On 17 Mar 2004, at 4:02 pm, Jean-Marc Chaton wrote:
* Gautam Mukunda [Wed, 17/03/2004 at 07:15 -0800]For what it's worth, this is what I'm hearing as well. _However_, the decision by the newly elected Socialist PM to do what the terrorists want is handing them a victory that the Spanish people did not, I think, wish to give them.
I think he's just keeping his campaign promises and is just consistent
what he said before, the hypothetical withdrawal is not, in his eyes nor
in spanish people eyes, a consequence of Thursday attack. However I
agree with you, globally the chain of consequences looks :
Terrorist Attack => Withdrawal
and that's a Bad Thing (TM). Some reserve, a delay, would have broken the apparent chain of consequences.
If Bambi got elected because of the perceived dishonesty of the incumbent party he has some freedom to reappraise his stance in view of the bombings. If his mandate was given on the basis of his promise to withdraw the Spanish troops then he can't really backtrack on that. Politics time :)
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