Spain seeks 222,000 years for 9/11 Supspects

[Avatar4321]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...&e=1&u=/nm/20050214/ts_nm/security_spain_dc_1

You know, while im glad this socialist government is actually going to prosecute these guys, whats the point of 222,000 years? What are they going to get off in 100,000 years for good behavior? Wouldnt it just be easier to sentence them to death and save the tax payers money? I mean its not like they arent being sentenced to death anyway.

 

[Annie]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...&e=1&u=/nm/20050214/ts_nm/security_spain_dc_1

You know, while im glad this socialist government is actually going to prosecute these guys, whats the point of 222,000 years? What are they going to get off in 100,000 years for good behavior? Wouldnt it just be easier to sentence them to death and save the tax payers money? I mean its not like they arent being sentenced to death anyway.

In spite of 3/11 they have balls. That's the message, .

 

[nosarcasm]

before you fall too much in love with socialism



from the article:

The prison terms correspond to all the charges, including 2,973 murders for those who died in the Sept. 11 attacks, but Spanish law would limit jail sentences to a maximum of 40 years.

 

[theim]

before you fall too much in love with socialism



from the article:

The prison terms correspond to all the charges, including 2,973 murders for those who died in the Sept. 11 attacks, but Spanish law would limit jail sentences to a maximum of 40 years.

well, that sucked any hope I had for Spain right down the drain.

 

[onedomino]

There is very little hope for Spain with the socialist Zappo running the show.

Ana Palacio zaps Zap in the Wall Street Journal. (Hat tip: Franco Alemán.)

http://iberiannotes.blogspot.com/

MADRID -- In some Spanish political circles, people wonder why Condoleezza Rice didn't come to Madrid on her grand European tour last week. But the omission shouldn't surprise anyone. In the 10 months since José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero took office as prime minister, Spain has abandoned a high-profile foreign policy and today relishes in an ill-defined role as a second-rate player on the world stage.

It did not have to turn out this way. When Mr. Zapatero took over last March, Spain was the world's eighth largest economy, the sixth biggest investor worldwide (second in Latin America) and the fifth most popular destination for investment. It was one of the most open economies in the world, boasting a balanced budget and a growth rate double the EU average. It was at the height of its political influence in Europe and the world in recent memory.

In no time, this inspiring picture turned dark. In his first action of note in European affairs -- the final negotiations on the new European Constitution -- Mr. Zapatero negotiated away Spain's position of influence in the EU by diluting its voting powers in the new constitution. In economic policy, he seems driven by an obsession to intervene, from limiting stores' opening hours to backing an attempt to raise the minimum wage. Of course, the economic costs of mismanagement aren't felt by consumers immediately. But the Bank of Spain has revealed that only eight months into Mr. Zapatero's term, direct foreign investment had fallen by 80%.

On the international stage, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos had the temerity to accuse the previous government, in which I served for two years in his job, of having supported the attempted 2002 coup against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. This accusation was only echoed in the official mouthpiece of Cuba -- which is no doubt grateful for the Zapatero government's efforts to lift EU sanctions against the Castro regime and to keep dissidents out of EU missions on the island. And of course, in one of its first decisions, the new socialist administration last spring rushed a reckless withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq, and later irresponsibly called for other members of the coalition to follow its lead.