and that means Jews, Christians, Buddhists and anyone else who will not accept Islam's supremacy. These terrorists are convinced that non-Islamic nations do not have the will or courage to persevere in this struggle, which could last for decades. They believe democracies are weak- willed and ultimately will yield to whatever demands are made on them. By withdrawing their troops from Iraq in response to terrorist attacks or the threat of violence, Spain and the Philippines already have shown that, tragically, terror tactics — including suicide attacks, car bombings and the beheading of innocent civilians — do work. Al Qaida also intends to destroy moderate Muslim governments that want to live in peace with countries that are not Islamic. Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, ter- rorist attacks Bush announced his commitment to the struggle against Islamic fanatics who believe they can destroy the values of Western civiliza- tion and democratic governments everywhere. On entering this war against terror- ism, Bush said, "We shall go after the terrorists and the countries that harbor them." This Bush Doctrine rivals in importance the Monroe Doctrine, which limited the colonization efforts 878950 Edward I. Koch was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. of foreign powers in the Western hemisphere, and the Truman Doctrine, which contained the spread of communism. Bush has proven that he is prepared to keep to his commit- ment to fight terrorism. The Radical Influence If Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., were to win this presidential election, would he stand up to terrorism to the same extent as George Bush? I don't think so. Regrettably, my party, the Democratic Party, now has a strong radical left wing whose members often dominate the party primaries. Those same left wing radicals have an anti- Israel philosophy, reviling a democratic state that shares the values held by most Americans. Kerry is a patriot who performed hero- ically in the Vietnam War. Regrettably, he surrendered his philo- sophical independence to the left wing in the recent Democratic pri- maries to prevail over the original dar- ling of the radicals, Howard Dean. Kerry owes his nomination in large part to those Dean supporters and to the support of Sen. Ted Kennedy, D- Mass. Kennedy sadly demonstrated his loss of any sense of decency with crude attacks on Bush using unacceptable, abusive language. The hatred deliber- ately stirred by Kennedy against Bush is contemptible and dangerous; it encourages the terrorists with whom we are at war and it incites the crazies in our own country. On July 9, a Kerry-Edwards fund- raising concert was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. During the concert, comedian Whoopi Goldberg engaged in unprintable, des- picable sexual references to Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, playing on the anatomical symbolism of their names. Even worse was Kerry's "thank you" from the stage to all of the performers, saying that they conveyed "the heart and soul of our country." Shameful. Yes On Iraq Now a comment about the war in Iraq. Most Americans understand that few, if any, wars go smoothly. Cast KOCH on page 68