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Originally Posted by smooth
That's my understanding, too.
Seems like the Spanish technique was effective.
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Effective at what? Emboldening them to try to impact other elections. Confirm for them that terror works and a great democracy will bend to their will. Give them a great success story they can use to recruit new members. Help them kill people in other countries. Increase their fund raising.
How many have died as a result of al queda attacks in Canada, Poland, Australia, Britain, Germany, U.S., S. Africa, Portugal, or any country other than Iraq since the Spanish attack? The claim of effectiveness demonstrates that we all don't have a real good understanding for how these people work.
I guess we can all disagree on whether the Spainish people made the correct choice in the election, but no one seems to dispute the fact that Spain gave in as a result of the terror attack. All they wanted this time was a few hundred of your innocents and an election. I'd be concerned for what they are going to ask for next.