The Spain plan worked beautifully, didn't it? From AFP, with thanks to Romy:
PARIS (AFP) - Al-Qaeda reportedly planned to target Spain as the weakest link of the coalition in Iraq to force its troop pullout, according to a document from the terror network."We consider that the Spanish government cannot suffer more than two to three strikes before pulling out (of Iraq) under pressure from its own people," said the document obtained Wednesday by AFP from Raido France Internationale's regional office in Beirut. ...
Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, elected after the train bombings in Madrid which left 191 people dead in Spain's worst ever terrorist attack, withdrew Spanish troops from the troubled country in May.
The document also contains directives about attacks on US forces in Iraq. It says that the U.S. plans to "build an Iraqi state as conceived by the United States . . . and enslave Saudi Arabia politically, fight against Islamic proselytism as a salafist and jihadic movement. This would be (for the US) the first step toward the eradication of hardline Islam in the entire world."
Actually, the Spain thing was another smoke-and-mirrors performance by the Jihadiots, with plenty of support from media,"foreign and domestic". Remember how Bong-boy Bin Laden and his cronies were seen on tape after 09/11 "Hashing over" the day's success? They hadn't actually expected the Towers to collapse, but were all too happy to accept their good fortune and capitalize on the dramatic value.
By the time of the Spain bombings, the "approval rating" of the then-government was dismal, and it helps to remember that the Spanish haven't forgotten that 1.)the Counter-Reformation is over 2.) They lost 3.) We (the New World Protestants) won. 4.)Most of the Spaniards alive today are old enough to remember Francisco Franco (the Spanish Saddam Hussein, only without oil)
5.)Those same Spaniards remember that we supported him, either openly or covertly for decades.
So the Spanish turn-around was a done deal almost from the last election (Spain's, not ours)The Jihadiots, like Cortez confronting the Aztecs, are merely capitalizing on the local urban legend...and if Bush and his advisors, like Montezuma and his priests, are too paralyzed with political shock and awe to see past the invaders charlatanism, well...the Republicans really must run someone else, or we will have no masters to choose save the Left or the Rock.
Hey I really like that! 'Bong-Boy Bin Laden'.. Now that's funny! And also the term 'Jihadiots' cracks me up as well. Keep 'em coming.
Like a spanish, this is a very awful government, Zapatero is a very bad person and Spain is falling thanks to him, and now he has made an agreement with islamic comunity to "PROMOTE ISLAM" in Spain because the Catholic Church don´t have to the unique religion on the first division and we the state will give money to islam. I am very angry, I didn´t vote him but I have to wait until the next elections.