Spain PM-elect: Troops out of Iraq

[Siege40]

I can understand the anger of people here towards the Spanish withdrawl from Iraq. I look at it like this, 500+ TROOPS have died in Iraq, but that's part of their job, this is expect. Spain has forces there, but instead of attacking the troops they attack civilians, those who are not responsible. The innocent and uninvolved. Instead of attacking the soldiers they have gone for the soldiers' grandparents, siblings, parents and children.

By asking the Spanish to keep their troops in Iraq they were asking the civilians to suffer. I'm not sure if I were the Prime Minister of Spain I could ask the people to do that, I can understand their position.

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[Siege40]

True, but the Spanish want to put Spain first, the world second. They're trying to guarentee their own security. If I was living in Italy, Turkey, or Britain I'd be very angry with the Spanish. They've now proved that Al-Qaeda's methods work.

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