"Emmanuel Gustin" wrote in message
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"Tony" wrote in message
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Well, we now have the first surrender in the War on Terror. Spain has
surrendered to Al Quada and will remove its troops from Iraq.
Do the Spanish really think that will be Al Quada's last demand?

Just what had the invasion of Iraq to do with the War on Terror?

The proper question would be, "What drove Spain to pull out of Iraq?" The
answer would be terrorism. But since you asked the first question, how about
Abu Nidal, Abbu Abbas, and the support Saddam gave to palestinian suicide
bombers, not to mention that terrorist training facility that was overrun
during the first couple of weeks of the war (remember, the one that had
Nidal's picture on the wall?). Then there is Anser Al Salaam... get the
picture?


The recent bomb attacks mainly showed that for reducing the threat
of terrorism, the policies of the previous Spanish government (and
that of the US government) are a failure. It is not illogical to
elect a government that proposes another approach. To borrow Cheney's
words, to see fighting terrorism in the context of intelligence
gathering and policing, instead of in the context of a 'War on
Terror', which -- if anything -- seems to play in the terrorists
hands by fighting the battle on their terms, i.e. asymmetrically.

Ah, so that other approach is...buckle under to the terrorists demands. No
thank you.


The Spanish have had a long experience with the terrorism of ETA.
Fighting that still has the full support of people and the new
government.

And they will presumably continue to toe whatever line the that AQ and its
friends dictate to them. Again, no thanks.

Brooks


Emmanuel