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January 03, 2007

They Rolled Over for Al-Quaida

So why be shocked the same thing's not working now?

A powerful car bomb exploded early on Saturday at Madrid's Barajas airport, breaking a nine-month ceasefire by Basque separatist group Eta and prompting the government to halt a faltering peace process aimed at ending four decades of violence.

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain's prime minister, said: "With violence, there is no dialogue."

...The attack represents an embarrassing political defeat for Mr Zapatero, who has staked a lot of political capital on the peace process he launched in June, following Eta's March ceasefire.

Mr Zapatero has been adamantly optimistic about the process, despite the lack of concrete progress and relentless criticism from the right-wing political opposition, who believe there should be no negotiations unless Eta disarms. He expressed a determination to continue dialogue as recently as Friday.

"Are we better off now with a permanent ceasefire, or when we had bombs, car bombs and explosions?" Mr Zapatero asked a press conference. "This time next year we will be better off than we are today."


Sure you will. Hostages can easily convince themselves of most anything.

Posted by tree hugging sister at January 3, 2007 09:48 AM

Comments

Too bad that bomb didn't blow up Zap, the chinless chipmunk. I guess Spain better stock up on body bags and excuses.

Posted by: Gunslinger at January 3, 2007 09:55 AM