The events in Spain are horrible to contemplate and makes one nervous to consider taking a train or subway. Sadly, it would be far too easy to similar tragedies to occur here in the U.S.

It's interesting to see how the Spanish election turnout was effected. The current government which had sent troops to Iraq was originally seen to have a lead in the polls only a few days prior to the rail explosions. Now a socialist party has surprisingly been swept into office, promising to pull their support for the coalition. With the trouble that the British government has had recently the Spanish election results may or may not be a foreshadowing of British elections down the line.