Oh dear. This is a sorry state of affairs.
Obscure War on Terror begins.
90% of the Spanish population say 'no' specifically to war on Iraq.
Aznar goes ahead anyway with the legality of war still under debate.
Bombs go off before the election.
Aznar predicted by every poll to win.
Aznar loses.
Opposition Leader Zaperto promises to pull out of Iraq.
Conclusions:
1. People's original opinion was not listened to.
2. Terrorism can harden original opinion.
3. Opinion does not necessarily determine election result.
4. Terrorism can influence election.
5. Attempting to extracate oneself is bowing to terrorism on the basis of fear, thus Democracy is undermined.
6. Therefor, agreeing with war is the only democratic option.
7. Thus, Democracy is single-minded?
Scary, scary stuff.
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"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction" Dick Cheney - August 26, 2002
"I did not authorise the leaking of the name of David Kelly. Nobody was authorised to name David Kelly. I believe we have acted properly throughout" Tony Blair - July 22, 2003
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