The people of Spain marched in the streets on Friday.Then they crawled on their knees into their voting booths on Sunday.
That pretty much says it all doesn't it?
Al Qaeda just yanked one out of the park. This was what was supposed to happen with us after 9/11. We were supposed to fall on our knees and beg the terrorists to leave us alone. We were supposed to bring all of our troops home. We were supposed to help the Palestinians eradicate the Jews. We were supposed to act like we did in Somalia when we left with our tails between our legs. Or Beirut, when we did the same thing. (I faulted Reagan for that. I think we should have retaliated with a bunch of cruise missiles into the Beka'a Valley.) In other words, Osama bin Laden expected Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton and instead he got George W. Bush. I wonder whom he would like to have elected now?
But they judged the Spanish people right didn't they? The Spanish have decided that if they quit fighting the terrorists, the terrorists will leave them alone. Never works. Watch this embolden ETA. I would feel sorry for what is gonna happen to Spain in the future if they hadn't brought it upon themselves. Appeasement is a sign of weakness and the Islamofascists and other terrorists have no respect whatsoever for weakness. It looks like Spain is turning into France.
Here's an interesting tidbit
Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero, who won an upset election victory over Spain's Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar on Sunday on a platform of withdrawing Spain's troops from Iraq, has endorsed Sen. John Kerry in the upcoming presidential election."I think Kerry will win. I want Kerry to win," Zapatero told Britain's Guardian newspaper, just four days before he swept to victory riding a wave of anti-U.S. feeling sparked by the al Qaeda train bombings in Madrid.
Just great! One appeaser endorsing another appeaser. This must be one of the "world leaders" John Fonda Kerry says want him to win. He won't mention names, but I have a few who I know want him to win:
1. Fidel Castro
2. Jacques Chirac
3. Kim Jong-il They're playing Kerry's speeches in North Korea.
4. Saddam Hussein Too late. He's already been taken care of, but if he were still at large he'd be pulling for Kerry.
5. The mullahs in Iran.
6. Bashir Assad
7. Yassir Arafat
The Lady Jessica ponders the future in Europe:
Finally: does this mean we're going to have more pre-election bombings, as Whoever-the-bastards-were try to influence other close elections?
Probably. It worked in Spain. Why not another country that supports us, like Italy? Just out of curiosity, when is the next election in Europe?
You would think that people in Europe would take a look at their own history.
On September 30, 1938 after returning from Germany, Neville chamberlain said the following:
"My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep."
Neville Chamberlain tried appeasing Hitler. It didn't work. It never works. It never will and if the Spanish think they are safer now than they were before the election they are deluding themselves.
I hope they are having a "nice quiet sleep" tonight.
How do you say, "Peace for our time" in Spanish?
Update from Ross: Peace for our time = Paz por nuestro tiempo
Posted by denny at March 15, 2004 08:42 PM