Viva la muerte!
Golan at HispaLibertas has posted his initial reaction to the apparent defeat of the Popular Party by the Socialists in the face of the Madrid massacre. Golan writes an exhortation to the victorious Socialists, urging them to make the victory theirs rather than the victory of "those who caused us so much grief three days ago...The battle is here and now."
The estimable Roger L. Simon has heard directly from the site's Franco Aleman. Aleman expresses the anger of one who feels that his country has surrendered without a fight. Simon quotes Aleman's message to him and adds his own comment in "The tears of Quixote":
"I am ashamed of being a Spaniard. We have just surrendered on behalf of the whole West. This is a real tragedy for all; now they know what works.”I don't think that Francisco Franco belongs in the same league as Osama bin Laden, but I share Simon's contempt for the free people who have chosen to submit themselves to the murderous dictate of bin Laden's minions.Meanwhile, it is a beautiful day in Los Angeles and I walk out on my deck, looking across the Hollywood Hills at Runyon Canyon, but my mind is in Madrid, at its splendid Puerta del Sol where I have spent so many wonderful days and where sadly fascists have walked before and for too long. But this time they are not under the flag of Generalissimo Franco. This time, ironically, they rally behind the words of a man, Osama bin Laden, whom El Caudillo would have reviled. But of course the cry of both men is the same: Viva la muerte!
