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2005-06-11 Europe

Spanish judge criticises US anti-terror tactics

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Posted by Fred 2005-06-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Love the tie. Was it St. Patrick's Day when the pic was taken?

Posted by PBMcL 2005-06-11 00:34|| 2005-06-11 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, he still doesn't get it ...

Posted by Edward Yee">Edward Yee 2005-06-11 00:49|| http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]">[http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2005-06-11 00:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Chupa me, pendejo.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-06-11 00:57|| 2005-06-11 00:57|| Front Page Top

#4 This guy has let several al-qaeda and ETA guys off the hook. Now he has his eye on the U.S.

Posted by Bigjim-ky 2005-06-11 01:15|| 2005-06-11 01:15|| Front Page Top

#5 And by the way, how many terror attacks has spain had since 9/11? and how many have we had in the U.S.? Get my point?

Posted by Bigjim-ky 2005-06-11 01:17|| 2005-06-11 01:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Green is the new pink, dontcha know.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-06-11 01:22|| 2005-06-11 01:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Emily, under the circumstances, might you prefer to be Umm Seafarious? ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-06-11 01:24|| 2005-06-11 01:24|| Front Page Top

#8 im agree with him. sen him overn to talk to zarkawi now. shure theyn can strike up em deel.

Posted by muck4doo 2005-06-11 01:30|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-06-11 01:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Very good Mucky, I'm with you.

Posted by JerseyMike 2005-06-11 08:34|| 2005-06-11 08:34|| Front Page Top

#10 Does anyone know if he also writes speeches?

Posted by John Forbes Kerry 2005-06-11 10:26|| 2005-06-11 10:26|| Front Page Top

#11 A little perspective may be needed here in that Garzon has done a really good job within the confines of Spanish law as far as going after both ETA and al-Qaeda. He has been able to persuade French authorities to abandon the previous blind eye to the ETA in the wake of 9/11 and probably figures that you can do the same with some of nastier countries in the Middle East. There is also the point to be made that Spain is not exactly a major military power, so law enforcement is about the only weapon they have at their disposal.

Keep in mind that Garzon was locking up terrorists long before 9/11 and so he still has a lot of that pre-9/11 mindset as far as how he sees the situation and views the US as Johnny-Come-Latelies to the table.

Finally, he is a Socialist though from a far more moderate region of the party than Zapatero and as such a lot of the cheap anti-Americanism that normally surrounds him has probably influenced his thinking to a certain respect.

I'm not defending the guy, just trying to explain how he came to the understanding that he did.

Posted by Dan Darling">Dan Darling 2005-06-11 11:56|| http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]">[http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2005-06-11 11:56|| Front Page Top

#12 Sorry, the soap box is full and is taking no more wacko critics. Just try the case, judge, and leave the heavy lifting to your superiors.

Posted by Captain America 2005-06-11 12:03|| 2005-06-11 12:03|| Front Page Top

#13 Abu Seafarious should just admit that it's the tie.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-11 14:35|| 2005-06-11 14:35|| Front Page Top

#14 He's a socialist Spanish judge who wants to attack the US about its anti-terror tactics?

Reduce the sauce-d'ya think his solution to terror might have elements of the redistribution of wealth through bribe-based solutions to terror, and the compromising of the US through pressure to comply with international law (their version, of course)?

Hi, y'all-I'm back. Now writing from moonbat land.

Posted by jules 2 2005-06-11 14:49|| 2005-06-11 14:49|| Front Page Top

#15 Sounds like Barcelona Dos.

Posted by Hupolutle Gliting8009 2005-06-11 16:14|| 2005-06-11 16:14|| Front Page Top

#16 How very Romantic. Sounds all good in theory, but it's a dream that Laws, without force, will do anything. BTW Nice Pic, you sexy thang u! heh

Posted by Elmeresing Gravins2750 2005-06-11 18:10|| 2005-06-11 18:10|| Front Page Top

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