Spain Gives The Evil Doers A Victory

MSNBC reports that voters have swept Spain's ruling party from party:

The Socialist Party declared victory with 79 percent of the votes counted, as results showed it winning 164 seats in the 350-member parliament and the ruling Popular Party taking 147. The latter had 183 seats in the outgoing legislature.

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Critics have said Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar invited the attention of Osama bin Laden’s terror group by allying Spain with Washington in the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.

Fueling anger were suspicions that the government withheld information in the investigation to avoid political fallout from the Thursday bombings, which killed 200 people and injured 1,500. The government had initially blamed the Basque separatist group ETA.

Before the attacks, polls gave ruling the Popular Party and its candidate, Mariano Rajoy, a 3-5 percentage point lead over the Socialists and their leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero in the race for the 350-seat Congress of Deputies.

Analysts had warned that Spain's ruling party would suffer if voters believed a purported al-Qaeda video's claims that the group had mounted its first attack in Europe and in reprisal for Spain's support for the U.S.-led war in Iraq that most Spaniards opposed.

The Socialists have pledged to withdraw Spain's 1,300 troops from Iraq if the U.N. does not take control by June 30 when Washington plans to hand power back to Iraqis.

It is extremely troubling that by conducting a horrific terrorist attack on Spanish civilians the evil doers can change the outcome of an election. In allowing the evil doers this victory the Spanish electorate has ensured that we will see more terrorists attacks attempting to impact election results.

Comments

[gary]

I'm so tired of this crappy regionional disaster. I'm so sick of OUR country bleeding money and time and efforts for those that do not want our help then complain when we quit giving it. Lets either stop anything coming in OR out of the region and starve them ALL or drop the 1 bomb, sweep up the mess and let them start over. if this continues there will never be peace. as for now I will no longer purchase any products of Spain, nor will I visit or send my products there and with more of this type of economic withdrawl, Spains government and it's people will soon realize what little they will have without us. Who needs a "friend" that is simply too weak to support anything. They will surely see their choice was horribly wrong and an intellctual disaster.

[Cranial]

Stupid; capitulate and appease! A win for the Islamofacists.

I bet the [Dim]ocrats will make hay with this in the US.