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[blackhorse]

time will tell, but I don't think the Spanish would worry too much about giving us the boot at Rota, especially seeing how they've already spit in our pudding regarding the Iraq deployment in particular and the response to terrorism in general.

While I doubt that the three U.S. soldiers will actually stand trial in Spain, the Spanish can use this to leverage us for other concessions. Kind of doubt U.S. national pride (the real kind, not the manufactured flag-waving, yellow-ribbon-fever mania generated by the lamestream media) will get involved -- most of the negotiations on any kind concessions will be done at a low volume and get lost in the daily uproar over the war, the economy, and the weather.

BH