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lunedì, marzo 22, 2004
Leggeri come una piuma. «Che sollievo». El Periodico de Catalunya titolava così uno dei numerosi articoli dedicati alle manifestazioni pacifiste di sabato con riferimento all’allegria dei manifestanti per essersi liberati del governo Aznar e dimostrando come questa fosse per molti l’unica cosa che realmente contava.
Come si sente la Spagna dieci giorni dopo gli attentati di Madrid? Sollevata. Vedete com'è facile? P.S. Quella del Periodico di ieri è stata probabilmente una delle edizioni più vergognose della sua storia. Interamente dedicato alla sconfitta di Aznar riproponeva ad ogni articolo la tesi della manipolazione informativa da parte del governo con un’insistenza da pamphlet ideologico di quart’ordine. Il linciaggio politico e mediatico post-attentato organizzato nei confronti di una classe dirigente che ha fatto della Spagna una nazione politicamente ed economicamente di primo piano veniva ovviamente venduto come «ribellione democratica» di un popolo «stanco di essere ingannato». La lotta al terrorismo semplicemente ridicolizzata. La ricostruzione dell’Iraq come sempre ridotta a caricatura. Propaganda come questa uccide le vittime dell’11 marzo una seconda volta. Ma qui sembrano non accorgersene. Pace e bene. Walid Phares – osservando correttamente che il principale errore del governo è stato quello di non impegnarsi in una campagna di informazione di massa sulla guerra al terrore esponendosi così alla campagna di disinformazione di massa dei suoi oppositori – conclude: The Spanish people were left alone without intellectual defenses, not only as it pertains to the Jihadists, but under the influence of the Wahabi-funded constellation of much of the media as well. In a sum, this was a sort of a psychological coup d'etat conducted from the outside with support on the inside. It was most probably carried out by al Qaeda on the ground, but most likely provoked by a greater consensus of powers. To stop the greater Middle East initiative undertaken by the US and its Allies, you need to dismantle its tools. In order to do so, you must destroy the Coalition-of-the-Willing. You would concentrate on its weakest component, in this case, Spain. All you would need to do is to bring down its government -- staging an electoral coup initiated by a terror act a few days before the elections is certainly possible, as we have just witnessed. Dopo aver reso omaggio sul NYT ai critici dell’appoggio di Aznar a Bush, Antonio Muñoz Molina tuttavia non può fare a meno di riconoscere quanto segue a proposito del clima di disimpegno che si respira in Spagna: I have nevertheless had the unsettling feeling these past days, since the election, that many Spaniards, jubilant over the Socialist victory, have forgotten the larger, external threat of Al Qaeda. It is as if the slaughter of March 11 were merely one more episode in Spain's internal politics. The day before the elections there was an urgent desire to know who was to blame for the carnage. Mr. Aznar's government was accused of covering up information. No one accepted the argument that caution and secrecy were needed in the pursuit of the most vicious criminals in the recent history of Europe. Then, once the results of the elections became known, the identity of the terrorists seemed secondary, even forgotten: it was no longer useful as a tool against the ruling party. These days in Madrid, one has the disturbing impression that for many prominent leftists, the enemy was the Popular Party, not terrorism. Their belief seems to be that with the Aznar government gone, terrorism will vanish without our having to do anything other than showing a unconditional wish for peace. Even the signs of mourning — the black crepe flags and candles — are disappearing much too quickly, as if a hurried will of forgetfulness is overtaking us. We are facing a new terrorism, not the old enemy that has tormented us from within for so long. I wonder if we realize the seriousness of the threat. A war continues to be waged, even though we do not want to see it, even if Mr. Aznar is no longer at the helm of government and our soldiers return tomorrow from Iraq. |
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