Full text: Spain's PM calls troops back

Robbien

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Sun Apr-18-04 04:00 PM
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Full text: Spain's PM calls troops back

Good evening. This morning, once the defence minister was sworn in, I gave him the order to make the necessary arrangements for the Spanish troops stationed in Iraq to return home in the shortest time, and with the greatest security possible.

In March 2003, more than a year ago, I made a public commitment, which I repeated in February. I said then that in the event of my being elected prime minister by citizens, I would order the return of the Spanish troops from Iraq if the UN did not take charge of the political and military situation.

With the information we have available and which we have gathered in the course of recent weeks, it is not foreseeable that a UN resolution will be adopted that matches the content on which our presence in Iraq was made conditional.

Neither the public statements of the main players involved in this conflict nor the contacts held by the defence minister at my request in the course of the last month provide any evidence allowing one to foresee a substantial variation in the political and military situation existing in Iraq within the period envisaged, and in the manner demanded by the Spanish people

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3637741.stm

Go read the whole speech. It is a good read.

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bemildred

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Sun Apr-18-04 04:30 PM
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1. Good speech.

Senor Zapatero doesn't waste words.

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UpInArms

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Sun Apr-18-04 04:42 PM
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2. a fine man - a fine speech

it made me jealous to the bottoms of my feet for such a person of honor and conviction to lead the Spanish people and their goverment.

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David__77

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Sun Apr-18-04 04:49 PM
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3. This is the right thing to do.

Now US troops should leave as well. Iraq belongs only to the Iraqi people.

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Dark

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Sun Apr-18-04 04:51 PM
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4. I wonder

if Spain would be willing to trade Zapatero for Bu$h. We could also give them Texas back. How could they say no?

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Robbien

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Sun Apr-18-04 05:03 PM
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5. Great idea

Wonder if they would go for it.

Spain has finally got the number of these corporate warmongers and will make mincemeat out of Georgie.

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NV1962

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Sun Apr-18-04 05:19 PM
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6. Compare that to Aznar's stubborn blindness

as demonstrated in this interview.

Good riddance.

US next. Please!

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