[Tailgunner Joe]

Spain urges US to 'respect' Kosovo pullout decision - March 20, 2009 - "We respect the position of other countries, but at the same time we ask for respect for our position," said a source at the office of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

At an EU summit in Brussels Friday, Zapatero insisted he was pulling Spanish troops out of Kosovo because security had improved and Madrid's role made no sense as it did not recognize the territory.

"A year ago, Kosovo unilaterally declared independence, and as is well known, Spain did not recognize this," he told reporters at an EU summit in Brussels.

"For this reason, our role in this scenario lost some of its sense, especially once stability in the zone improved," he said.

[JoanneSD]

Remember the impeached ex president clinton, had said at the start of this mess over there.. our troops would be there for one year.. and how many years now..15? maybe I cannot remember...

[Slapshot68]

I kinda have to side with Spain on this issue.

[bill1952]

The United States is issuing unusually strong criticism of NATO ally Spain ...

Yes, at the same time it is pleading with Iran for a new dialog, and a new commitment towards...Iran.

Who is our president again? Oh that's right. - hussein

[TigersEye]

Spain did the right thing. The U.S. has been wrong every step of the way in “Kosovo.”

[elpadre]

Remind me, please, why are we still there???