[ladyjane]

I'm not sure we would be over there to assist them. We left a lot of young men and women over there during the last century. I'm not sure I'd support doing that again.

[B4Ranch]

History is of no consequence to our politicians. It isn't taught in Congress nor the State Department.

[B4Ranch]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1099206/posts "As a result of Sunday, the U.S. can no longer afford this patronizing inaction. Europe is too important to be left to the Europeans. The U.S. will have to divert intelligence and resources from fighting terrorism to persuading Europe that it ought to prefer the common defense of our Atlantic civilization to the trivial pursuit of annoying Uncle Sam."

This attitude is Spains assurance that we will be there to tell them how to secure their country from terrorists.