is, "We are withdrawing Spanish troops from Iraq
and sending them to Afghanistan to fight actual, international, terrorists.
If you want to fight terror, you go where there are terrorists. If you say you want to fight terror, but you don't focus on terrorists, it makes people wonder what the hell you're doing, who you're doing it for, and what you're really trying to get out of it.
If you're not going to answer those questions with a consistent and moderately truthful policy, you'll excuse us for not trusting you completely."