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The following is from the Spanish newspaper "El Pais" (www.elpais.es). They are not blaming Bush yet, but it may not be long. After reading this kind of junk a pop window tried to ask me for an $80 subscription if I wanted to continue... I was lucky that my fist crashed an inch away from the mouse!! Translation follows.

Propongo que le pidan consejo a Bush. Lo primero que se le ocurriría es prohibir el petroleo. Pero alguien le chivaría al oído que el petroleo es lo que les da de comer. Luego se le ocurriría prohibir el mar, pero entonces le dirían que como iba a transportar el petróleo, y que a ver donde metían los portaaviones. Entonces pensaría que lo mejor sería prohibir el pescado, pero entonces tendrían que retirar de los McDonald's el McFish. Finalmente y tras un arduo esfuerzo llegaría a la conclusión de que la solución es atacar iraq, que tienen mucho petroleo, que es el origen de este mal.

I suggest that they ask Bush for advice. The first think he would think of, would be to forbid oil. But someone would whisper in his ear that oil is what feeds them. Then he would think of forbidding the ocean, but they would ask him how was he going to transport the oil, and where would he keep the aircraft carriers. He would think then that the best thing would be to forbid fish, but they would have to discontinue Mc Fish sandwiches at Mc Donald's. Finally, and after a great effort, he would come to the conclussion that the solution was to attack Iraq, because it has a lot of oil, which is the origin of this problem.

I tried to send my comment to the paper, but they would not accept it.