It appears that Islamic terrorists have successfully, and quite easily, influenced the election of an appeasement-friendly government in Spain. We will now get a preview of how effective the leftist response to terror can be as we watch Spain try to shift heat away from itself by adapting to the demands of Wahabists everywhere. The likelihood of a terrorist attack in the USA on the eve of the next election also seems much greater than it did a week ago.
The sad thing is how futile this appeasement really is. If all of the West were to abandon Israel, if all of the West were to keep out of Arabia so as not to soil the holy land with their infidel presence, if headscarves were allowed throughout France and liquor stores closed throughout the USA, this would still not be enough to buy peace from Islamist terror. Historically Moslems have loathed Christians far more than they have Jews, and their contempt for secularism, and communism is also well documented. I normally loathe the formulation "first they came for the Jews" ... etc, when used for rhetorical purposes. In this case it seems amply justified.
Posted by Clio at March 15, 2004 10:10 AM