[Dustbunny]

Appeasing terrorists or any criminal only emboldens them.

Siding and placating terrorists thinking it will bring peace is unbelievably stupid as it enables them to become even more dangerous. Because they think you are stupid which of course you are.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking the keyword Israel.

..................

[wayoverontheright]

There are few examples which illustrate the vacuity of the Democratic party's call for withdrawal in Iraq than the post-withdrawal experience of Spain.

[MadIvan]

Warning against coddling the enemies of the West, Aznar reminded his listeners that “if we want to win, the terrorists must be made to feel our hostility everywhere."

Well said, Prime Minister. Spain is a lesser country without him.

Regards, Ivan

[kitkat]

Appeasing terrorists is exactly the same as appeasing a blackmailer. If you pay him off, he'll be back again, demanding more money. And he'll keep it up until he owns everything you have.

[Malesherbes]

This is a little off topic except that it involves Zapatero. Evo Morales, the newly elected Castroite President of Bolivia, just visited Zapatero in Madrid. Zapatero begged him not to follow the Castro-Chavez line (because Spanish companies have very large investments in Bolivia which are at risk.) Meantime, Catalonia on whose deputies Zapatero's majority depends continues to move toward independence. Zapatero finds himself in deep "mierda."