"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
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Spanish people have quite logically concluded that sending troops to Iraq
and defeating Saddam Hussein did absolutely nothing to keep them safe from
Al Qaida. Why would they conclude otherwise?

Why is it that when I hear "logically" and "people" in the same
sentence I have to repress a snort? Oh well. The questions that
the "Spanish people" should have asked themselves a-

1) Will withdrawal from the coalition make us safer from Al Qaida
blackmail or not, especially since we have outposts in Morocco
and OBL has claimed us as the lost Moorish land of Andalusia?

2) If everyone withdrew from the coalition, what will happen to
Iraq?

3) Why should Britain and the US lift a finger in future to help
us if we pull out of the coalition and insult them at the same time?

Someone should have explained to them exactly what they were
voting for.