Why They Fight
Here's an article about terrorists attacks planned in Spain. This is nothing new, of course. Every month Europe arrests more groups ready to blow things up. (Sometimes they don't stop them in time.)
But there was an interesting final paragraph:
Islamic militants ["militants"] attacked Madrid commuter trains days before Spain's last general election in March 2004, killing 191 people and wounding 1,800. They said the attacks were made in revenge for Spain sending troops to Afghanistan and Iraq.But wait, after the 2004 bombings the Spanish tossed out their government and pulled out of Iraq. It also pulled its small number of fighting troops out of Afghanistan and has only deployed them there for humanitarian purposes. But the terrorists keep plotting just the same. It must be something else.
(I also heard a rumor that America was attacked before we went into Iraq, but I'm not sure if I should believe it.)
posted by LAGuy @ 1:05 AM
2 Comments:
Is this the part where I'm supposed to ask if that's the same rumor where we weren't attacked by Iraqis or anyone who had anything significant to do with Iraqis? I'd hate to miss a cue...
It's true that one of our antagonists in the war on terror. Saddam Hussein's regime, wasn't directly connected to 9/11 (though not having "anything significant" to do with anyone is trickier), but the real point, as made clear by the cut and run crowd, is Iraq is the cause of all problems, from terrorism to the bad economy to the heartbreak of psoriasis. so any lessons learned on 9/11 no longer apply.
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