[walford]

Old Sarge: Two Words: PRESDIENT KERRY. And the pathetic herd animals known as the American voters would do it. And you know I'm right.

From text: "...A serious student of the American psyche would not fall into that trap, knowing that it is the American trait of retaliation for injury that is President Bush's primary pillar of support. Another version, even faint, of 9/11, and God only knows the mythic proportion of America's taste for revenge. This is not Spain..."

I think Al-Quaida was a bit surprised by America's reaction to 9-11. They were lulled into complacency by years of foreign policy ineptitude under president Bubba.

CindyDawg: Sure are giving a lot of power to the terrorists. Who's to say that the conservative party wasn't already losing?

From text: "...Before the bombings, opinion polls had indicated a comfortable margin of support for the conservative Popular Party of prime minister Aznar. The carnage had hardly cleared when opinion swung to the Socialists and leader Zapatero..."

Remember that the news reports were trumpeting the Socialist victory as an upset.

[Old Sarge]

I think Al-Quaida was a bit surprised by America's reaction to 9-11. They were lulled into complacency by years of foreign policy ineptitude under president Bubba.

And the beast has had its belly rubbed, and is now back asleep. The beast is that "trait of retaliation", the will to win, which Socialism seeks to break.

The beast will one day awaken again, to see the chain collar on its neck, and Socialists holding the leash once more.