After the attacks on Spain, the Atlantic grows wider.

• Author: Brooks, David
• Position: Perspectives - Brief Article

The Spanish have suffered a grievous blow, and it was crazy to go ahead with an election three days after the Madrid massacre. There are millions of Americans who believe the swing Spanish voters are shamefully trying to seek a separate peace in the war on terror. I'm resisting that conclusion, because I don't know what mix of issues swung the election. But I do know that reversing course in the wake of a terrorist attack is inexcusable. [The new Prime Minister says he will pull Spanish troops out of Iraq.] I don't care what the policy is. You do not give terrorists the chance to think that their methods work. When you do, you make the world a...