AL QAQAA & MADRID
As much as some right-wing pundits would want you to believe otherwise, the 3/11/04 train bombings in Madrid, in and of themselves, were not what caused Aznar's party's defeat in the Spanish elections. Rather, it was his actions immediately following the attacks -- falsely implicating Basque groups when the available evidence clearly pointed elsewhere, namely to Al Qaeda -- which brought about his party's doom in the election.
Which brings us to the missing-explosives story. It's now not just that they went missing, it's that the administration has gone through every possible lame excuse in the book, in a three-and-a-half-day period, and is now cornered by clear evidence. No wonder Rudy and others were trying to blame the troops this morning.
Many have wondered what would happen if a "Spanish scenario" happened in the run-up to our election. Well, we're seeing one unfold in front of us, just in a slightly different form.
With that in mind, thank GOD this story broke on Monday instead of immediately before the election (which CBS was possibly planning to do before the NY Times decided to break it themselves this week). Not only was it important that the public knew about this mismanagement of the war, but it gave us one last opportunity to see, crystal-clear, exactly what is not to be liked about this administration. Lies, buck-passing, black-is-white-ism, projection, denigration of the troops, and fundamental unseriousness about achieving its stated goals.
As much as some right-wing pundits would want you to believe otherwise, the 3/11/04 train bombings in Madrid, in and of themselves, were not what caused Aznar's party's defeat in the Spanish elections. Rather, it was his actions immediately following the attacks -- falsely implicating Basque groups when the available evidence clearly pointed elsewhere, namely to Al Qaeda -- which brought about his party's doom in the election.
Which brings us to the missing-explosives story. It's now not just that they went missing, it's that the administration has gone through every possible lame excuse in the book, in a three-and-a-half-day period, and is now cornered by clear evidence. No wonder Rudy and others were trying to blame the troops this morning.
Many have wondered what would happen if a "Spanish scenario" happened in the run-up to our election. Well, we're seeing one unfold in front of us, just in a slightly different form.
With that in mind, thank GOD this story broke on Monday instead of immediately before the election (which CBS was possibly planning to do before the NY Times decided to break it themselves this week). Not only was it important that the public knew about this mismanagement of the war, but it gave us one last opportunity to see, crystal-clear, exactly what is not to be liked about this administration. Lies, buck-passing, black-is-white-ism, projection, denigration of the troops, and fundamental unseriousness about achieving its stated goals.
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