[thoughtomator]

Why would it favor socialists?

[dep]

several reasons. first, the government's view has been that it's an internal matter involving the basques. second, that the government has not protected the country from al qaeda. third, by going along with the war on terror, the government has made spain a target.

[Alberta's Child]

Because the Socialists were opposed to Spain's involvement in Iraq in the first place.

Call me cynical, but I suspect that this is why the Spanish government was so quick to blame ETA for this.

On a separate note, I'm struck by a conversation I had last year with a close friend of mine from a moderate Islamic country -- which introduces the intriguing possibility that these Muslims have nothing to do with al-Qaeda.

I'll post more as further details emerge.

[FreeAtlanta]

On going thought is that the surrenderous left will gain the upper hand, if this was a revenge terrorist act against Spain for helping the cause of freedom and justice. I despise socialist/communist/left-wing/progressive cheese eating surrender monkeys.