'Today, we are all Spanish'

Guardian ^ | 3/11/04

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

"No pasaran" was the message of those defending ballot-box democracy during the Spanish civil war. As the full horror of the Madrid atrocity unfolds, surely the time has come to unite against terrorism - the new fascism of the 21st century, wherever it takes place. On Sunday, millions of Spaniards will vote freely to chose a government. Today we see a monstrous assault on European democracy and all of Europe must stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Spain as they find themselves in the front line against the evil of world terrorism. I learnt my Spanish in San Sebastian - Donastia in the Basque language - and ETA and their political front party have only marginal support. The PNV Basque party gathers in Basque support, and the Basque country has more autonomy and more support for the Basque language, culture and identity than any comparative region in Europe. At time of writing we do not know who is responsible. But the culture of terrorism, whether in Europe, in the Middle East, in Iraq and Kashmir, in Colombia or Russia is now a common threat to any notion of democracy and progress. Those who find ways of justifying terrorism, who can talk of understanding the motives of terrorist actions, need to think hard and think differently. No progress in human affairs will ever be built on the blood of innocent people. Today, we are all Spanish.

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Deseamos la libertad.

[Puppage]

Now, you MUST find out the root causes of WHY they hate you. What did YOU do to deserve such an attack?

Remember, war is not the answer. The UN is. Now, go think about what you did to make them do this to you.

[conservativecorner]

It's the same thing the Guardian said after we were attacked on Sept. 11, but from that point on the liberal british rag has been no friend to America.

[kevao]

surely the time has come to unite against terrorism - the new fascism of the 21st century, wherever it takes place.

The Guardian's a little late to the party, no?

[dangus]

Careful. I quickly realized why that was written, but with Bush in office, it's still a scary thing to read.

My prayers do go out to the Spanish.

[marron]

"Hoy somos todos españoles."

I'm with you brother.

[Bismarck]

My deepest and most sincere sympathies go to our Spanish friends. Let's hope that the American forces help them out finding the responsibles of this atrocious attacks...

Islam will NOT prevail!

[facedown]

Viva España!

[zarf]

The Guardian can go shove it. What makes this any worse than a Pallie bomb fanatic?

They kill Jews....and that's OK to Eurotrash.

The leftist outrage will soon pass and the sneering, worldly wise cynicism will return in no time flat.

[proxy_user]

What does Islam have to do with this? The Basques are still mad that Celts invaded Europe in 2000 B.C. and took over their land.

[wretchard]

This message from the Guardian should be rewritten:

"Today we are guilty

I learned my Spanish long before September 11. I never imagined any connection between murder and a train station in Madrid. For me, it was all about America and the punishment it deserved. I denounced the toppling of Saddam Hussein. Just the day before yesterday I called Yasser Arafat a statesman and Abu Abbas a martyr. The Guardian remembered many things, but it never remembered that when the Bell tolled, it also tolled for me. Today I long to say that we are all Spaniards, but I cannot. But I can say, in all honesty, that we the sneering liberal elite, are less than innocent."

[Bismarck]

FYI, the Basque terrorists didn't pull this one out... It was the RELIGION OF PEACE (TM). Mark my words...

[conservativecorner]

Today, we're all Spaniards. And unlike the French, we'll still mean it tomorrow.

[veronica]

What a horror. Terrorism is a scourge. We must wipe it off the planet.

[skeeter]

Today we see a monstrous assault on European democracy and all of Europe must stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Spain as they find themselves in the front line against the evil of world terrorism.

Thats nice. But if Spain wants to win this war, I'm sure they'll rather stand shoulder to shoulder with the US.

[B-Chan]