The Art Neuro Weblog

It seems that a large section of the western mass media is characterising the Spanish election result as "appeasement", "capitulation", and other nasty labels:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$IS52JB0YTJXUJQFIQMFCFFWAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2004/03/17/wterr17.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/03/17/ixnewstop.html

This is all in accordance with the agenda of the Bush/Military-Industrial Complex, but it's a dangerous path for them to take. The proposition that the war on Iraq is part of the "War On Terror" has never been seriously examined, despite it's widespread acceptance. Drawing attention to the Spanish election carries with it the risk of drawing attention to all sorts of facts that are not explained by the official story. The "War On Terror" cover story for the invasion has even more holes in it than the "WMD" cover story, and the criticism of the Spaniards relies on this story. I'm sure that the US (and Australian) media is quite capable of papering over the gaps in it, but the further they depart from reality, the greater is the risk that people will ask themselves the question "What did the invasion of Iraq have to do with the 'War on Terror'?". We all have enough information to figure that one out, all it takes is to ask the question.

James