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If ever there was a time for redefining the concept of "Spanish steel", it would be now.
I can only imagine the great and enthusiastic speech of the new prime minister of Spain, who has just declared the immediate withdrawal of all troops from the "disaster" of Iraq. In this time of great trial of the spirit, let me put forward this speech for his careful consideration when he takes office:

We shall stop now, we shall capitulate in Iraq, we shall capitulate on the seas and oceans, we shall capitulate with receding confidence and receding strength in the air, we shall forsake our country, whatever the demands may be, we shall capitulate on the beaches, we shall capitulate on the landing grounds, we shall capitulate in the fields and in the streets, we shall capitulate in the hills; we shall always surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment doubt, this country or a large part of it were victorious and prosperous, then our European Union within our borders, armed and guarded by the concept of Socialism, would lay down their arms, until, in God's good time, the United Nations, with all its wrangling and bureaucracy, steps away to ensure the slavery of the old.

Let us, for a moment, consider the truth of history. I believe (perhaps I am mistaken) that Osama Bin Laden called attention to the fact that the Moors lost Spain, and that it was part of his dream to reclaim it - a full year and a half before the Iraq war. Naturally, Europeans never take terrorists at their word, so some excuse was needed to justify the fact that Bin Laden must have been correct and the United States, and those who follow it, simply wrong. This is of course the European way.

It appears that the Spanish, along with the rest of Europe, not only are unable to remember history, but are unable to learn from it as well. With all of their "post colonialist" deconstruction, I doubt that any could actually tell you what exactly happened in 1492, and why it is so vital that Spain suffer for this "indignation" even today. But, in the beautifully high spirit of multiculturalism, one cannot go pointing fingers at anyone else except for the United States of America.

Europe has failed the test. This indeed was the European reaction. We all remember the American one on September 11th. It was the very practical, clear-headed, simple response of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps and doing what had to be done in a time of war.

Europe and Spain's reaction to the same exact event? Hide; capitulate; appease; run.

Words utterly fail me in expressing my absolute revulsion at the European mindset - for make no mistake, this was a European election and not merely a Spanish one. I fear that we will stand alone in the end, abandoned by all save Israel and a few other odd allies, while the barbarians storm our gates to sack our cities and wonder at our Pantheons before they destroy them forever.

No longer does the West know how to fight wars. Our enemies are constrained by nothing, and we are constrained by everything - every little minute detail of "fairness" which is never followed by the Islamists who seek to destroy us completely. Europe is, naturally, the worst at this ideal since they have given up on their own defense ever since the end of the second World War. We, and a few other select countries in the Western World, appear to be the only ones who remember how not to run; how to stand our ground and fight the good fight. Perhaps it is time that we watch our own backs and dismiss the cowards we have stationed there to do that job.

On 9/11, the world proclaimed that it was American. And then we understood the value of such fleeting words. I too had compassion and pity for the Spaniards on 3/11, but it appears to have completely dissipated - much like Spanish and European courage. Four days ago I was Spanish too, just like they were Americans two and a half years ago.

Now I am American once again, and proud of it.

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Yours in haste,
Banagor.

March 15, 2004 02:56 AM

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