Tired of fighting Bush's War, Spain's new government has announced it will
withdraw from Iraq.
Spain's incoming leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero indicated Monday he would pull Madrid's troops out of the "disastrous" occupation of Iraq (news - web sites) in a major swing from his predecessor's pro-American foreign policy.
So, did the terrorists "win"?
No more so than Osama Bin Laden "won" when the US pulled out of Saudi Arabia -- a key demand of Al Qaeda.
Fact is, Spain was taking casualties -- in Iraq and at home -- for a war in which it had no reason to be involved. Bush lied to get his war, and Spain's Aznar was a willing and eager accomplice. The Spanish people opposed the war and their nation's involvement in it, and spoke the way true Democracies speak -- via the ballot box.
The system worked. Democracy won. Spain won.