Hang On

Spain has just made it more dangerous to be a western country, make no doubt about that. Simply by the act of reacting (or appearing to have reacted) to the train bombings in Spain, the new Spanish government has now raised the hope of every terrorist that seeks to further their cause with violence.

The new Spanish government has effectively signal that nations can be forced, beaten, cowed into submission. That will result in nothing more than more terrorism. Mark my words, I have a strong fear that there will be another large scale attack in the United States, most likely towards the fall--the Presidential elections. Driven by a desire by terrorists to push Bush out of office, foreign elements will attempt to destabilize the United States with violence. Will Americans, too, lose the stomach to fight? Will we seek temporary peace by running from the fight? Sadly, I do not know the answer.

Zapatero says

'My most immediate priority will be to fight terrorism,' he said. The Spanish Socialist Workers Party ruled from 1982 to 1996 but ran afoul of corruption scandals and was voted out in 1996, when Aznar took power.

Frankly, actions speak louder than words.

As I was drifting off to sleep, I reflected that our unstable times merely illustrate that our trust cannot be in our present safety, our fiscal security, our country's protection or the hope that strangers mean us no harm--foreign and domestic. God shows us who, really is the One to trust. True security comes not in this age, but in the next.