Spain PM-elect: Troops out of Iraq

[Huckleberry Finn]

MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Pulling a major ally from the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, Spain's prime minister-elect will withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq in the coming months, a Socialist Party spokesman said.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/15/spain.election/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3512144.stm

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!! How they can do this? Those idiots! Those Commies!

Osama bin Laden: "It worked in Spain. Let's try in Italy, Hungary, Poland, Denmark....Yeeeaaaarrg!"

If Kerry will show any signs of this kind of politics, I change my avatar to Republican one!

[Huckleberry Finn]

Spanish Left is also selfish. They think that there is no longer terror menace against their own country. They care  nothing about others.

[Huckleberry Finn]

Spanish withdrawing will encourage new attacks in other countries. Spain shifts problem to others.

I'm glad that Finnish socialists are smarter. Yesterday their  chairman Paavo Lipponen said that membership of NATO is one alternative in security policy. (You know we are still "neutral" like Sweden)

[Huckleberry Finn]

WOW!  I am really perplexed!

Some of the lefties on this board are starting to show some sense...and a country that was attacked (Spain) is waiving the white flag after only 200 dead?!

Confusing times.

I egocentrically suppose that you meant me. I can tell you that I'm not leftist. I always vote Conservatives in Finland. I support US Democrats only, because US Republicans are much further right than European Conservatives.

[Huckleberry Finn]

All you angry Americans are missing the fact that though the war on terrorism is an obvious national interest to the US, is isn't really to Spain. It's just an issue of a moral stand there, and I am not surprised to see them backing out of it. I agree though that it's sends a very bad and stupid message to terrorists.

War on terrorism is also interest to Europe. After 9/11 most Europeans firmly supported operation in Afghanistan and most European countries also sent troops. Problem came out when Americans decided attack Iraq. Most people here can't see war on Iraq as fighting against terrorism.