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| Aznar:“Muslims should apologize for occupying Spain for 800 years” |
| 2006-09-23 |
| Bush and his war on terror, said the West is under attack from radical Islam and must defend itself. “It is them or it is us,” Aznar said. “There is no middle ground.” Muslims should Aznar noted the nearly 800-year Moorish occupation of Spain that began in the year 711 with an invasion from North Africa. He said Muslims had never apologized for this but still demand apologies whenever they feel offended by remarks by non-Muslims. “It's absurd,” Aznar said. He also criticized an initiative launched last year by his Socialist successor, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, to encourage dialogue between the West and Muslim countries. |
| Posted by:Brett |
| #10 THAT'S the Spain that conqured the New World. |
| Posted by: Sheretle Thruque5606 2006-09-23 22:44 |
| #9 Rats - my opening gambit was to trade "al Andalus" for the Holy Land. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-09-23 22:15 |
| #8 Pelotas! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-09-23 22:00 |
| #7 He wasn't running in that election, but his party lost because it tried to imply that the attack was assisted by the Basque Seperatist which the opposition was in semi-secret negotiations with at the time. When AQ turned out to be the perps, Aznar's party looked bad. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2006-09-23 21:56 |
| #6 . . ."chucked out of office" . . . That's a shade or two too simplistice, and incorrect to boot. IIRC, he left office, and his party's successor was defeated in a close election, albeit after the intial blame was put on ETA. Why picking the wrong terrorists to blame is a point in the oppositions favor is an interesting question, but Spain, at least, seems to retain a healthy two-party system which is growing, as opposed to many of its neighbors. |
| Posted by: Snavick Thravilet5335 2006-09-23 21:55 |
| #5 Wasn't Aznar chucked out of office after Qaida blew up Madrid trains days before the general election? His not being in office was the first major victory for the Islamonuts |
| Posted by: anon1 2006-09-23 21:47 |
| #4 Now THIS is interesting. Scooter Libby is affiliated with Hudson now. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-09-23 20:22 |
| #3 Even more, he was speaking at the Hudson Institute. HI was founded by Herman Kahn ("On Thermonuclear War", "Thinking About the Unthinkable" etc.) and Max Singer. Herman was a Jewish physicist, one of the original defense analysts at Rand, one of the sources along with Kissinger for the fictional Dr. Strangelove. The estimable Claudia Rossett, she of the exposés of UN corruption, is an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute. And check out the bios of the other fellows there, like Wm. Odom (ex director of the Nagtional Security Agency). This is not your usual venue of EUwankers. Although the Institute focussed away from national security issues for a while, 9/11 reactivated it and it is growing as a center for serious security discussions again. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-09-23 20:03 |
| #2 I think he teaches at Georgetown. Aznar didn't seem to fit in well in Europe. I don't know why he would fit in better at Georgetown. He may be the only member of the Georgetown faculty to openely support the Pope. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2006-09-23 19:56 |
| #1 OMG, There is hope for europe after all. We need to hear moreresponses like this more often. Fatwas and seetheing in 5...4...3... |
| Posted by: N guard 2006-09-23 19:47 |