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2004-06-03 Europe

~~Spain Asshat~~ Zapatero in embarrassing Iraq medal row

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Posted by Dragon Fly 2004-06-03 11:50:11 AM|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "He bravely turned his tail and fled..."

Posted by mojo 2004-06-03 11:58:28 AM|| 2004-06-03 11:58:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you thought the neo-appeaser Euroturds couldn't possibly be all that...

...Zapatero tries to give a Cowardice Medal to the military and they don't accept.

Scrappleface could never have got away with such ridiculousness.

Posted by Bulldog 2004-06-03 12:06:59 PM|| 2004-06-03 12:06:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Must have been a "thanks for participating" medal.

Very common among Euro ~~pussified~~ nations.

Posted by Chris W. 2004-06-03 12:09:38 PM|| 2004-06-03 12:09:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 LMAO... that is the most ridiculous thing I've heard in a while. He gave out awards for fleeing?!?

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2004-06-03 12:14:20 PM|| [http://brighterfuture.blogspot.com] 2004-06-03 12:14:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually, I think the military have taken theirs. Bet they're so proud... The real fuss is over Zapatero's premature presentation of the Cowardice Medal to his Defence Minister. Guess they're expecting a lot more cowardice from him in the future.

Wonder what the medal's design is? Pantaloons tied to a stick? Two raised arms? A bent rifle?

Posted by Bulldog 2004-06-03 12:15:11 PM|| 2004-06-03 12:15:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Bulldog: The customary design for such awards is a central white stripe, bordered on the left by a red stripe, all on a field of blue.

Per your description some months ago.

Posted by Matt 2004-06-03 12:48:58 PM|| 2004-06-03 12:48:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The Spanish are the New French for the a new century. Next Spanish weapons factorys will switch production to white flags and thier Eurofighters will be forced to drop medical aid to hard up Arabs for which the pilots will get a nice shiney medal. Even the French wouldn't be this disgustingly brazen about thier cowardly nature. A truly awesome display of Spanish appeasment to Islamozoids.

Posted by Shep UK 2004-06-03 1:02:35 PM|| 2004-06-03 1:02:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Oh yep Matt - thanks for reminding me!

As Zappy's new team are faithful little Euro-pups, perhaps they'll superimpose the EU's 12 mullets or on that design. (Mullets or presumably being French for 'golden mullets'.)

Posted by Bulldog 2004-06-03 1:05:05 PM|| 2004-06-03 1:05:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 If the pull out deserved a medal, what should the Spanish Troops who failed to come to the rescue of the El Salvadorians get, promotions and medals? If pulling out was a medal-worthy exercise, is Bill Clinton going to get one for Somalia (or Monica)? Reagan for Lebanon? And there is no choice but for this medal to be anything other than Yellow.

Posted by Tibor 2004-06-03 1:18:49 PM|| 2004-06-03 1:18:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Matt, I think that is a field of yellow not blue. Unless it is powder blue which is the universal sign of cowardice (UN Colors).

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-06-03 2:01:01 PM|| 2004-06-03 2:01:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Wonder what the medal's design is? Pantaloons tied to a stick? Two raised arms? A bent rifle?

A small figure of a man bent over grabbing his ankles.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-03 2:37:49 PM|| 2004-06-03 2:37:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 A small figure of a man bent over grabbing his ankles.

Ah! The semaphore signal for "I'm French"!

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-06-03 2:47:45 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-06-03 2:47:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 He gave them all medals, and their new uniforms -a pink skirt and a big swirly lollipop.

Posted by Anonymous5116 2004-06-03 2:59:00 PM|| 2004-06-03 2:59:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 This would not be a surprise to anyone who has ever watched a Spanish soccer game. All these macho guys who whenever anyone gets within a nose find themselves writhing in pain on the ground. Biggest fakers and divers in all of soccer. Ref misses it and awards a penalty kick and the team wins. Same thing just in a political form. At least if it was French you'd get two kisses to go with it.

Posted by Jack is Back! 2004-06-03 4:06:01 PM|| 2004-06-03 4:06:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 I would be the first in line to have given John F. Kerry's father a medal if he had pulled out when he was supposed to...(rimshot)

Posted by Frank 2004-06-03 8:01:41 PM|| 2004-06-03 8:01:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 If the Spanish Left didn't learn the first time around, it's not a good idea to get the Spanish military angry, then they'd better be reserving table space among the streetside tables of the resturants of Paris where they can discuss what went wrong again this time.

Posted by Don 2004-06-03 8:57:21 PM|| 2004-06-03 8:57:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 He should have accepted the medal and then later lobbed somebody elses identical medal over the fence to a public building. If he has to throw his own, he should scratch his name on the back and slip the groundskeeper a fiver for recovery services.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-06-03 11:29:00 PM|| 2004-06-03 11:29:00 PM|| Front Page Top

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