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Originally posted by The Mex I don't live in Sapin or am I an expert them either, but this is what I recieved from news coverage. I really believe that the driving factor in the conservatives getting voted out is from all of the anti-American sentiments and news coverage of what the people were saying about, "if their country would never have gotten involved in Iraq" and some blamed the US for their situation should answer your question. The whole Iraq war has them a bit sour more than the government blaming the ETA, which played a minor role in my opinion. Of course when you get involved the risk and lvl of danger goes up. Someone would have to be plain stupid not to realize this. Do you think that a nation should sit by idly and wait for the terrorist to come a calling? I for one would not.

I think that both had an impact myself, and I also agree that Spain's participation in the Iraq war did increase the terrorist threat. Whether that is a valid reason to pull out of Iraq is another issue entirely.

I'm 50/50 on Spain pulling out myself. I don't believe that the war (as it took place) was justified in the first place, but considering the sway that fundamentalist Islam holds at the moment, pulling out isn't the best idea either. On the one hand, Spain is a democratic nation, and it's if it's people want out, we can hardly stop them. On the other hand, they helped make the mess, which to me says that they should stick around to clean it up.

I would have much preferred it if we hadn't got bogged down in Iraq, but rather had gone after Bin Laden and his lackies in northern Pakistan & Afghanistan, which incidentally is a shambles at the moment.

Either way, it's a difficult issue.

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