[brydic1]

I would like to think that a proper response by the government would have produced a different electoral result but while it might have reduced the vote against Aznar and the government, I don't believe the result would have been much different. The Spanish are basically no different than other europeans. They will run from battle until it is almost too late to avoid same. Then they will call on the USA to come to their defense.

[Betaille]

"I don't believe the result would have been much different."
I disagree. The PP never made it clear that they would be the Party that would Bomb the Muslims to high hell. In fact, their eagerness to blame the ETA could be interpreted as weakness in the face of Islamic terror. I think the result would have been far different.