Spain rocked by bomb blasts

That's a lot easier said than done.

uhhh. I think this is surreal and quite childish. What the Basque need is some education so they can live together and in a friendly way with Spain.

You never cease to amaze me JJ. The Basque region has been there way before this marvelous conglomeration of Spain ever came to be. You are accurate to say around 800 have died in this 30 year struggle for independence (speaking only of the modern reincarnation of centuries old clashes). But Spain is not an innocent government brought to its knees by 'terrorists.' They are quite complicit in the cycle of violence in fact. Their hard lines and belligerence has been very debilitating to both the Basque region and all of Spain.

And pretendo, to think that all the Basque region needs is education is to completely misunderstand this neverending situation. What the Basque want, primarily I think, is to educate themselves. Of all things, education pretendo? They have an indigenous language that they have fought long and hard to protect. To think that centralized Spanish education systems will alleviate the problems in north Spain is ridiculous.

You can't win by killing people to prove a point.

You know what alters things after a war it's what the "leader" of the two sides do when they sit down and talk about the demands. After heavily loses on both sides they sit and talk about terms of cease fire. Something they could have done long before the bloodshed.

I did not state that the Government of Spain is blameless. I did state that it's pointless and as the years have shown that to be true what they continue to do will not bring about what they want no matter how "rightfully" belonging to them it might be.

Sometimes you have to live within the means that are now provided no matter how unfair it might be. Fair isn't life. Fair is made up in the minds of those that think they are right in demanding what is and isn't fair.

Good post. Point taken.

HUA HUA HUA! SO SMART!!! People actually Die because of Bombs, you do know this you idiot? How about, putting yourself into that Position and then you say something stupid again?

What? Sorry if my sarcasm wasn't noticeable. I'm anti-war.

Playing the "Invade" game about war on Terrorist is quite Negative. There are people that are victims of terrorists. I do not want to be one, do You?

Is maybe time for you to go into Iraq or any easily attackable place so you can feel the fear people get every day when they wake up.

Who knows, if you tolerate it this way, one day, it might be at your Door.

This is not war on poor people, it is not war on drugs, it is war on the worst things ever... Terrorism.

Sorry, but I am in favor in fighting against those who terrorize others. If negotiating is no good, then there is no other option. Or perhaps you do know another option against these Militants? These of which you might not care about because you live in a nice safe Neighborhood?

Whoa, Bush vote in the room. Just like the war on drugs the war on terrorism is not winnable. It just gives this administration excuses to invade anywhere they please, which bishop was playing on. Chill.

I'm with you bishop. I've read many of your posts. You are a very introspective dude. I think you make a funny point. Plus, I don't think anyone died in this instance. Bombs aren't funny. Neither is war. Pointedly caustic political satire though is funny. Chill out pretendo.

Sorry to see such negative discussion... I posted this story to let others know that there were recent bombings, but also to let the work know ]more about problems that exist in Europe. There are MANY ongoing issues in Europe that have yet to be resolved and the ETA is just one of them. I have been in various parts of the world and have almost lost my own life because of acts of terrorism. Let us strive to be a more educated and informed global society.