As Spain Absorbs Death in Iraq, Support for U.S. Is Questioned

[DeepModem Mom]

NYT:


José María Aznar, the Spanish prime minister, said today that his government's course was unchanged and its determination unbroken and that Spain would stay in Iraq `'with loyalty and serenity," despite the killing Saturday of seven Spanish intelligence agents.

Yet as Spaniards absorbed the repeated display on 24-hour news channels of Iraq youths kicking the corpses of their countrymen and jubilantly waving bloodied remnants of their clothing, it was evident that Mr. Aznar's policy of support for the United States will come under increased scrutiny and perhaps stronger resistance.

Public opinion in Spain has been overwhelmingly against the war in Iraq, in sharp contrast to the willingness of Mr. Aznar to come to the assistance of the United States.


In an editorial titled, "Deaths That Require Explanations and Reflection," the conservative daily El Mundo, which has long supported Mr. Aznar and his governing Popular Party, wrote that, "beyond partisan politics, it will be inevitable that both the government and society reflect deeply on the mission of Spain's military in Iraq."


http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/international/europe/30CND-SPAI.html

[davhill]

1. How Can So Called Democracies

Like Spain and the UK avoid even giving lip service to the desires of their electorate. I can understand that here in the US there is a deluded majority that seems to support the war. This does not seem to be the case at all in our two allies.

[IndianaGreen]

2. It is because they are not real democracries

They are bourgeois democracies, the working class being given the illusion of power.

[maggrwaggr]

3. gee, why didn't the American media discuss the kicking of the bodies

by Iraqi youths?

Doesn't sound like Feyadeen to me. Sounds like a bunch of really pissed off people who don't want invaders in thier country