March 12, 2004  FROM THE SPANISH EMBASSY, a reader reports:  I'm
just leaving the silent march at the Spanish Embassy. A small
crowd of two to three hundred gatheed at the embassy, and then
at noon, walked across the street in silence to Washington
Circle, across from the George Washington University Hospitals.
Everybody filled up the Northern third of the circle, and
silently faced the embassy, and the Spanish flag on front slowly
flapping at half mast. A few friends greeted each other
somberly, along with the inevitable quiet, nearly whispered
checking. "Family alright?". "I'm okay, you?". I also heard a
number of comments, to the effect that this was the most screwed
up thing ever, women and children killed and maimed, a couple
"Aznar was right" and of course a few "this means war" comments.
The crowd seemed mixed - a lot of younger people, probably
students and World Bank interns and the like; some gray haired
diplomats; Spanish expats, other Europeans, and a smattering of
Americans including a few milit