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Originally posted by bilmore
It was my understanding that the earliest indications showed strong similarities between the train bombing and ETA's normal work. Plus, ETA was the natural candidate for this in Spain. So, the initial call of "probably ETA" was not out of line, and was very quickly corrected to "but maybe not - there's more here".
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You are too charitable in your understanding. At least one Spanish paper ran the story that the initial call on Thursday wasn't "probably ETA", it was: "The Interior Minister has confirmed ETA's responsibility."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L13616665.htm
That, I would argue, is easily seen by voters as being out of line. Combine those statements with the really unusual same-day UNSC action, and to me it reeks of spin control. I saw the Spanish ambassador to the US on Friday's Newshour and he would not even discuss the possibility that it was AQ.
I think you are being too quick to blame the uninformed hysterical electorate, when the govt maybe deserves some attention as well. Perhaps this is a preview of your reaction to a Kerry win in November.
