He's the ex-PM of Spain, he was in a position of power before and he know how things work.
Yea.. thats why he accused ETA of the Madrid bombings. He knew how things worked..:roll: The party he was a leader of and in a position of power is ripe with corruption scandals all created while he was in power and lead the country.. go figure. Aznar is a joke because of this. His policies laid the ground work for among other things the building crisis in Spain and his lack of reform has put Spain in the hole where it is today. It is suppose to be the conservative politicians that reform labour markets, not the left.. but now it is left and they have no choice. He was the Bush of Spain and a Neo Con at heart.
I actually liked the moron before he accused ETA of something they did not do. I even liked him despite his asslicking of Bush on the Iraq issue. And he is far better than the toad the PP have as leader at the moment.
Besides that knowing your own opinions I can see why you'll disagree with him.
I made no comment on the opinion, so you cant know jack****.
As for my opinion here it is. At the first glance the source is biased, with no link to the original article. Secondly the original article was printed in the Times, a well know conservative noise machine which is owned by Newscorp who loves to use its media empire to promote a political agenda... that is 2 red flags. Now thanks to a bit of free time at the Times (since it is now pay only) website I did get access to the whole article and read it.
He uses the typical right wing mantra on Israel with no consideration of the other side. His views are typical and conservative. He is nothing but an apologist for Israel and tries to green-light actions of oppression just because Israel is suppose to be a democratic western nation and happens to be seen as an ally of the US. Those are the two justifications he claims are enough to allow Israel a get out of jail free card. Pathetic attitude.
Now what he is right about is that the big threat is radical Islam, but what he fails to contemplate like many right wingers, is that the plight of the Palestinian people is used by radical Islam and dictators in the region as a recruiting too and excusel and that makes Israel less secure. There is a cause and effect and he ignores both and defends Israel right to oppress the Palestinian people and not want peace.
So in short, it is a typical right wing propaganda piece that ignores bits and pieces because it does not fit the right wings strange world.
Now the funny part is.. now he talks about radical Islam, and yet he was more occupied by ETA and blaming ETA for the Madrid bombings.. go figure.. guess it is better late than never...
As for the "if Isreal goes down, we all go down" idea.. I actually agree some what, but not for the reasons you think. If Israel goes down it will go down fighting and taking as many of us (as in the general population of the planet) with them by using nuclear weapons that will spread radiation across the planet. On top of that the US might join in and well.. hello global war with massive fall out. Good luck in living in that kind of world.
And yes Israel has the right to exist in peace, as does the Palestinian people and anyone else.