I was just reading Andrew Sullivan on the results in Spain. While some of his comments are totally off the deep end-- like "It is hard to view the results in Spain as anything but a choice between Bush and al Qaeda"-- he did raise a question that stumped me.
If "the war to depose Saddam is and was utterly unconnected with the war against al Qaeda," he writes, "then why on earth would al Qaeda respond by targeting Spain? If the two issues are completely unrelated, why has al Qaeda made the connection?"
Now, as far as I know, it's not certain yet that Al Qaeda was responsible. But the arrows are pointing in that direction. If, in fact, they are responsible, what are the answers to Sullivan's questions?