We Are All Spaniards

In article , JohnMcGrew wrote:
expected to loose by a wide margin before the attack. Most socialist parties
and organizations have been far more friendly to the Islamic cause than anyone
else. Expect similar just before the next election in Britain.

Let's see: Britain currently has a socialist (or at least
quasi-socialist) party in power at the moment: the Labour Party. The
Conservative Party is at least as gung-ho, if not more so about
supporting the United States. The 'special relationship' with the US
enjoys strong cross-party support in Britain. The terrorists would
likely just bring in a government with an even stronger resolve to keep
fighting.

I think those who say the Spanish changed the Government because of a
terrorist act are missing the point: the Spanish changed their
government because the one in power tried to lie and distort and spin
about the whole tragic affair and got caught. The Spanish didn't elect
the other lot to appease terrorists, they elected the other lot to
punish the incumbent for bare-faced lying.

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Dylan Smith wrote:

I think those who say the Spanish changed the Government because of a
terrorist act are missing the point: the Spanish changed their
government because the one in power tried to lie and distort and spin
about the whole tragic affair and got caught.

Few, if any, have argued with that. The problem is that outfits like Al Quaida
will not see it this way. Even if their leaders do, they will fomulate in the
ranks the idea that their actions changed the election results and got Spanish
troops pulled out. Sorta like "Ok, you guys did real well last time, go do it
again somewhere else."

Now, if they perceive the Conservative Party as being more hawkish than Labour,
they probably will not try to influence the British elections this way, but the
way the media is beginning to spin the two parties here in the States, Al Quaida
might well feel that a victory by the Democrats would be advantageous. *If* they
come to that conclusion, they might also feel that another strike just before
the election would hand Kerry the presidency. That's two "ifs", but the Spanish
elections make that second if much more likely.

George Patterson
Battle, n; A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would
not yield to the tongue.

Let's see: Britain currently has a socialist (or at least
quasi-socialist) party in power at the moment: the Labour Party. The
Conservative Party is at least as gung-ho, if not more so about
supporting the United States. The 'special relationship' with the US
enjoys strong cross-party support in Britain. The terrorists would
likely just bring in a government with an even stronger resolve to keep
fighting.

Nobody ever said that they were smart.

But still, taking down Blair would be considered a great
accomplishment. They are likely to accomplish that without bombing a
railroad: Labour may well do it for them.

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