The Spanish electorate seems to have supported the idea that Aznar’s support of the US in the war against the Ba’athists in Iraq was the reason why they were attacked. Yet that logic is clearly not supported by the evidence. Of the last few attacks, many of them have been placed in countries that were uninvolved with the war on terror or even opposed to it.
For example, Turkey specifically refused the US the right to launch a northern front against Iraq – and yet Turkey has been the victim of several Qaeda-sponsored attacks. Saudi Arabia has been tacitly supporting al-Qaeda in order to prevent attacks against them – all to no avail. Tunisia is not a major player in the war on terrorism – and yet al-Qaeda attacked synagogues in Tunisia killing 19.
Al-Qaeda’s demands are simple – embrace shari’a or be attacked sooner or later. Believing that doing what al-Qaeda wants is a smart move is not buying safety, it is showing weakness – and weakness is exactly what al-Qaeda will always try and exploit.
“Knowing him, that could obviously change.
Stay tuned…”
Not big on Kerry because you think he flip-flops? Whatever happened to our “humble foreign policy?”