Thursday, May 13, 2004

While our major media didgs to deep to find individual cases of U.S. soldiers not being comfortable with the war in Iraq, the Boston Globe reports that the Spanish troops are not happy with Zapatero's decision to bring them home. And these were the poeple on the front line!

Spanish troops find return bittersweet

While all of the soldiers interviewed said they were relieved to be home and out of the harrowing dangers of serving in Iraq, most of them -- even some originally opposed to the war -- also expressed regret over Zapatero's decision. They said they were forced to abandon what they felt was a useful humanitarian mission.

"America's reason for going to war was cynical," he said. "But when you are there on the ground, you see the poverty and people living in mud houses next to Saddam's palaces, [and] the work we were doing seems justified. It had valor."

Meanwhile, opponents still deny reality and show their contempt for the intelligence of the returning soldiers:

Jesus Nunez, director of the Institute of Studies on Conflicts and Humanitarian Action, which is in Madrid, said: "This was a military mission camouflaged as a humanitarian mission. Sure, they were working in the schools, and in infrastructure projects, but let us understand that was just a tag-on.

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