Word: zapateroã
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...pulling out of Iraq, it was criticized internationally for capitulating to terrorism. In light of the clear lack of progress and rising casualties over the last three years of the Iraq War, however, it’s clear that Spanish Prime Minister José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero??€™s decision was the right one. Spain entered the Iraq War in 2003. Then-Prime Minister José MarÃa Aznar was a staunch supporter of the war; however, his commitment to it went against the will of 90 percent of Spaniards . Due to the lack of domestic...
Furthermore, Zapatero??€™s position on Iraq hardly marks a dramatic shift in Spanish policy, a point that has received surprisingly little attention in the press. Zapatero??€™s pledge to remove Spain’s 1,300 troops—which constitute less than 1 percent of the total Iraqi occupation force—by the end of June, failing a United Nations mandate, certainly didn’t win him any friends in the Bush administration. But the UN is quite likely to issue a mandate, making the chances of a Spanish withdrawal slim...
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