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Europe
Spain’s Leader: Iraq Occupation a ’Fiasco’
2004-03-17
edited for brevity.
Spain’s new leader intensified his criticism of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq on Wednesday, saying it was "turning into a fiasco." Prime Minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero also refused to reconsider his pledge to pull his 1,300 troops out of Iraq by June 30, in a sharp break with the Bush administration. Zapatero had signaled his dislike of President Bush policies during the Spanish election campaign when he said he hoped Democratic challenger John Kerry would win in November.
I guess skerry was talking to zapoteria all along
The International Herald Tribune recently quoted Zapatero as saying, "We’re aligning ourselves with Kerry. Our allegiance will be for peace, against war, no more deaths for oil, and for a dialogue between the government of Spain and the new Kerry administration."
i.e. we want the muslims to believe we are not worth killing.
In the hourlong interview Wednesday on Onda Cero radio, Zapatero said that "fighting terrorism with bombs ... with Tomahawk missiles, isn’t the way to defeat terrorism. ...
insert joke here
"Terrorism is combatted by the state of law. ... That’s what I think Europe and the international community have to debate," besides slap fighting each other like little bitches he said. Zapatero said the Iraq occupation "is turning into a fiasco," noting that "there have been almost more deaths since the end of the war" than during last year’s U.S.-led invasion, and the United Nations still is not in control. The outgoing conservative government of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar supported the war against the wishes of the majority of Spaniards. Spanish troops did not fight in the invasion but were sent in afterward. "I’ll explain to our allies, which include the United States, of course, and Britain ... what my position is," Zapatero said.
About how he might respond if Bush asked him to reconsider, Zapatero said, "I will listen to Mr. Bush, but my position is very clear and very firm." "I am a total puss." In the interview, Zapatero also said he would better coordinate Spain’s police agencies, which failed to prevent last week’s Madrid train bombings that killed 201 people. Authorities knew the whereabouts and potential danger of a top suspect and his alleged links with al-Qaida. He tried to reassure Spaniards that his government would relentlessly hunt down terrorists. "They will not have a moment of rest," Zapatero said, adding that he would have a single director for both the Civil Guard and the National Police, which currently answer to two chiefs.
this guy amuses me, good luck my Spanish brethren, you’re going to need it.
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