Will We Face a Madrid Mistake?

Special to FreeRepublic ^ | [March 18, 2004] | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[Congressman Billybob]

This is only the third time in eight years that I've written more than one column a week. This one had to be written, is timely, and is on a broad subject of obvious interest to the FR community.

Hope you find this worthwhile.

John / Billybob

[Congressman Billybob]

Folks,

Y'all (and other FReepers) may have felt short changed that I hadn't done a column this week on hard-nosed politics, foreign or domestic. That lack is supplied by the column above. Please ping it out if you consider it worthwhile.

John / Billybob

[mcenedo]

bump - brilliant, as usual

[Stewball]

Let’s see if some leaders arises in the American press.

Assuming you are referring to the mainstream press, it would be a "first". Their heads are so deeply buried into Kerry's butt, they could never see beyond their own agendas, namely, protect Kerry/democrats/socialists/elitists at all cost.

[NormsRevenge]

Bump

[Jon1679]

That guy, Beau, was a total tool. I could not believe what I was hearing. What's worse is that this jerk is most likely selling this stupidity to the Uni students @ Chico.

[mercy]

Spain is such a nothing country. I can't even find a single product of theirs to boycot. We have truly hurt the quizling French by boycotting their products. Can anyone help me out. Do the silly spaniard actually export anything?

[Filibuster_60]

That's an excellent question, albeit one I don't think there's an easy answer to. If there's another 9/11 here on American soil, what do you expect even Bush to do? With so many troops tied down in stabilizing Iraq (a long-term project), what other country can we invade? If it turns out the terrorists were trained and recruited in a nominally allied nation (i.e. Pakistan), we're screwed. The enemy we now face is a borderless, protean entity. We've already taken out his main sanctuary and training ground (Afghanistan) and set an irresistible bait for him (Iraq). If he still manages to hit us here, we're obviously not going to pull out of Iraq - even Kerry hasn't hinted he'd do that. But what additional action can we take? I'm afraid our choices are painfully limited.

[Filibuster_60]

No need to boycott a socialist nation - they'll do the grunt work themselves.

[bigfootbob]

omelets?

[CurlyDave]

I believe that Spain needs the US a lot more than the US needs Spain.

Having achieved a great political victory with minimal losses, the islamics will soon come back to the well. They want Spain to be a muslim country again.

Look for demands to increase muslim immigration with threats of more bombs if this is not done. Free immigration from Morocco and Algeria will be their ultimate demand.

The real question is how should the US respond to the inevitable Spanish plea for help? It won't come this year, but sometime in the next few years the muslims will be back knocking on the door again.

Kerry would simply give in & supply aid. Hopefully Bush will demand concessions to teach the Spanish voters that the cost of cowardice is higher than the price of courage.

[JohnHuang2]

Congressman Billybob Mega ping!!

[AZLiberty]

Boycott Spanish whine.

[stylin19a]

The polls in Spain could have been wrong and the election was never going to be close.
That Aznar's Popular Party was going to lose anyway and the bombing made no difference.

If the bombing DID make a difference, I find it incredible that the people of Spain were so undecided about how to vote 3 days before an election. I find it incredible that so many people, with solid beliefs one way or the other, could be so swayed to change those beliefs/commitments because of the terrorist attack.

I think another attack on the US would have just the opposite effect.
It would so piss us off and strengthen our resolve, that we would be even MORE united behind President Bush.

As for the unlikely event of a Kerry win...I think Kerry would have a tough go of his appeasement policy of "terrorism being a police & intelligence solution", especially with the repubs picking up MORE seats in both the house & the senate.

Kerry would ESPECIALLY be in trouble with that policy, should the US get hit again.
For all of Kerry's bluster, he knows that if the fight is brought to us, the American people wont let him do anything but bring the hammer down...again and again.

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[AGreatPer]

Bump

[nopardons]

Well reasoned,thought provoking, and spot on. Now, how are we going to convince the Bushbashers here, that it is past time to unite?

[Alamo-Girl]

Volley bump!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Now, how are we going to convince the Bushbashers here, that it is past time to unite?

You've got me! It's incredibly stupid to hate someone so much, and not vote for him (Bush), when you know the alternative.

[nopardons]

Yes,that's so;however,it's a hard sell here. Ask me..........I've been trying it all night and it's futile!

Some don't think there's a difference between our president and Kerry and others have " principles" or "integrity", or some other Barbra Streisand excuse. to keep wearing blinkers.