Jedi Master Pikachu,
ETA is a terrorist group, therefore, they have no rules to follow, and ETA does what it is necessary to win, as 3/11 proves.
There are
no evidence of Islamic involvement in 3/11: The attack had clear internal political ends and no suicide bomber was found in the trains.
For one, it was another eleventh day of the month, similar to September 11.
What is the problem with 11? 9/11 is an important date for Muslims because of Palestine, 3/11 not. It wasn't the 11, it wasn't the 3, 3 days before Spanish National Elections.
Even bigger, is that ETA in recent times, has not been particularly violent.
Of course, because Zapatero's government is surrendering to its demands.
Although there was one incident recently in which at least two people died, it was because those two had not gotten notice of the bombs, because they were in their vehicles. The rest of the building evacuated.
Of course, you park a van with one ton of explosives in a building and you expect that no one is hurt. With all respect, Jedi Master Pikachy, the argument is sickening. Check that it might be applied to Osama Bin Laden and his attack on WTC: it was too early, the buildings were not completely filled.
There wasn't such a warning for that Madrid train bombings on March 11.
Well, on March 10th ETA announced a boycott against Spain's National Railways, therefore, none of its followers took such a train on 3/11. Moreover, the rumours about an attack appeard three weeks before, as you can check here:
The Socialist Party Keeps a Super Missile against the Rajoy Campaign and PP
Translation follows:
DEEP THROAT
THE PSOE KEEPS A SUPER MISSIL AGAINST RAJOY'S CAMPAIGN AND THE PP
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Yesterday Saturday it seemed some leaders of the PSOE smiled again, those who were in the electoral campaign who these days were really sad.
February 22, 2004 Watch out, the match is far from over!, warned yesterday from the headquarters of the Socialist campaign in Gobelas, street -where the PSOE keeps his Electoral Strategy Comitee-. "In Genova [Genova Street, PP headquarters] assume the campaign is over and that the PSOE is finished for [trying to win] the March 14th elections, but this has just begun", insist Socialist sources with whom yesterday talked "Deep Throat". "The Carod-Rovira issue [talks with ETA in France] and ETA truce in Catalonia, that so much thinks the PP has helped them, could in the end turn against them".
Yesterday Saturday it seemed the smile went back to the faces of some of the PSOE leaders that are involved in the campaign, those who these days were really sad, downcast and staggering along. "We have received good news from Gobelas, but now we cannot say anything more, the issue Carod-ETA can turn in a curious [odd] way", confessed almost whispering our sources.
Well, the joy that just some of the Socialist leaders showed during the morning -those who are in the campaign- contagiated rapidly hours later to many more. The "Something is going to happen" rumour spread during the Saturday evening in Santiago de Compostela to all the Socialist family that follows Zapatero in his electoral tour. People chatted on the same idea: "There is something about contacts between ETA and PP leaders and Pepiño (Blanco) and Alfredo (Pérez Rubalcaba) are analyzing the best moment to make it public". "Until the referee whistels, the match is going" - They said.
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Jedi Master Pikachu, we live in a free world, and you may believe what you want, but those are the facts.
Don't get into such a huffy (conniption).
As the comment stated, ETA does destroy things--but they also tend to send warnings.
The hijackers on September 11, the Bali bombers, the London bombers, and the Madrid train bombers, sent no warning that they were going to bomb a target.
This isn't typing that ETA isn't bad--which is apparently what you think it is.
It is merely suggesting the that the Madrid bombings did not fit ETA's profile, and did fit the profile of islamofascists.
You, of course, do not have to agree--which you obviously don't.
"ETA is a terrorist group, therefore, they have no rules to follow, and ETA does what it is necessary to win, as 3/11 proves. "
I won't dispute the label, but honestly what should we expect from them? Do you think a people could/would fight off invasion by everyone from the Romans to Muslims over thousands of years just to surrender to Madrid and the EU? The absurdity of that strikes me as inconcievable, unless the spirit of freedom is truly dead in Iberia.
Is there a better way for them to be free? The only army occupying their land is beurocrats and the Spanish equivalent of carpet-baggers, so you can't exactly expect them to engage in a military vs. military battle.
So what options do the Basques have outside of political surrender and anti-government violence? I'd love to hear a third option because I think the current set of choices are equally unreasonable.