▁an ▁occup ying ▁Spain ▁and ▁a ▁bas que ▁people ▁def ender ▁of ▁the ▁bas que ▁libert ies ▁and ▁victim ▁of ▁gen o cide ▁would ▁have ▁served ▁as ▁just ifying ▁framework ▁of ▁the ▁E TA ▁armed ▁activity . ▁According ▁to ▁Luis ▁Cast ells ▁and ▁Fernando ▁Mol ina ▁the ▁form ulation ▁of ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁two ▁symmetric ▁viol ences , ▁that ▁would ▁allow ▁for ▁a ▁split ▁of ▁respons ib ilities ▁between ▁E TA ▁and ▁the ▁states ▁of ▁Spain ▁and ▁France , ▁carrying ▁therefore ▁a ▁dil ution ▁of ▁the ▁responsibility ▁of ▁E TA , ▁is ▁a ▁narr ative ▁heavily ▁esp oused ▁by ▁the ▁A bert z ale ▁left , ▁that ▁also ▁would ▁present ▁E TA ▁as ▁an ▁in ev itable ▁historic ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁sec ular ▁conflict . ▁According ▁to ▁Fernández ▁Sol dev illa , ▁in ▁spite ▁of ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁armed ▁activity , ▁the ▁narr ative ▁of ▁the ▁bas que ▁conflict , ▁fixed ▁and ▁div ul g ated ▁by ▁a bert z ale ▁organ ic ▁intellect uals ▁such ▁as ▁histor ians ▁Francisco ▁Let am end ia ▁and ▁Jose ▁Mari ▁Lorenzo , ▁public ists ▁such ▁as ▁I ñ aki ▁E ga ña ▁or ▁Edu ardo ▁Ren ob ales ▁or ▁journal ists ▁such ▁as ▁Luis ▁N ú ñ ez ▁A stra in , ▁would ▁be ▁still ▁useful ▁as ▁suggest ive ▁message ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁deleg it im ize ▁the ▁current ▁dem ocr atic ▁system , ▁mixing ▁vict ims ▁with ▁victim aries ▁and ▁equ ating ▁the ▁Bas que ▁case ▁to ▁real ▁conflicts ▁such ▁as ▁those ▁of ▁South