{"id":176,"date":"2004-03-13T11:34:16","date_gmt":"2004-03-13T16:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=176"},"modified":"2005-12-10T17:19:44","modified_gmt":"2005-12-10T22:19:44","slug":"we-stand-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/we-stand-together","title":{"rendered":"We stand together"},"content":{"rendered":"

Went to the Spanish Consulate in New York yesterday to bring flowers as a memorial for the victims of the Madrid bombings. Credit to Instapundit for suggesting the idea on his site<\/a>. Picture of the memorial below. There wasn’t much there, as you can see; the Spanish embassy in Washington received many more signs of support. If you’d like to show your solidarity with the people of Spain, here’s how<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m not a terrorism expert, but the initial reports give me the impression that the attack was an al-Qaeda operation, rather than the ETA. After all, “conventional” terrorists tend to claim responsibility and use their attacks to bring attention to a particular cause or grievance. Thus far, we’ve heard nothing about the motivation for the attack, which is why I think that it’s another offensive in the war.<\/p>\n

Andrew Sullivan links<\/a> to an editorial from Le Monde discussing the sea change brought about by the Madrid bombings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Went to the Spanish Consulate in New York yesterday to bring flowers as a memorial for the victims of the Madrid bombings. Credit to Instapundit for suggesting the idea on his site. Picture of the memorial below. There wasn’t much there, as you can see; the Spanish embassy in Washington received many more signs of … <\/p>\n

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