sjrozan

Well, I was hoping my mouthpiece would blog on this first, because I'm seriously torn and I'd like to have the benefit of some clear thinking. But he hasn't, and the mundane exigencies of schedule say that I have to do this now or much later tonight, so I'm doin' it.

My problem is: I think the right guys -- meaning, the left guys -- got elected in Spain. But what troubles me is it wasn't about to happen until Al Qaeda attacked them. So now the goverment that put Spanish citizens in danger is being punished and a goverment installed that represents what Spaniards arguably wanted all along: no involvement in Iraq. And maybe this is a good thing, but I keep thinking about Neville Chamberlain and Hitler. Sometimes you really can reach an accommodation, I'll leave you alone and you leave me alone. Chamberlain thought Hitler represented one of those times and he was wrong, and I think Spain is wrong about Al Qaeda.

I don't know what I want here. I think the reaction Bush et al had to 9/11 -- Let's go over there and kick some Arab ass! -- is a bad one. But letting a terrorist attack determine the outcome of an election isn't a good idea, either.

sjrozan I'm a writer, at work on my 11th book. This blog is a record of random and less-random thoughts. If you want to know more about me, check my website, linked here. I also had a blog going from spring through late fall 2004 about the publishing process for my 9th book, ABSENT FRIENDS. That blog's called "Progress" and you can find the link here. I won't make any more entries but I'm leaving it up in case anyone's interested; the process is more or less the same from book to book.
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