FRENCH aPEASsment philosophy at work

Howard Dean is placing responsibility for the terrorist attack in Spain at the feet of Bush. Basically, he asserts that if Bush wasn't fighting terrorism in Iraq, then the Islamic terrorists wouldn't have struck in Spain. Typical appeasement mentality to think that "We can't try to kill terrorists. If we do, they might kill more of us." This is the same kind of thinking that has given us a nation of selfish brats. A child throws a temper tantrum, so parents seeks to appease the baby and give him what he wants. What does the child learn? Throwing temper-tantrums get me what I want. Now, we have people who say if we don't punish the terrorist for thier attacks, then they will stop attacking. Right, just like the kid will stop throwing temper tantrums. Anyone with a bit of logic (and experience with children) will see the abusrdity of that. No response to terrorist attacks only leads to more attacks...while a swift spanking...makes terrorist think a little bit more before the next attack.