Something I ran across at Reason

Troubleshooter · 03-28-2004, 10:15 AM

It shows some interesting points and raises yet more interesting questions.

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Something Rotten In Europe
The appearance of appeasement in Spain
Cathy Young

Maybe it was just a coincidence that the March 11 train bombings in Madrid came exactly 2 1/2 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York and Washington, D.C.—and, for an added frisson, exactly 911 days after 9/11. Maybe it was a deliberate, harrowing message to the West. Even without this eerie detail, the images of death and destruction in Spain were bound to evoke echoes of America's Sept. 11. For many Americans, though, the solidarity quickly turned to bafflement and even bitterness at the Spanish people's reaction.

http://www.reason.com/cy/cy032304.shtml

03-28-2004, 10:15 AM	#1
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Something I ran across at Reason It shows some interesting points and raises yet more interesting questions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Something Rotten In Europe The appearance of appeasement in Spain Cathy Young Maybe it was just a coincidence that the March 11 train bombings in Madrid came exactly 2 1/2 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York and Washington, D.C.—and, for an added frisson, exactly 911 days after 9/11. Maybe it was a deliberate, harrowing message to the West. Even without this eerie detail, the images of death and destruction in Spain were bound to evoke echoes of America's Sept. 11. For many Americans, though, the solidarity quickly turned to bafflement and even bitterness at the Spanish people's reaction. http://www.reason.com/cy/cy032304.shtml __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

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