Adam Magazine on the Crazy Years

Looting, killing and raping -- by twisting their words they call it "empire"; and wherever they have created a wilderness they call it "peace" -- Tacitus

Tuesday, March 18

So much for our coalition of the willing -- Spain won't actually fight.

washingtonpost.com: Aznar Says Spanish Troops Won't Join Iraq Attack Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar on Tuesday ruled out sending Spanish combat troops to take part in a U.S.-led attack on Iraq but said he would deploy military personnel and equipment in a support capacity and offer warplanes to defend Turkey.

"Spain will not participate in any attack or offensive missions," Aznar told Parliament, ending weeks of speculation as to whether Spain would back up its fervent political support of the United States by putting troops in harm's way.

"As a result, there will not be any Spanish troops in the theater of operations," said Aznar, whose backing of Washington defies polls showing a vast majority of Spaniards opposed to war in Iraq even with U.N. backing.

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