Letting them win sets unreal expectations: Yes, the War on Terrorism is kind of like a foot race with a six-year-old: you just can't let them win all the time. Or so some would have you believe in the wake of those Spanish supporters of the War in Iraq who will taste unemployment at he hands of the Socialists, who beat them in the elections just days after the bombings. The Socialists, for their part will be pulling 1300 troops out of Iraq. Now, in America, a terrorist attack is mandate for keeping those in power in power. We might also have bought the snow job that the ruling party in Spain tried to pull: blaming the bombing Basque separatists instigating the attacks last Thursday, while all evidence pointed to al-Qaeda. Think someone was trying to get re-elected? Let's see, Spain ousted a ruling party that lied to them, they take a nap in the late afternoon, gave us Picasso and Dali and "Don Quixote:" maybe they are smarter than we are.

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