Sorry but you are totally wrong, as Michael very clearly explained. Al Qaeda regards Spain as an their caliphate and part of an Al Qaeda super-state stretching from Spain to Indonesia. They have been very clear about their intent with regard to Spain, and it has nothing to do with the war in Iraq, or even the war in Afghanistan.
My original point was based on the motives behind the Zapatero government's actions in pulling Spain's troops out of Iraq - that they believed in the need to step back and "not tread on Muslim land", that doing so was inflaming hatred toward Spain. If that is the case, then their reasoning was totally flawed and their actions did nothing to prevent them from being a target for further attacks. On Jan 27, 2008 7:15 PM, Zaphod wrote: > as far as hijacking of Robert's logic, I was just wanting to point out > the gap in his statement of "Good thing the Spanish got out of Iraq so > they wouldn't be targets for terrorist plots." > > We'll never be able to figure out what would have happened if they had > never gone into Iraq with us, but it should be pretty plain that even > after Spain pulled out it wasn't going to calm down Al Qaeda. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:252112 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
