The truth about 3/11
There was a link at
Allah's website to this wonderful editorial by Spain's outgoing Prime Minister, Jose Maria Aznar:
bq. The Truth About 3/11
This is no time to hand the terrorists a victory.
On March 11, Spain suffered the worst terrorist attack in its history and one of the bloodiest the world has ever known. Terrorists planned their cowardly acts with the express purpose of killing as many people as possible, in order to sow terror and strike a mortal blow against our freedoms and rights. It was a day we felt an immense pain, pain we will never forget. But it was also a pain we must all learn from.
And more:
bq. This is not the moment to think about withdrawals of troops. And much less when the terrorists, with their message of death and destruction, have demanded that we surrender. To yield now would set a dangerous precedent that would allow our attackers to believe that they have imposed their conditions on us. It would allow our attackers to believe that they have won.
He gets it. Prime Minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero does not.
It is as simple as that...
Posted by DaveH at March 24, 2004 9:34 AM