Spain's Election: A sign of things to come?

Democracy: This is a case of the people having a voice. Sunday's elections drew the largest turnout (10.5 million) of any polls held since the restoration of democracy after the death of dictator Franco. The Aznar government was characterized by its rigidity, lack of dialogue with the opposition and its tendency to turn a deaf ear to the massive protests against the invasion of Iraq, before and after it occurred. The people were sick to death of being lied to!

One wonders whether this is any indication of things to come, come our own federal election & the US election later this year. I'm hopeful.

I also want to add that events in Spain last week were devastating, to say the least. At the moment, it looks uncertain whether it is the work of Al Q'aida or ETA. I denounce all acts of terror and violence whether they be perpetrated by individuals, groups or nation states. Terrorism is terrorism regardless of whether it's effected by tanks (yes that is you Israel!) and aircraft or suicide bombers, regardless of the colour or creed of the sufferer.

However, I don't think this "war on terror" is great foreign policy. We need to understand why people are causing senseless bloodshed. We need to shift away from this conservative fundamentalist ideals of everyone being just plain evil or against us for no particular reason. (That's what I'm going to say at my next beauty pageant. :p World peace rocks y'all!)