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Dean: Bush responsible for deaths in Spain
Former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean said Tuesday that President Bushâs decision to send troops to Iraq appears to have contributed to the bombing deaths of 201 in Spain. A growing international investigation is focusing on Islamic militants possibly linked to al-Qaida as the culprits in the Madrid train bombings last Thursday. European intelligence agencies are trying to identify a purported al-Qaida operative who claimed in a videotape that the group carried out the bombings to punish Spain for backing of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The tape was discovered in a trash bin near Madridâs largest mosque on Saturday after a telephone tip to a Madrid TV station. Dean referred to the videotape when asked whether he was linking U.S. troops in Iraq to the deaths in Spain. "That was what they said in the tape," Dean said. "They made that connection, Iâm simply repeating it."
Except when I pinned it on Bush Today I was simply repeating what those who have claimed responsibility for the bombings in Spain said was the reason they carried out that despicable act." Look what Bush made them do! Dean was speaking on a conference call arranged by Kerryâs campaign. Campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said, "We arenât in a position to say that Spainâs support for the war in Iraq made them a target." Spain has been a target for Islamo revenge since 1492. "Governor Dean was simply repeating whatâs already been reported by news organizations about a group that claims responsibility for the enormous tragedy in Spain," she said. "Itâs clear that what happened in Spain is a painful reminder that the war on terror is far from over and the nation would be better off if this administration took the time to rebuild our alliances rather than engaging in political attacks." We Zionist conspirators and neanderthal reactionaries might suppose that the terrorists are responsible, with a lot of encouragement from the appeasement activists who incite them with demands that terrorism be rewarded. Once a scapegoat has been nominated, however, no real effort is required to blame him for literally anything. A few weeks ago, an Al Guardian columnist stupidly lost some money in a Nigerian e-mail scam and seriously blamed Bush for it. Itâs ridiculously easy to blame Bush for nearly anything. Iâll demonstrate: A couple of weeks ago, there was a bizarre accident at my home. My overweight neighbor was trimming a tree in his backyard. The ladder fell, depositing the neighbor against the fence, which collapsed. The ladder itself continued onto my side, and knocked down my electric powerline, leaving me in the dark for 3 hours. Remarkably enough, the neighbor was not seriously injured. This was obviously Bushâs fault. How, skeptical Rantburgistas might ask? Simple, my neighbor is a car dealer, he makes a killing from SUVs (when these arenât roaming about killing and plundering on their own). If it werenât for Bush limiting our freedom by failing to ban these diabolical machines, this guy wouldnât be rich enough to live in my neighborhood. I would have a slender, athletic vegan commissar or such for a neighbor, and the accident would not have happened. Last year, I was returning to my car from a night class. I slipped in the darkness, hit my noggin on the curb and required several stitches to fix it. Again, Bushâs fault; no doubt about it. You see, if Bush allowed the government to provide a guaranteed minimum income of $26,500 a year(as the Green Party advocates) nobody would have to work, there would be no night classes and clumsy middle-aged professors like myself would not be wandering about in dark parking lots. Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-03-17 |
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