The Spanish Apology

National Review ^ | March 15, 2004 | Dennis Boyles

[CatoRenasci]

We should disarm the Spanish troops now in Iraq and send them home on the next available planes.

[Betaille]

While I happen to be one of those who are very unhappy with the former govt's refusal to acknowledge the obvious(it was Islamic terror), I am still outraged by the election result.
The European media thus far has really censored and muted out the view that this result was nothing more than obedience to the terrorists whims. However, a Christian Democrat(conservative) from Germany got on BBC today and said that people obeying Al Qaeda's desire for regime change was unprecedented and can not be allowed to happen again.

[jaugust]

Whatever happened to Spanish "machismo"? COWARDS!

[skeeter]

The Left is about to get alot of innocent people killed.

[Agnes Heep]

But subsequent evidence of possible al Qaeda involvement — evidence mostly unverified and still under investigation — was used by the Socialists in noisy street demonstrations supported by Spain's left-wing press as proof that al Qaeda was targeting Spain ....

Damned socialists are like an embedded virus that can only come out when the host organism is sufficiently weakened.

[Dead Dog]

Are you in Europe?

[dalebert]

It could happen here in the USA.

[xJones]

The thing that made the difference to Spanish voters was the growing apprehension that al Qaeda was responsible for the attacks.

Just exchange those mantillas for burqus and get the whole thing over with.

[Snardius]

"We need to take the fight against terror out of America's hands. We need to get beyond the them and us, the good guys and the bad guys, and seek a genuinely collective response. Europe should seize the moment that America failed to grasp."

These people obviously do not understand that "...getting beyond them and us..." means they will subjugate themselves to terrorists demands or die.

[Dead Dog]

Tell you the truth, I think the Socialists were behind the bombing. They made an omelet with 200 eggs.

Watch the democrats try that here, some time in October.

[Shermy]

"The West was warned."

Yeah, but they're not really listening. Lefties immediately framed it about "Iraq", though no Iraqis were involved, and Spain only provided peace keepers, whom most Iraqis support.

The message is about Afghanistan too, in which Spain provides support. Iran, oops, sorry, "AQ", might very well bomb again to get it's point accross to remove Spanish troops from its western border.

[Ima Lurker]

Sadly, I had the same thought.

[BossLady]

"a genuinely collective response"

Where has this guy been?

[Shermy]

The European media thus far has really censored and muted out the view that this result was nothing more than obedience to the terrorists whims.

Ironic how these same people claim American press is close-minded.

[Betaille]

No i'm not. I have just been reading European news sources to see what the reaction was to spain's election. Predictably, the "appeasement" element has been completely covered up. BBC did give it as a "from the right" opinion from the German politician I mentioned.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They probably flew in on American airplanes.

[garyhope]

Terrorism works. It turned Spain into a nation of cowards.

Islam wins.

[Betaille]

""getting beyond them and us..." means they will subjugate themselves to terrorists demands or die."
Correction. They will subjucate themselves to terrorists AND die.

[CatoRenasci]

Indeed. Their Fokker Trimotors left over from the Condor Legion wouldn't make it across the Med at Gibralter, let alone fly to the middle east.