20th March 2004, 3:01 PM
A Black Falcon Wrote:Gah... you don't listen! The new leader isn't pulling out because of the attacks, he would have anyway! It's against what he sees as good international policy. He's moving into line with France and Germany. And now Blair and the Italian PM should be very scared... they could be next, and their foreign policy could go this way too... However one aspect of what you say is right -- it is probable that this guy won because of the attack. Aznar's chosen successor was leading in the polls up to right before the attack... I guess this scared them into voting him out. So a well timed terrorist attack can greatly affect national policy and elections... but we knew that already with 9/11 (and things like the Patriot Act)...
Spain now joins many other nations, including France and Germany, in saying that they will go into Iraq, but only if the UN has real power and a good mandate -- ie turning over Iraq to the UN. And as I said Bush will NEVER do that so the only way to get any international support (and do the right thing in Iraq) is to get rid of Bush.
Right. No one's bagging the new Socialist for being a coward, socialists are cowards. Everyone knows this and no one expects anything better from them. What I'm disappointed in is how cowardly the Spanish people are, They stared danger in the face and blinked. Raised the white flag, played French.
Plus, what right-thinking person would unconditionally turn over total control to the UN? Has the UN ever not totally ruined any country it has attempted to rebuild? I mean, look at the former Yugoslavia. Remember that little war we fought five years ago with Serbia? Look how well they kept that up. Now it's looking more and more every day like we'll have to repeat the process again.
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