--- So, it's official: the

--- So, it's official: the new Spanish Prime Minister is deluded.

{A side note:I guess we know who one of Kerry's "international leader" supporters is}

In the hourlong interview Wednesday on Onda Cero radio, Zapaterosaid
that ``fighting terrorism with bombs ... with Tomahawk missiles, isn't
the way to defeat terrorism.
``Terrorism is combatted by the state of law. ... That's what I think
Europe and the international community have to debate,'' he said.

Oh, terrorism is best combatted by the state of law??? This guy is not an appeaser. He's deluded.

When you get the terrorists---you know, the people who blow up
innocent citizens indisicriminately--- to abide by the rule of law,
give me a call. When Spain is attacked again---and they will be,
just like every other country will be. God forbid, but odds are it will
happen---they will cry, "Why us? We did what they wanted! We got out of
Iraq!" Then they will wonder why they appeased the terrorists with
their votes. I just don't get these people. I really don't get them.
The old saying goes "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame
on me." Why does it have to get to the "Fool me twice..." portion?
Because it will
get there. You know it will. How will France and its cabal deal with
this problem then? Will they still delude themselves into thinking that
appeasement is the only option to deal with terrorism? How many people
have to die before they take the tack that the best defense is a good
offense? About the only thing from that article that gave me hope was
this: About 5,000 pro-Aznar demonstrators gathered outside
theconservative Popular Party's headquarters in downtown Madrid,
deriding Zapatero as ``the president of al-Qaida.'' They dispersed
about 30 minutes after the party's defeated candidate, Mariano Rajoy,
appeared and applauded at a balcony.
Good for them. --- Hitch, of course, puts it down brilliantly and
should be hired by Zapatero to write his speeches---in fact, he even
suggests it. Zapatero should really think about employing him. I might
actually listen to the guy from now on if Hitch were feeding him his
speeches. Go and read this. It's required.

Many Spaniards were among those killed recently in Morocco, where a
jihadist bomb attack on an ancient Moorish synagogue took place in
broad daylight. The attack was on Morocco itself, which was neutral in
the recent Iraq war. It seems a bit late to demand that the Moroccan
government change sides and support Saddam Hussein in that conflict,
and I suspect that the Spanish Communist and socialist leadership would
feel a little sheepish in making this suggestion. Nor is it obvious to
me that the local Moroccan jihadists would stop bombing if this
concession were made. Still, such a concession would be consistent with
the above syllogism, as presumably would be a demand that Morocco cease
to tempt fate by allowing synagogues on its soil in the first place.
The Turkish government, too, should be condemned for allowing its Prime
Minister Tayyip Erdogan to visit the shattered synagogue in Istanbul
after the latest mass murder (thus becoming, incidentally, the first
Turkish prime minister ever to do so). Erdogan is also the first prime
minister ever to be elected on an Islamist ticket. Clearly, he was
asking for trouble and has not yet understood al-Qaida's conditions for
being allowed to lead a quiet life. Not that he hadn't tried—he
prevented the U.S. Army from approaching Baghdad through what is now
known as the Sunni Triangle. He just hasn't tried hard enough.
It cannot be very long now before some slaughter occurs on the streets
of London or Rome or Warsaw, as punishment for British and Italian and
Polish membership of the anti-Saddam coalition. But perhaps there is
still time to avoid the wrath to come. If British and Italian and
Polish troops make haste to leave the Iraqis to their own "devices" (of
the sort that exploded outside the mosques of Karbala and Najaf last
month), their civilian cousins may still hope to escape the stern
disapproval of the holy warriors. Don't ask why the holy warriors blow
up mosques by the way—it's none of your goddam crusader-Jew business.

(Hat tip: Vodkapundit)
--- Yesterday, when I went off on the bus drivers, I invited Mr. H., a
daily Metro Transit rider, to chime in about the strike. He agreed with
alacrity, as he's pretty peeved about this whole deal. When he sends it
to me, I'll post it, so keep your eyes open.

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