Al Qaida Barks and The Spanish Fly
Ann Coulter
March 17, 2004
AFTER A terrorist attack by al-Qaida that left hundreds of their fellow
countrymen dead, Spanish voters immediately voted to give the
terrorists what they want -- a Socialist government that opposes
America's war on terrorism. Al-Qaida has changed a government.
Until the bombings last week, the center-right Popular Party of
outgoing Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar had been sailing to victory.
But then the al-Qaida bombs went off and Spaniards turned out in droves
to vote against the government that had been a staunch Bush ally in the
war on terrorism. (I guess it's OK for a Spanish Socialist to
"politicize" a terrorist attack just to get elected.)
In a videotaped message, the al-Qaida "military commander" for Europe
claimed credit for the bombings, saying that the terrorist attack was
meant to punish Spain for supporting the war in Iraq. The message came
as a total shock to liberals who have been furiously insisting that
Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with al-Qaida.
Apparently al-Qaida didn't think so. After the Madrid bombings, it
looks like liberals and terrorists will have to powwow on whether there
was an Iraq/al-Qaida link. Two hundred dead Spaniards say there
was.
The New York Times called the Spanish election "an exercise in healthy
democracy." And an ATM withdrawal with a gun to your head is a "routine
banking transaction." Instead of vowing to fight the people
who killed their fellow citizens, the Spanish decided to vote with
al-Qaida on the war. A murdering terrorist organization said, "Jump!"
and an entire country answered, "How high?"
One Spaniard who decided to switch his vote in reaction to the bombings
told the Times: "Maybe the Socialists will get our troops out of Iraq
and al-Qaida will forget about Spain so we will be less frightened."
That's the fighting spirit! If the violent Basque separatist group only
killed more people, Spain would surely give them what they want, too.
After his stunning upset victory, Socialist Party leader Jose Luis
Rodriguez Zapatero vowed to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq if the
United States does not turn over Iraq to the United Nations. He also
vowed that all of Spain's remaining trains will run on time.
Zapatero said the war with Iraq had "only caused violence" and "there
were no reasons for it." One reason for the war, which would seem to be
a sufficient reason for a more manly country, is that the people who
just slaughtered 200 Spaniards didn't like it.
But, like the Democrats, the Spanish hate George Bush more than they
hate the terrorists. Zapatero said the war in Iraq was based on "lies"
and called on President Bush and Tony Blair to "do some reflection and
self-criticism." So don't think of the Spanish election as a setback
for freedom -- think of it as a preview of life under President John
Kerry!
What kind of lunatic would blame Bush for 200 Spaniards killed by
al-Qaida bombs? Oh wait -- Howard Dean just did. Summarizing the views
of Socialists everywhere, Dean said: "The president was the one who
dragged our troops to Iraq, which apparently has been a factor in the
death of 200 Spaniards over the weekend."
Yes, with 1,700 dead or injured Spaniards, George Bush certainly has
some explaining to do. What have the terrorists ever done besides kill
and maim thousands of innocent civilians? Bush isn't fully funding "No
Child Left Behind," for God's sake!
Before he was put into office because he supported policies favored by
al-Qaida terrorists, appeasement candidate Zapatero said: "I want Kerry
to win." Kerry is also supported by North Korean dictator Kim
Jong Il, who broadcasts Kerry speeches over Radio Pyongyang with
favorable commentary.
So now Kerry really does have two foreign leaders on record supporting
him: a Socialist terrorist-appeaser and a Marxist mass murderer who
dresses like Bea Arthur.
Zapatero predicted that his own victory would help the anti-war party
"in the duel between Bush and Kerry." Would you mind repeating that,
sir? I was distracted by that large white flag you're waving.
However Spain's election affects Americans, we can be sure that Spain's
surrender to terrorism hasn't been lost on the terrorists. It's
difficult to imagine the American people responding to a new terrorist
attack by deciding to placate the terrorists, as the Spanish did. A
mollusk wouldn't react that way to an attack. Only a liberal could be
so perverse.
No matter how many of our European allies may surrender to the
terrorists, America will never be alone. This is a country founded in a
covenant with God by people who had to flee Europe to do it.
Sailing to the New World in 1630 on the ship Arabella, the Puritans'
leader and governor, John Winthrop, said Americans were entering into a
covenant with God to create a "city upon a hill." We would be judged
by all the world if we ever broke that covenant. But if we walked with
God, "We shall find that the God of Israel is among us, when 10 of us
shall be able to resist a thousand of our enemies." He has intervened
in our affairs before, such as in 1776, 1861 and 1980.
With the Spanish election, we are witnessing a capitulation to savagery
that makes full-scale war inevitable. The Democratic candidate wants to
represent godless Europeans. The Republican candidate wants to
represent Americans. As Winthrop said: "The eyes of all people are upon
us."
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