The world should follow Zapatero

[2-0-Sixx]

Spain PM orders Iraq troops home

Spain's new prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has given orders for Spanish troops in Iraq to be brought home in "as short a time as possible".
In a televised address to the nation, he said he could not ignore what he called the will of the Spanish people.

Spain's foreign minister told his Egyptian counterpart the pull-out would be "within 15 days", the Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement.

Spain has about 1,300 troops stationed in southern central areas of Iraq.

The BBC's Katya Adler, in Madrid, says military sources there say the pull-out is more likely to take one or two months because of operational requirements.

Meanwhile, the top US administrator in Iraq warned the country's police and armed forces would not be able to secure the country against insurgents by the time the US hands over power to an Iraqi government on 30 June.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3637523.stm

 

[Ironic Commando]

we can pull out june 30th of next year and still shit wont be accomplished. i think its about time we let shit go...we got saddam. now we need to fuck with bin laddy

 

[MaddDogg]

yea the world should follow a fuckin idiot. Think about what this tells the jihads: kill some people of a certain country and they wont have the guts to stay around. I was totally against the whole Iraq War, but its important that we STAY THE COURSE and attempt to make Iraq a better place, not pull out and leave the country in civil dissaray and war between themselves.

 

[MaddDogg]

and there is no way we will be completely out of there by June 30th. US troops will be there much much longer. U think it was a 1 1/2 year occupation of Japan and Germany? And they were already highly industrialized. Iraq has no central government, a vast amount of feuding between leaders, no infascructure or educational institutions to support an industrial system and there have been more deaths this month than any other previous month as we approch the deadline....wishful thinking.

 

[nefar559]

@madddogg

you were against the war, now you're for it? did you really understand the anti war movement arguments? Of course now, none of the antiwar activists would want to completely pull all troops from iraq. Spain president, and others that are against whats going on in iraq is "occupaciton" since war is over with it. they want UN to take control of the built up of iraq, but why does US/britian just iraq over to the UN? its costing us billions, what future investment is in iraq?

i bet now your whole argument is against terrorist, know were you stand

 

[2-0-Sixx]

yea the world should follow a fuckin idiot. Think about what this tells the jihads: kill some people of a certain country and they wont have the guts to stay around. I was totally against the whole Iraq War, but its important that we STAY THE COURSE and attempt to make Iraq a better place, not pull out and leave the country in civil dissaray and war between themselves.

Why is he an idiot? 90% of Spains population were and still are against the war with Iraq. Shouldn't leaders listen to their people?

What does the war with Iraq have to do with jihad or terrorism?

This is amerikas war, not Spains or any other country. Amerika is the only country dumb enough where the majority of the people support the war. The rest of the world is against it.

 

[WHITE DEVIL]

Yes, the Iraqis caused 9/11. We shouldn't hand Iraq over to the UN because it's being renamed:

New name: Iraqiburton, or maybe Halliraq

It's going to be divided into three provinces. "Unleaded, Premium, and Diesel"