The Treason of the Spaniards

Adam Yoshida weblog ^ | 14 March 2004 | Adam Teiichi Yoshida

[HitmanLV]

Don't overstate or understate the significance of what happened in Spain.

Spain has given heart to the terrorists? What did Clinton do? There was no significant crackerjack military response to the first WTC attack or the attack on the Cole.

Their tactics worked this time and in this circumstance. If they read too much into that, they tread in dangerous territory.

If you read too much into that, you tread in dangerous territory.

If I read too little into that, I tread in dangerous territory.

I have felt all along that the war on terror will be a protracted, asymmetrical conflict. That is, we will take heavy hits while the bad guys take hits also.

Like I said before, anyone expected lopsided wins for the good old USA is living in fantasyland. Spain will take additional hits, as will Europe, as will the USA.

Sometimes things get worse before they get better. Adopting a mature perspective will help keep us focused and our spirits up, regardless of any problems on the path to victory.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks, Lando ! Good article ...

Excerpt:

We need to remember this. Our war against the terrorists cannot be won in a single day, but it can be lost in one. If John Kerry were to be elected President this November then the terrorists will have won or, at the very least, set us back a decade or more. A vote for John Kerry is an act of moral cowardice, of unbridled stupidity, of wanton immorality, and, indeed, of treason against all that is good and decent in the world.

Spain has fallen to the terrorists. We cannot let it happen here, no matter the cost.

[dansangel]

Spain has fallen to the terrorists. We cannot let it happen here, no matter the cost.

I am really upset that all of this happened so quickly. All the more reason to rally against Kerry.

[MeekOneGOP]

Yep !

Gail, don't miss this article ...

[WOSG]

I certainly hope you are right, but we've had mortars and RPGs hit the 'green zone' and bombings of all sorts of compounds have happened.

If the Islamofascists fail to hit us before the election it wont be for lack of trying.

[WOSG]

A good point.

And on the optimistic side, just as we 'lost' one Government in Spain, we gained a conservative Govt in Greece and sooner or later germany will tire of Schroeder, he is unpopular. And so it goes.

We will win eventually.

[Strider]

Sometimes things get worse before they get better. Adopting a mature perspective will help keep us focused and our spirits up, regardless of any problems on the path to victory.

That is well put, but this election in Spain is a major loss. The terrorists couldn't have dreamed of a better outcome from their attack.

I pray to God that whoever they hit next stands up to them. Spain sure didn't. If another nation cowers like that after an attack, it will set a dangerous trend.

Spain is proof that their vile tactics work. They will do it again. The next country to take a hit better stand up. The momentum is with us in this war. The only way we will keep it, is if the masses stand and fight. Spain ran.

Yes, we are winning and will win over evil in the end, and it will take a long time. But, this Spanish election marks a dark day in the War On Terror.

[xJones]

This was a bump on the road - anyone who expected to win every battle in the war on terror must have been living in fantasyland.

So come on, folks, toughen up and dig the heels in. We have an election in the USA we need to win. What Spain does short term is something we have to deal with, but its not the end of the cause, not by a longshot.

Thanks, you're the kind patriots want to be in foxholes with.

[JohnGalt]

Iraq has nothing to do with AQ, so its unclear what you mean.

The author indicted the entire country, if you think that is a logical conclusion from a vote after a traumatic event, I disagree. I believe it was a reactionary vote after a traumatic event, guided by anger, frustration, and a deep sense of loss.

[BOBTHENAILER]

The line must be drawn here. No more retreating. No more giving in to what they want. Furthermore, they must PAY for what they have done.

Very well said.

[F16Fighter]

A vote for John Kerry is an act of moral cowardice, of unbridled stupidity, of wanton immorality, and, indeed, of treason against all that is good and decent in the world."

Will all this fit on a bumper-sticker?

[F16Fighter]

"Do you honestly think a vote cast 3 days after such a catastrophic event really evolves to the level of calling an entire nation, a nation of traitors and cowards?

Will the author say the same thing about the United States should Kerry win?

Yes...

But the author would not be alone in his assessment; I as well as thousands of Freepers would also deem America a "nation of traitors and cowards" for voting in Kerry.

[F16Fighter]

"The author indicted the entire country..."

Don't we do the same regarding the French?

[Tempest]

Nothing treasonous about it. Just cowardly.

[Tempest]

Treason, no. Cowards, yes.

If Kerry wins are we cowards? Most likely.

[Enduring Freedom]

WWARD?

What would Ayn Rand do?

She'd howl at the ignorance and transparentness of pathetic Galt, then fry him like a bug on a wire.

Socialists, in all forms, are the most despicable instruments of death wherever they are found.

Anti-life, anti-human. Evil.

[EDINVA]

"Dane-Geld" is one of the roots of common law, from ancient historical method of avoiding war by the murderer's tribe paying the tribe of a victim for that victim's life.

I didn't, however, see any Muslim money offered for the victims of the 3-11 massacre in Madrid. Instead, they appear rather easily to have captured the Spanish government AND taken 200+ innocent lives