We are ruled by terrorists

Spain was one of the countries which supported the invasion of USA and Britain into Iraq in order to capture Saddam Hussein and find his weapons of mass destruction (which he had apparently sold or given away at that time). The general public in Spain opposed the invasion, like the public in many other countries which officially supported it. This Spring the Spanish government lost in election and was replaced by a government run by the Spanish Socialist Party - a party which strongly opposed the invasion from day one. The socialists managed to win because a few days before the elections a bomb was blown up in Madrid, Spain, and many people died. Terrorists managed to scare the public and make them vote against their government. The socialists gained.

What lesson did the Spanish people teach terrorists? The lesson is this: If you want to force people to throw their government, bomb a few of the up.

Are we better off?