How do the Spanish feel?

I felt that Spain giving in to the pressures of the terrorists was going to backfire. I had felt that more attacks would follow, despite Spain’s actions to leave Iraq, simply because the terrorists are EVIL, and reasoning is not something they can be trusted to do.

It would not surprise me, if the “muslim” whackos that carried out this attack are still dwelling in the 14th century (considering the Taliban was still in the 4th century, this is not much of a stretch).

Could it be that they feel anger still towards Spain for the reconquista? When they were forced out by Ferdinand and Isabella? In America, American Indians protest celibration of Columbus Day, as Colombus’ arrival preceeded, if not precipitated, the genocide that followed. It is not unfathomable that the decendants of the Moors would still harbor resentment towards the Spanish.

Such Historical retroactivism is not uncommon in religious cultures. The Isrealis have used history as a means to justify their existance. Saddam used historical borders to justify his attack in Kuwait. some “Christian” seperatist cults use historical incedents to “justify” otherwise abhorrent behavior–Nazi’s(and present anti-Jew groups) using the death of Jesus to infuriate their “followers” into a mindless, illogical pawn. There are people in the US(KKK, neo-nazi’s, etc.) whose leaders manipulate them with an incedent that occured 2000 years ago. People are led to believe that, because a group of Jews killed another Jew(whom is “liked” by current people) 2000 years ago, the Jews are evil. If this occured TODAY, they still wouldn’t ALL be respoinsible, yet fanatical people are led to believe this.

It IS quite possible that Spain’s past has been used(bu “clerics”)to further infuriate the muslim people of Northern Africa into hatred–a hatred not quelched by capitulation.

The subsequent attempted bombing of the high-speed train, and the bombmakers having more bombs WITH THEM, shows that the terrorists were not going to stop bombing Spain.

In fact, Spain capitulating with the terrorists may have given them more cause–they were succesful once, they could be succesful AGAIN.

How could Spain have thought capitulation would result in anything but escalating demands? They feel perfectly JUSTIFIED killing innocent people, how could they be EXPECTED to do anything but kill again?

What is the feeling of the new demands given to Spain? I wonder if Spain will continue to hunt them down. I wonder if they will back down from their threat to pull out of Iraq, now that it seems clear that the terrorists would attack regardless.