To Marie Claude, #24, I’m only answering your comment (something I rarely do) because you’re a prime example, actually and excellent example, why we should leave NATO. Your basic political philosophies are so isolationist and infantile that it just proves my point that Europe really isn’t worth the trouble anymore. You had one link where you bragged that the Spaniards arrested some al Qaeda terrorists in Spain. First off, I certainly hope they arrested them, or else they would have killed a lot of Spaniards! It also proves my point that the Spaniards are only interested in playing defense in the war on terror. If they continue only looking for terrorists on their own soil, eventually some of them will get through, like they did at that Madrid train station. Instead, the United States and some real allies (like Britain, Australia, and Canada), are actually being proactive and taking the fight to al Qaeda and going after them in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where they live and train. Only by going after their bases and their leaders will you end the threat, not by waiting for them to come to your country on their terms to kill your citizens. Also, you’ll notice that the conservative group you mentioned in one of your links also doesn’t seem to want to get involved with anything outside of Spain, so their foreign policy would probably just mirror Zapatero’s, which is fond of doing nothing at all. And as for that crazy judge, I hope he loses his job. He has a wonderful time denouncing democracies, but you don’t hear him saying anything about the madmen who rule Iran or North Korea. What a coward he is. He is great getting tough with democratic governments, but when it comes to denoucing Muslims or dictators, he’s probably afraid of risking his own skin.
You also said, “each Nato country has the right to participate into missions or not.” Well, actually, that’s not true at all. NATO holds a vote on where to apply military force and, if the motion is passed (which it was in Afghanistan), all of the member nations are bound to support it. They don’t get to pick and choose their fights, or at least their not supposed to. Supporting missions like the one in Afghanistan with only words instead of combat troops is worse than being a bad “Ally,” it is being cowardly and it just shows that the Spaniards are incapable of honoring their commitments.
Nope, you just proved how worthless an “ally” Spain is. They are lazy, cowardly, isolationists and the faster we’re out of NATO and force the Europeans to spend more money on their own defense, the better.
