Some people have posted diaries here about the "victory for al Qaida" in Spain. Sorry, but they don't get it: 90 per cent of the Spanish were against the war in Iraq. When the news broke that Islamic fundamentalists were behind Thursday`s attacks and the government tried to distract people, young people all over Spain went out to spontaneous demonstrations organized on the web and with text messages (pretty much "Dean style"). It was the youth vote that created this major upset, thereby giving an example of a working and stable democratic Spain: this is a victory for European democracy, not for al Qaida.
The next PM, Mr Zapatero made quite clear how he sees his mandate, according to
the GUARDIAN:
The prime minister elect used his first full media interview since last night to affirm that he intended to follow through on what had become a key election promise.
"The Spanish troops in Iraq will come home," he told Cadena Ser radio.
Mr Zapatero's campaign pledge was to keep troops in Iraq until June 30 - as Madrid had previously pledged - and withdraw them if the US had not handed over power to an interim administration by that date.
He today said that no decision on the 1,300 Spanish troops in Iraq would be taken until he was in power and without wide political consultation, but insisted he did not intend for them to stay. He told Cadena Ser: "The war has been a disaster, the occupation continues to be a disaster, it has only generated violence."
Do not miss the PP: just remember how they created an environemental disaster when they tried to pull the burning oil tanker "Prestige" to Africa and their aggressive and unacceptable policies against immigrants. They got what they deserved.
Let's just hope Italy, Denmark and Poland follow the Spanish example soon.