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2004-12-14 Europe

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Posted by tipper 2004-12-14 2:38:28 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Mr Aznar had increased the risk of attack by Islamic terrorists by supporting the war on Iraq

This statement and Zapatero's withdrawal from Iraq does in fact mean that Spain bowed to terror. At least a sizable majority did. Explain it away anyway you want, Zappy.

Posted by Rafael 2004-12-14 3:03:52 AM|| 2004-12-14 3:03:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Spain democraticly bowed to terror by electing Zapetero but it did bow to terror.

So Zappy boy when the terrorists come knocking from now on. Which they have already since your election, it's on on your head.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-14 3:49:52 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-12-14 3:49:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 It's debatable. Zapatero may have been elected anyway, even if there had been no bombing. But I think he missed a great opportunity to KEEP the troops in Iraq. Once he was elected he should have told the Spanish people and the world that he'd fully intended to withdraw the troops, but after the Madrid massacre he'd decided that would mean giving in to terror.

Well, we can dream.

Posted by Bryan 2004-12-14 4:20:51 AM|| 2004-12-14 4:20:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought I read that the Madrid bombings were planned from before the Iraq war, in which case Mr. Z has the wrong analysis of the problem. Think Al Andalus.

Posted by HV 2004-12-14 5:44:48 AM|| 2004-12-14 5:44:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Excuses, excuses. No matter, the bottom line remains the same: the terrorists struck, and Spain bugged out.

Posted by Dave D. 2004-12-14 5:47:13 AM|| 2004-12-14 5:47:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Not only did they all bow , but whilst they were touching their toes they appied a liberal amount of lube ....

Posted by MacNails 2004-12-14 6:31:34 AM|| 2004-12-14 6:31:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Zappy had troop withdrawal as part of his campaign. As far as ETA-terror, I don't recall them blowing up crowded trains or targeting large numbers of people.

Posted by Pappy 2004-12-14 7:56:28 AM|| 2004-12-14 7:56:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 a bow is a bend at the waist, what they did was more of an "all-fours" kinda thing

Posted by Frank G 2004-12-14 8:10:12 AM|| 2004-12-14 8:10:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 a bow is a bend at the waist, what they did was more of an "all-fours" kinda thing

It's called "kowtow"

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2004-12-14 8:32:39 AM|| 2004-12-14 8:32:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 thank you Captain Obvious

Posted by Frank G 2004-12-14 8:44:49 AM|| 2004-12-14 8:44:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 You are welcome, Commander Clueless.

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2004-12-14 8:49:18 AM|| 2004-12-14 8:49:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 As Tony Blair is so keen on solving the "Israel-Palestine" conflict, I suggest he can practice on a case which is much closer to home.
Spain should be liberated and returned to moslem rule. After all it was part of the Khalifat and so "rightfully" belongs to the Ummah.
By returning Spain to the Moslems we catch two birds with one stone. First we (er.. I mean Tony)buy the Arab's gratitude forever, and second and no less important, we get rid of the cowardly Zappi.
How's that as a novel plan for advancing worldly peace and harmony ?? :)

Posted by Elder of Zion 2004-12-14 8:54:30 AM|| 2004-12-14 8:54:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 Zippy's bought and paid for. The land will be returned to the ummah on the installment plan.

Posted by ed 2004-12-14 8:59:33 AM|| 2004-12-14 8:59:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 They didn't? News to me...

Posted by Ptah 2004-12-14 9:08:44 AM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-12-14 9:08:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 Doubtful the Cid gets convinced in his grave.

Posted by Wo 2004-12-14 9:52:55 AM|| 2004-12-14 9:52:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#16 They didn't bow - they just grabbed their ankles.

Posted by Sloting Gronter5111 2004-12-14 9:54:35 AM|| 2004-12-14 9:54:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#17 sounds like the Spaniards are waking up to their mistake. That recent VDH article comes to mind.

Posted by 2b 2004-12-14 10:09:12 AM|| 2004-12-14 10:09:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#18 CiD? Not me, nor OSS.

Posted by Col Flagg 2004-12-14 11:33:57 AM|| 2004-12-14 11:33:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#19 Spainâs prime minister has rejected claims that his election victory was the result of voters bowing to terror in the wake of the Madrid bombings.

"Watch Mr. Zapatero's nose grow, boys and girls..."

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-14 11:34:18 AM|| 2004-12-14 11:34:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#20 "Mr Aznar had increased the risk of attack by Islamic terrorists by supporting the war on Iraq and such a threat was "clearly underestimated..."

The Spanish people are of course free to vote for whom they wish. It isn't the vote per se that is the "bowing; it is the philosphy behind the statement above, so popular in Spain, that is the bowing. It is an exact wording of the idea: "we asked for it". There is no such thing as 'asking for terror'. And so the void between Euro and American foreign policy philosophies grows to gargantuan dimensions...

Posted by Jules 187 2004-12-14 11:47:56 AM|| 2004-12-14 11:47:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#21 The Spaniards didn't bow. They were just groveling. The shame will last a long time.

Posted by Mark Z. 2004-12-14 1:14:15 PM|| 2004-12-14 1:14:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 EoZ - Marbella's already been colonized by the Saudis. I'd propose that Bambi/Zappy offer Andalucia as an opening gambit, with some beachfront in the Costa del Sol.

Posted by lex 2004-12-14 1:26:02 PM|| 2004-12-14 1:26:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 It sounds as if some of the Spaniards are not fond of Zapetero having made them the punchline to many jokes about cowardice, stupidity, and incompetence. Too bad. By voting for Zapetero, they put an end to all the jokes about Poles in general and the Italian miiltary by providing a better target. When compared to Italy and Poland now, Spain looks pretty lame.

Posted by RWV 2004-12-14 4:32:20 PM|| 2004-12-14 4:32:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 Lex,
your proposition sounds great.
I accept. Meanwhile we can both grow rich
by selling the spaniards leather bound copies of the Kuran and silk embroidered bourkas for the women.
How about it ?

Posted by EoZ 2004-12-14 5:10:04 PM|| 2004-12-14 5:10:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 Cool. Hire some of Bambi's associates to hawk them while strolling up and down the beach. Or maybe while holding wash towels in the men's room at the casinos.

Posted by lex 2004-12-14 5:11:41 PM|| 2004-12-14 5:11:41 PM|| Front Page Top

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