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2004-04-18 Europe

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Posted by Steve White 2004-04-18 1:21:21 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Taco eating surrender monkey.

Posted by Atropanthe 2004-04-18 1:33:40 PM|| 2004-04-18 1:33:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd like to hear the conversations between the departing Spanish troops and their Iraqi counterparts:

"Mahmoud, I have been ordered to throw down my rifle and run away."

"Yes, Manuel, I have heard. Is it true that your new president has no balls?"

"None whatsoever. The smallest woman in the American army has more courage than he."

"I will remember you, Manuel. Tell your new president that I will remember him also."

Posted by Matt 2004-04-18 1:44:47 PM|| 2004-04-18 1:44:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Not suprised, he's a ball less sack of shit

Posted by Anonymous4286 2004-04-18 1:57:10 PM|| 2004-04-18 1:57:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Shame on Spain. I hope they don't get chased out of town. I'm sure the jihadies will make their exit a hot one. I know one thing, it wont be grand exit. Sorry for the guys who have to bear Spains shame.

Enjoy your new government Muchachos. Free aspirin.

Posted by Lucky 2004-04-18 2:10:14 PM|| 2004-04-18 2:10:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 This is the first acceptance of Bin Ladens latest peace proposal. by moving up the date, the Spanish Quisling has caved into the 7 minute tape. Ole for the Spaniards.

Posted by ted 2004-04-18 2:11:23 PM|| 2004-04-18 2:11:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I think that should be "tappas eating"

Posted by B 2004-04-18 2:18:55 PM|| 2004-04-18 2:18:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The Spanish military should feel no shame. It is the inluctable consequence of serving in the military of a democracy that the civilian government can order you to do things for political reasons and you must obey. There is no shame, only a sense of frustration and deep sadness. Anyone who served during the presidencies of Clinton and Carter should know exactly how they feel.

Posted by RWV 2004-04-18 2:30:47 PM|| 2004-04-18 2:30:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Steve White

Oh no, if the bull is foiund defective (eg weak on legs) before blood has been drawn he is sent back to the corrals and from thre to the salughterhouse.

But from time to time a bull is found to be so exceedingly good he is amnistiated and gets a new job for, say, improving the species. But these cases are very, very, very rare (so rare it comes in the newspapers) since no ganadero sends purposefully bulls of stallion material to bullfiights.

Posted by JFM 2004-04-18 2:38:44 PM|| 2004-04-18 2:38:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 This seems pretty unilateral to me. You know, I can actually respect the French position, because its essentially based on the loss of commercial interests from Iraq. But Spains position is based on nothing short of bald-faced cowardace in the face of terror.

Ok,everyone shift your european vacations back to italy and england.

Posted by Frank Martin 2004-04-18 2:54:11 PM|| 2004-04-18 2:54:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Nevermind the vacations, Italy and Poland are next. That leaves the UK, but for how long.

Posted by Rafael 2004-04-18 4:12:27 PM|| 2004-04-18 4:12:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Can Cobarde ibn Zapatero be impeached as the traitor he is?

Posted by Korora 2004-04-18 4:37:55 PM|| [http://basementburrow.blogspot.com] 2004-04-18 4:37:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 This almost makes me wish Spain was hit by another terrorist attack. But before I get to far, I remind myself that it's the Spanish Government that is running from terror, not the people. I can only hope that the people of Spain do not suffer another attack from this cowardice.

Posted by Charles 2004-04-18 5:10:39 PM|| 2004-04-18 5:10:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Dont kid yourself bubba, were next.

This summer is going to be the "gettysburg" of world terror. They will throw it all at us in the next 6 months. If Bush wins in November, they are cooked. If Bush loses, Terror will have a voice for another 30 years. You can best prepare yourself now for the bloodiest summer in this country since 1863. car bombings, hijackings, kidnappings, mall bombings, anthax attacks, it will all come out of the woodworks. Its best to prepare yourself now to wake up every day between now and election to the kind of things we saw in madrid, only this time with the words "BUSH KNEW".

Then ask yourself, who it is who is on your side?Mikey Moore? Dan Rather? Katie Couric? The New York Times? These people are gloating at the deaths of Americans, as signs of "proof" of how smart they are and how dumb you are and certainly how much better they are than President Bush.

They are already gloating while our men and women are being killed in defense of this nation overseas, and they laugh at anyone who says that Iraq is just another battlefield in the war on terror.

Never forget, They are laughing at you. They want us to lose. They need us to lose.

The leftist demogogues, the terror states and their allies in the world press will stop at nothing, and I do mean nothing to ensure that Bush suffers a defeat. The press has shown our enemies how to defeat us. The press and media will say anything and do anything to show that we are losing. I can accept those who hate us in the islamic world and the EU but I am continually sickened by those in my own country who are hoping and praying for deaths and distruction of our forces overseas and for attacks here at home, so that their hated president will be removed from office.

If Bush loses, The left will once again feel power and meaning in their life. If Bush wins, the worlds leftists will suffer a setback bigger than any defeat since 1945.

If we lose, Where will the rule of law exist? Where will civil rights, the rights of women, gays and minorities be protected? Where will free speech, free assembly and the freedom to belong to a religion, any religion exist? Where will be able to hide? If we are to pull our troops to safety, where would we pull them back to? Manahttan? Madrid?

Do not think that we cannot lose this war. We can. There are forces both at home and abroad who have staked their very lives to see that we do lose, because they cannot co-exist with us. There can be no accomodation of freedom and liberty for those who seek to enslave other men.

Posted by Frank Martin 2004-04-18 5:45:20 PM|| 2004-04-18 5:45:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 So then, another civil war in America???

Posted by Rafael 2004-04-18 6:18:44 PM|| 2004-04-18 6:18:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Its more like a civil war of the world. The forces of Democracy, freedom and human rights extended to all people against the forces of totalitarianism, egalitarianism and the return of serfdom for those not in power.

Spain has just withdrawn from the union.

Posted by Frank Martin 2004-04-18 6:48:36 PM|| 2004-04-18 6:48:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 I cannot bring myself to wish any more terrorist attacks upon Spain. However, should they happen, all bloodshed will be on the hands of their appeasing government. This sordid episode will besmirch Spanish dignity for decades to come.

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-18 7:08:19 PM|| 2004-04-18 7:08:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 It's time to leave Rota and Moron. The troops and be better used elsewhere.

Posted by ed 2004-04-18 7:33:38 PM|| 2004-04-18 7:33:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 The worst thing about this (other than the obvious) is that the Spanish Brigade has been involved in some of the past 2 weeks' key fighting in Najaf and Diswaniyah (Read here about them being on the front lines of the Anniversary Iraqi insurgency when this bullshit started and when they're pulled out, it will look as if they're retreating, which they are.
Even though we will be victorious, this is a morale killer for the Coalition and conversely, a booster for the Enemy which we really don't need right now, if ever.

PENDEJOS=BASTARDS.

Posted by Jen 2004-04-18 8:04:22 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-04-18 8:04:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Rafael: So then, another civil war in America???

Actually, if Canada continues to shelter jihadis, who then go on to launch attacks that kill thousands of Americans, it should expect to see that friendly foreign neighbor to the south undergo a change of attitude vis-a-vis Ottawa. Would that constitute a civil war? Only if you consider Canucks Americans.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-04-18 8:11:12 PM|| 2004-04-18 8:11:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Frank Martin, is exactly on target. OBL said we were a paper tiger who had no will to defend our way of life.

Posted by ted 2004-04-18 8:16:23 PM|| 2004-04-18 8:16:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 "so-Called Prime Minister" Zapatero - Trial Lawyer.

Would you expect anything different.

Posted by Anonymous4052 2004-04-18 11:05:02 PM|| 2004-04-18 11:05:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 Last time I checked Spain was a democracy--the people have spoken--they want their troops out of Iraq and did not agree with Aznar's party stance. So why don't we be nice and just call them French? Wait till there is an attack in Rome--Italians--they will do the same! And don't even think that Britain won't follow

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2004-04-19 10:27:00 PM|| 2004-04-19 10:27:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 NMM, what are you, the Voice of Doom?
I'm beginning to believe that you are indeed fatass Michael Moore.
Of course, we hope that the Brits and the Italians won't follow the Spanish.
Berlusconi had wide-spread support last week when he vowed that Italian troops would stay in Iraq even when the Italian hostage was murdered on Arab TV.
And Great Britain doesn't have as many appeasement peaceniks as types like you would like to think.

Posted by Jen 2004-04-19 10:42:54 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-04-19 10:42:54 PM|| Front Page Top

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