The finally removed the last statue of the Fascist Dictator Francisco Franco from Madrid.
And it happened only because the PP is not in power anymore, if Aznar's dauphin Marriano Rajoy was the Prime Minister today, they would be erecting more monuments.
Some nay-sayers insist Spain made a mistake when the Spanish people kicked Aznar and Rajoy along with the rest of their Junta out of La Moncloa.
Well, the victims of the savage Civil War are finally being recognized, and that is a plus by itself.
Well, the victims of the savage Civil War are finally being recognized, and that is a plus by itself.
With their track record, try to imagine a PP member going to the opening of the new Holocaust Museum in Israel.
There is the fools that insist Spain is a democracy, and no one would mind if Anzar himself would have been invited, but the truth is, a large percentage of PP members still long for the glory of the Francoist Regime, and its founding member, Fraga Iribarne, is a Holocaust denier, period.
Of course, the neo-cons and the "liberals" will never demand from a Spaniard that wants the Francoist dogma of an Eternal and Unified Spain to condemn the Holocaust, so little consistent they are.
And then there is those that insist in blemishing France and Germany for the Neo Nazis that desecrate Sinagogues and Jewish cemetaries.
Well, the fellas in this here pictue are Aznar followers, yes, the staunch ally that was kicked out of power due to his lies and his callouness to try to profit from a tragedy. They are not Neo nothing, they are good ol' style Fascists, just like Francisco Franco, Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
Will they demolish El Valle de los Caidos next?
Fat chance, but then again, there is hope.
Fat chance, but then again, there is hope.
Unidentified supporters of former Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco (news - web sites) sing while giving a fascist salute as the statue of Franco is taken away in Madrid in the early hours of Thursday March 17, 2005. The statue, the last remaining in Madrid, was finally removed Thursday 30 years after Francos death. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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It's great to see how they took it away though I loved to see the statue like it was right now (full of spray paintings and smelling quite odd as several young guys used to piss on it at night).
ReplyDeleteAnyways, there's one thing I cannot understand. Why did they took it out at night and telling nobody about it? They didn't give us time to go to Madrid to cheer and applause the crane operator that was removing it.
Ps: Those unidentified supporters are quite known here as they are members of an almost dead fascist party.