End To Violence, Period

This is funny, the Spanish repressive machinery has been grinding down on the Basque society for the last six months.

Suddenly, three men appear from the woods and the entire world goes ga-ga over it.

Then, Rodríguez Zapatero says that something he calls the peace process will continue no matter what. How can you talk about peace process when you have unleashed a new dark period of state sponsored violence?

Here you have the note that comes to you courtesy of Yahoo News:

Spanish PM still expects an end to ETA violence

Wed Sep 27, 3:16 PM ET

Spain's prime minister said that he still expected armed Basque separatist movement ETA to renounce violence, despite the group's recent declaration that it had no plans to give up its weapons.

"The government maintains its principles and its convictions concerning the peace process," Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zaptero told the Spanish Parliament.

Zapatero was replying to a question on ETAs recent declaration that it would keep its arms "until the independence" of the Basque country.

"The government still expects to see an end to the violence, an expectation based on objective reasons: over three years without ETA being responsible for a death and a permanent ETA ceasefire ordered six months ago," the Prime Minister continued.

The government would base its action on "firmness, principles, convictions and on an engagement taken to achieve peace and an end to the violence", he continued.

"The government will stick to its plans," he added.

Asked about a recent rise in "kale borrokka," or street violence," in several Basque towns, which many analysts have said bear the hallmarks of ETA supporters, Zapatero remained upbeat.

"The perspectives for an end to the violence remain the same, with the same parameters as when ETA declared its permanent ceasefire," the prime minister said.

The leader of Spain's main conservative opposition Popular Party (PP) used Wednesday's parliamentary session to launch a new broadside at Zapatero's efforts to settle the Basque question.

"It's good to speak about being firm," PP leader Mariano Rajoy said, but "we must now take action (and) do everything necessary to stop the kale borroka."

In a statement read out on Saturday by three hooded men filmed in a forest in the Basque province of Guipuzoca, ETA said it "confirms its commitment to continue to fight, weapons in hand, until independence and socialism for the Basque country is won".

Oh, and by the way, since 1600 Basques were murdered by the Spanish government in less than four hours, I went ahead and removed one paragraph at the end of the article I'm linking to.

And really, there is no need to comment of Mariano Rajoy the Francoist Fool's statement.

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