You're right about the terrorists paying attention to what is said in Congress as well as what happens in our streets. Many times it is hard to tell who is speaking-- a leader of the Democratic party or a leader of Al Qaeda--because their words are so much alike.
Did you hear Maxine Waters speech in California last week?
JD Hayworth played some of it on Laura Ingraham's show..
Maxine Waters and Barbara Lee are both paid representatives of this country...which gives them "cred" in other countries, unfortunately..
She was telling the street gangs in California to quit fighting each other and direct their hatred at Bush instead. She said the same thing about young people---she said "if any of you have problems that cause you to want to lash out at your parents or friends, turn that anger toward President Bush"...then went on to say that all of the blood of the dead troops is on Bush, Cheny, Rummy...
Now, Al-Jazeera picks that up....and our troops hear that..and then see the press conference with these same people basically calling them failures, because since the war is a failure, they are, because they are the ones fighting it...