Spain again...

I'm in a bit of a surfing mood tonight - looking for other people's writings on the events in Spain. It used to be a great nation - full of fire, passion, spirit and pride. For good reason. It had lots to offer. Now, it showed the world that one attack from a nameless, faceless terrorist group and its population will roll over and vote an appeaser into office. I really feel sorry for the new Prime Minister because his life is going to get very complicated very quickly... The Politburo Diktat has a wonderful remembrance of Dolores Ibarruri -- the Pasionara and what Spain was once: bq. During the Spanish Civil War Ib�rruri was the chief propagandist for the Republicans. On 18th July, 1936, she ended a radio speech with the words: bq. "The fascists shall not pass! No Pasaran". bq. This phrase eventually became the battle cry for the Republican Army. In another speech she declared at a meeting for women: bq. "It is better to be the widows of heroes than the wives of cowards!" bq. In September 1936 Ib�rruri was sent to France and Belgium to rally support for the Republic. At one meeting she used the phrase: bq. "the Spanish people would rather die on its feet than live on its knees." bq. She became a member of the committee designated to administer funds sent to Spain by the Comintern. Ib�rruri was also involved in the destruction of the Worker's Party (POUM) and the dismissal of Francisco Largo Caballero and Juan Peiro from the government and supported the appointment of Juan Negrin as prime minister. bq. Aged 93, Dolores Ibarruri died of pneumonia on 12th November, 1989. bq. She died again on Sunday. I could not have said this any better myself. My only hope is for a quick awakening and a wonderful renaissance.

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Junjan | March 18, 2004 4:55 PM

Do you really know what are you talking about? I will not dare to speak about american politics having no idea about the issue.
I will suggest you to do the same. Using Google as the source for correct information... wow impressing...

Only for your records, the Spanish Socialist Party's program includes since at least six months ago a proposal to withdraw spanish troops from Irak. Why? Because spanish people is against to support USA in this commercial war "in search for cheap oil"; nothing to do with Al-Qaida�s terrorism. In fact I really think it�s very simplistic to think that Al-Qaida�s terrorism is nothing to do with Irak and even that they even care about...

DaveH | March 15, 2004 11:15 PM

Very true - the use of "appeaser" is my choice and it was probably not the best of choices at this time...

Mr. Zapatero, previous to the election, advocated the removal of Spain's contribution to the coalition forces in Iraq. He criticised the action there as something driven by the USA and as far as I can see from Google, never really recognised other coalition partners except for swipes at Tony Blair and other EU stalwarts.

The vote for his status as appeaser is still out but the exit polls do not look that good.

Gary Manca | March 15, 2004 10:15 PM

Please explain how you conclude that Mr. Zapatero is an appeaser. I was saddened by the election results as well, but I think it's important that we be precise in our analysis of the implications. Mr. Zapatero wanted to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq because he was opposed to the whole enterprise from the beginning, which is his wont. It is the Spanish electorate who are appeasers, because they are the ones who changed their stance in the face of terror. For me, that is far more troubling than the politics of Mr. Zapatero because in Europe political power utlimately rests with the people, bless liberal democracy. Spain could augur a popular backlash against other governments in Europe that support America in Iraq. Tony Blair's Labor government comes to mind. Sigh.

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