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Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Blow Me Up, Blow Me DownFor the kneejerk peanut gallery response to the Spanish elections, see Tim Blair; for a more thoughtful analysis, read Josh Marshall here and here.
Of course it's loathsome that Al Qaeda swung the vote, toward the Socialists or in any direction. But only a few members of the conservative peanut gallery seem to grasp that small-minded lying by the Aznar (and Bush) governments might have undercut Spanish faith, and that lying to your own people is no way to run a democracy or a war on terrorism. If the Iraq coalition falls apart — which would be a disaster — the fault rests finally with Bush, who started with world support on September 12 and lied his way to a half-relevant war that left Al Qaeda in a position to blow up things in Spain.
John Kerry, at least, can name the enemy.
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
12:23 AM
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