Democrats cheer Socialist victory in Spain as Bush ally is blamed for Madrid blast

Various | March 14, 2004 | nwrep

[nwrep]

Various Democrats took to the internet on Sunday cheering the defeat of the party of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar in the general elections. Several congratulated the Spanish people for what they saw as a justified rejection of the war on terror.

Exit polls from the election showed vast numbers of the electorate blaming the terrorist attack in Madrid on Spain's support of President Bush's position on Iraq.

Prime Minister Aznar is one of Bush's strongest allies, and Spain is one of the few countries that contributed significantly to the military effort in Iraq.

One Democrat writing in an online forum hoped this would be the beginning of a worldwide leftleaning landslide, which would sweep pacifist parties, including the Democratic party in the US, to power.

Another one expressed elation and thanked the Spanish people for "putting an end" to that country's war on terror, which he called a "charade".

[CalKat]

Most of the world believes the war in Iraq had nothing to do with the war on terror.

[piasa]

Look what Diogenesis found- Oh, geez- Kerry's not even TRYING to look moderately anti-terrorist...

John Kerry and Martin McGuinness, the IRA's and Sinn Fein's chief in Boston on March 12, 2004. McGuinness was second-in-command in the IRA in Londonderry at the time of Bloody Sunday on 30 January 1972. He served two prison terms in the Irish Republic, and was denounced by Mr Merlyn Rees - a former Home Secretary - as a terrorist. 'The Observer' alleges that he was "widely held to have headed the IRA Londonderry Brigade." (Observer 17.4.83).

[Let's Roll]

That's the October surprise I've been dreading.

[Lancey Howard]

So, the Democrats will see this and silently beg for a devastating and deadly terrorist attack here in the US right before the election? So their scumbag can get elected? Yup. That's Democrats for you.

[piasa]

Most of the world believes the war in Iraq had nothing to do with the war on terror.

MARCH 2003 : (REPORTS SURFACE THAT 911 CONSPIRATOR GALAN WAS INVITED TO PARTY BY IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO SPAIN) An alleged terrorist accused of helping the 11 September conspirators was invited to a party by the Iraqi ambassador to Spain under his al-Qaeda nom de guerre, according to documents seized by Spanish investigators. Yusuf Galan, who was photographed being trained at a camp run by Osama bin Laden, is now in jail, awaiting trial in Madrid. The indictment against him, drawn up by investigating judge Baltasar Garzon, claims he was 'directly involved with the preparation and carrying out of the attacks ... by the suicide pilots on 11 September'. Evidence of Galan's links with Iraqi government officials came to light only recently, as investigators pored through more than 40,000 pages of documents seized in raids at the homes of Galan and seven alleged co-conspirators. The Spanish authorities have supplied copies to lawyers in America, and this week the documents will form part of a dossier to be filed in a federal court in Washington, claiming damages of approximately $100 billion on behalf of more than 2,500 11 September victims. The lawsuit lists Saddam's government in Iraq as one of its principal defendants, claiming it provided 'material support' to the al-Qaeda terrorists. Under US law, the victims' families do not have to prove active direction or involvement in the details of the 9/11 conspiracy by Iraq, only that Saddam's regime gave al-Qaeda more general assistance in the knowledge that it was planning to attack American targets. The evidence in support of the 9/11 damages claim cites several examples of this alleged co-operation. They include the terrorist training camp at Salman Pak near Baghdad, where former Iraqi intelligence brigadier Jamal al-Qurairy has said that non-Iraqi Islamic radicals were trained to hijack aircraft using knives. - "Spain links suspect in 9/11 plot to Baghdad," by David Rose, The Observer , see UK Guardian , Sunday March 16, 2003

[mewzilla]

Last I knew, speaking of Sinn Fein, the city of Syracuse, NY, was going to have Gerry Adams marching in its St. Patrick's Day parade. Syracuse. The same city that lost so many people in the Lockerbie bombing.

[GulliverSwift]

Go run like sheep and you will live in fear. You can only hope the Muslins only take your wool and do no more than rape you. You will endure the pain by telling yourself it isn't so bad so long as they don't slaughter you. The Spanish don't have a strong taste for freedom. Like the Vikings where all the good men left Scandia leaving behind an effeminate society. so have the Conquistadors left Spain.

I never thought of it that way. That's an intriguing way of explaining things. The Spanish people will soon find out that cowering from a terrorist only emboldens him.

[GulliverSwift]

Some of them (like that b*tch who spied for Saddam) will actively help the terrorists.

[piasa]

Being a flatland midwesterner... I never did understand the suicidal psychology of folks who live in NY.

[cp124]

Now Kerry has a foreign leader to support him.

[DoctorMichael]

Its sad to contemplate that the terrorists have swayed the results of this election.

[mewzilla]

NYS is two states: the red rural bits, and the blue urban bits. I wish the red bits would secede and form their own state. Then the blue bits could go to Hades.

[Redcoat LI]

Most of the world believes the war in Iraq had nothing to do with the war on terror.
Most of the world is wrong.

[Peach]

You haven't read much about how Saddam supported terrorists have you?

[GermanOffice]

Actually, no, the Spanish will be able to sit the war out from now on. We will win and they will all be safe...and they will simply not appreciate what we did for them (if we allow the leftists in the media to continue to hold their undemocratic stranglehold on that and other countries). In fact, young brainwashed Spanish women will hate us and not date us both before and after we win the war.

No, the Spanish just voted to redirect terror toward London and any other democratic country that might be having elections soon. They have, thereby, condemned hundreds of innocents to death. But the Spanish liberals will be safe as long as western conservatives refuse to conduct terror operations of their own (for instance I assume that Senator Wellstone was assassinated the way Robert Kennedy was) in order to push events in their favor. We are doing this in the Middle East, but not in Europe.

Control of the press by liberals means that we are no longer participating in "democracies" than Russia is a democracy for allowing total conservative control of the press there.

It is too bad there isn't a mechanism whereby the Spanish will see a clear logical punishment for their cowardice. But that mechanism will NOT be more Muslim terror...unless they agree to keep troops in Iraq a few more months and more terror happens...that would only deepen socialist antipathy to Bush and not the terrorists themselves.

[Redcoat LI]

How do you say "yellow stripe" in Spanish

I don't know,but I'll give it a shot,La stripa Amorilla?

[NorthWoody]

"how do you say "yellow stripe" in Spanish?"

Raya Amarillo

[Redcoat LI]

I don't think your question will be answered.

What will the rest of the world think of that?

[dr_who_2]

Chamberlin (and his umbrella) is back.

[CGVet58]

I agree completely, and am shocked. On an another thread earlier today, I proclaimed faith that the Spanish would stand against terrorism - sadly it seems I am wrong.

CGVet58