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Davin L. — (archived)

"Based on their perceptions of the events in Spain for the last few days, do you think Al Queda will be more likely or less likely to try similar attacks in other countries, especially those with major elections underway?"

What does it matter what they tell eachother at night around the campfire? What matters is that in the end, Al Qaeda ceases to exist and we don't. The average citizens in Japan thought the war was all but won all the way up until near the end. We still won.

Let me put it this way: We can not stop irrational people from believing insane things. That this was some sort of victory or mandate for Al Qaeda is a really bizarre interpretation of events. (I might add: its an interporetation I only hear coming from the American Right- nowhere else, and not even from Al Qaeda 'mouthpieces' yet.)

So before we manufacture a propaganda victory for Al Qaeda, maybe we should just peek at the broader perspective... Which at least to me says that this election had little to do with Al Qaeda directly and mor eto do with that previous Spanish Gov't shooting itself in the foot and then sticking said foot down its mouth.

"It doesn't matter if their perceptions accurately reflect what happened in the Spanish elections yesterday. Their perception is their reality. "

Again- so what? The propaganda of your enemy is not in your realm of control, and to allow that base propaganda to determine your course of action in voting in/out governments of a soverign nation seems absurd at best and admitting defeat at worst.

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