The good and the bad

The times of the fat cows had to pass. It was expected, according to the most elementary theory of cycles, but perhaps we do not do that to the situation of economic uncertainty joined an attack on a country such as Iraq, which would further destabilize things and especially the sensations. Before the attack, many were those who blamed the precautions of the potential buyers of equipment precisely uncertainty. That it will now attack or that the idea was abandoned definitively, but in the first place, so simple, so frivolous, of inhuman was even the point of view of many.

But barbarism has already reached and, surprisingly, things for the machine tool sector continue as before. Clear that it is assumed that anyone hoping that the announced attack settled nothing, but does reduce uncertainty, although it is true that the presence or absence of this last bit of serves. Because, for example, insurance to the fall in sales of passenger cars by 6.6% over 2002, according to data from Anfac (national Spanish Manufacturers Association of cars and trucks) has resulted in the sale of equipment, and yet, does not seem credible that a person decides to buy his car depending on if it will bomb or not Iraq.

The terrible thing is that there are always voices interested in confusing, complicated, leave at least suspicion in the air. It does not much AFM, Association of manufacturers of machine tools, it issued a statement denying that you have knowledge of exports Iraq of two of its partners. It was the response to the news in media saying otherwise, participating in this vile game whose rules suggest that the mere fact of exporting to Iraq make one bit less than in one of the keys to the axis of evil. But still not being certain information, it could be the prelude to future charges. Because the famous axis of evil runs which epidemic in the eyes of the Almighty, and countries such as Iran and Syria already have started to sound like a member of the 'bad guys'. Iran, for example, has been subject of trade missions of Spanish manufacturers. Without going any further, in October of 2002 AFM organized a trade mission to that country in collaboration with the Icex. We want to think about - in sa'Allah - that if United States.UU. and its allies decide to expand its objectives, the good relations of the Spanish administration with the American serve to convince them that we put between the 'good'. Because good are also making machines.