DISQUS

Mitch · 5 years ago

It's got little to do with appeasing terrorists and more to do with lying to the electorate. If Aznar had come clean at the beginning it would have made a difference.....hmmm, no, probably not given that the population who elected him didn't want Spanish troops in Iraq to begin with. On the bright side, perhaps the Dominican Republic can pony up more troops. And anyway, it was a force of 1300? Surely your president can activate a few more guard units to fill the void? How long do you think it will take before Poland leaves Iraq?
Rob · 5 years ago

Let's see, al Qaeda doesn't want Spanish troops in Iraq. Al Qaeda bombs Madrid to this end and Spain pulls its troops out.

How is that not appeasing terrorists again?

From the article linked above:

Zapatero's Socialist party won the March 14 general election amid allegations that outgoing Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, by backing the war in Iraq, had provoked commuter-train terrorist bombings that killed 191 people three days before the vote.
La Shawn Barber · 5 years ago

Spain is crazy if they think this will deter terrorist attacks in its homeland or its people.
Rob · 5 years ago

The more the terrorists in Iraq fight us the more troops we should send in. We should show them that their resistance is futile.