“I don’t know how you, tanuki, dare to think such a thing about we Europeans that are righteous and peaceful people, as our history proves.”
Oh, perish the thought!
Seriously, if I am deviating from the main theme of getting to the bottom of this for the sake of the victims and their families, I humbly backtrack. I realize now that I was engaging in conspiracy talk worthy of some less reputable corners of the internet. Let me say that I am a Europhile and have no particular ax to grind with any particular member of the EU. Just the EU in general!
I didn’t know Zapatero played such a role in getting the EU constitution back on course at a point when the whole Union was leaving the tracks. Small wonder that interests in Spain tied to the EU would resort to anything to get him elected. My hope for Spain and Spaniards is for them to regain some sense of themselves back before it is too late. It is a sad decline for a nation and culture that gave us, among other things, the first truly global state in the Spanish Empire, the scholarship of Salamanca and the art of the Baroque.
So you think I have potential as a foreign service officer? Well, if you think I can live up to the example currently being set by our esteemed Speaker of the House, then I am deeply honored!/sarc. I do seem to cause the most interesting situations to arise when I open my mouth!
It was an ironic comment, tanuki. No blame at all. I think you really hit the nail on the head in #14.
There are many hidden interests behind 3/11, and you might have pointed out some of them. You made a deduction aiming, probably, in the right direction; thus my comment on you applying for the foreign service.
BTW, don’t think all posts there are public: many officials never came into the light.
And thank you for your good will towards Spain!