Riding the Wave, 20. How Quickly We Forget.
In the past couple of weeks, two open letters, from retired Army and Air Force officers, were received by the King. In both of them, the complaint is that the government, run by "social-communists, lovers of ETA, and secessionists," is bringing the country closer to a dissolution, and a divisiveness never before seen. They re-affirm their loyalty to the King, and promise their help. All of those who signed graduated from military academies back in the 1960's, under Franco, and are retired, which means they are free to voice their personal opinions. They reflect exactly the position of the extreme right party, Vox. In fact, if one were to take away the names of the signees, one could just as easily replace them with members of that political party. That such a letter was sent to the King is one thing. Another thing is a chat room where ex-officials of the Air Force, most of them signees to one of the letters, promoted their own ways of "making Spain great again."...