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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (184862)3/16/2004 9:39:26 AM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (1) of 1575706
 
The incoming prime minister declared the Iraq occupation "a disaster" -- yet he didn't explain how withdrawing troops would improve the situation. Spain's participation on the ground in Iraq is small, but a Spanish withdrawal will make it harder for other nations, such as Poland and Italy, to stay the course. The danger is that Europe's reaction to a war that has now reached its soil will be retreat and appeasement rather than strengthened resolve. "It is clear that using force is not the answer to resolving the conflict with terrorists," European Commission President Romano Prodi said yesterday. Should such sentiments prevail, the next U.S. administration -- whether led by President Bush or Sen. John F. Kerry -- may have no alternative to unilateralism.

I agree with this until the last statement. Indeed mr Zapatero has said that Spain would remain in Iraq is the UN were given a lead role. So we should conclude that, had mr bush pursued a more legitimate international policy relative to Iraq and other matters such as the environment for example, topics many of his lieutenants undermined openly, particualrly in Europe, Spain would at this moment not be in the hands of socialists and would also probably be advocating policies of strenghtened determination to defeat terror. At the end of the day, this remains payback for the careless cowboy diplomacy of the bush administration. That's my story and I am sticking to it.

Al
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