I disagee with 'Cold', whilst it is disturbing that this may appear to be an Al Queda victory, a bomb or act of oppression can often gain support for a government if handled properly.
The reason the Spanish people voted the government down was that they were sick of being lied to, taken into a war no one wanted and the way the government used the ETA card to attempt to increase their poll.
I am concerned that Al Queda may attempt to bomb the US and UK prior to their elections, which would kill and injure many innocent victims in the UK who are already disillusioned with their democratically elected government and many innocent victims in the US who are victims of the Bush administration who have taken control of the American democracy.
Personally I forsee a massive defeat for the current ruling party in the UK, so much so that they may be relegated permanatly to the third party for a considerable time. The British people trusted the Labour government after many years of right wing rule. We wept with Tony Blair when Dianna died. We wept with the American people on September 11th.
Since then we have been lied to, treated like fools, a weapons inspector commited suicide under government pressure, Our BBC, which is our broadcasting medium, paid for by us to entertain, educate and inform has been berated, and we have been taken into an Illegal war with no UN mandate, clearly against the wishes of the people as demonstrated in the largest public demonstration in British history.
OK, so Sadam was a bad guy, since when has that stopped the American Government funding, training, arming and trading with them? Since when has a bad guy been of any issue in the case of Haiti & Yugoslavia? Even that is not the point.
The point is.....
The British, American & Spanish (and other) Governments Lied to and acted against the will of the people.
If we believe in Democracy, it is that which will determine our votes, not Bombs.
And another thing........ (while I am on a roll)
What did you mean by Large Islamic Fundamentalist Populations..... !!!!
OK, we have a few, in the minority, however it is just that kind of thinking that we need to discourage. We have many Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Pagan & Other's from all races living in Europe. The Musilms I know & work with are amongst some of the most intelligent and peacefull people I know. If we start thinking like this we shall only make matters worse.
Now is the time to read the Koran, visit a mosque, foster understanding. We have experienced what can happen when one group of people are singled out for blame in the 1930-40's.
