[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.

[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.