On the Democrat side, the war on terror has been described as nothing more than a bumper-sticker.  Apparently, Al-Qaida never got the message, as word comes today that they've declared a "holy war" on India.

The statement — five pages long and given in Urdu — mentions insurgencies in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Somalia, the Palestinian territories and Algeria and describes them as a global Islamic movement "aimed at wiping out borders and leading to the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate."

Now, at first blush, that whole "wiping out borders" thing seems like something that George Bush and Teddy Kennedy could jump right behind - although it must be admitted that most of the rest of us don't exactly see the concept as a benefit; Florida Republican U.S. Senator Mel Martinez, for example, has seen his approval ratings plummet to an all-time low in response to his support for the Bush-Kennedy Amnesty Bill.