Posted on 07/07/2005 8:50:00 AM PDT by kellynla
On March 11, Spain suffered the worst terrorist attack in its history and one of the bloodiest the world has ever known. Terrorists planned their cowardly acts with the express purpose of killing as many people as possible, in order to sow terror and strike a mortal blow against our freedoms and rights. It was a day we felt an immense pain, pain we will never forget. But it was also a pain we must all learn from.
Its lessons are simple. If we want to stop terrorists from murdering us and from dictating how we lead our lives, we must confront them. Some think the solution is to sue for peace, to negotiate with terrorists so that they might go and kill elsewhere. But that way is unacceptable to me and to millions of Spaniards. Terrorism deserves only to be defeated. This is the debt we owe to the victims of the attacks, and to the society that mourns them.
On March 11, in a matter of minutes just after 7:30 a.m., several backpacks stuffed with explosives detonated on commuter trains on the Guadalajara-Madrid line. More than 200 people were murdered, more than 1,400 wounded, and hundreds of families destroyed forever. An entire nation was shaken to its core. We also witnessed what's most noble in the human spirit: the selflessness of those who rushed to help the wounded, to give blood, to offer their help in hospitals, or simply to listen to those who needed relief. We shall never forget the professionalism of emergency service workers. We don't know exactly how many people died trying to come to the aid of other victims, but their courage demonstrates that you can find life in the midst of carnage, and that horror and fear can give way to a determination...
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The Spanish reaction fueled this attack. Don't forget that.
This time though I think the camel-buggers are going to learn the hard way that British temperament is completely different from that of the Spanish. The Brits are tough folk and can be bad news for any terrorist organization that riles them up. I hope that MI-6 unleashes a whole army of James Bonds upon the cretins that organized and executed this mornings' attacks.
I would presume The Bloodiest.
"I would presume The Bloodiest."
I concur
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