Explain

From a Boston Globe story about Senator Splunge flapping his gums with Imus:

When Imus suggested that ''there are over a billion people, more or less, in this world who want every American on the planet dead," Kerry did not contest the point, saying, ''That's why, frankly, and I don't say this casually, but I really believe that is why we need a new president of the United States."

Now you understand why GOP man Marc Racicot says that Kerry has a “defective” character. But maybe I’m missing something. Tell me, Senator Splunge, how changing our leader will somehow engender the goodwill of the Islamic world. Which candidate do you think Al-Qaeda is rooting for? Just wondering.