In the span of 48 hours, we have gone from "Viva Brave Spain!" to "The Spaniards are as cowardly as the French!"
Spain, as does America, has a sizeable Leftist block.
This is not about "Spain". It is about the Left.
Unfortunately, sometimes the Left wins in a democratic election.
The Spaniards put the Socialist Prime Minister in office with 42% of the vote which is less than the 49% of the vote with which America put Bill Clinton back in the White House in 1996.
It serves no purpose to call all Spaniards cowards since "all Spaniards" also includes the Conservatives that have had power in Spain and have been our staunch allies for the last 8 years. It serves no purpose to humiliate the Spanish military since those guys are on our side.
Sometimes it takes 4 years of a Jimmy Carter for a nation to embrace 8 years of a Ronald Reagan. Sometimes it takes a Bill Clinton to get American to give the Republicans control of Congress for the first time in almost 50 years. Sometimes, (and unfortunately the cost will be high for Europe) it will take an appeasing Left-wing blowhard to re-learn that appeasement does not work.
I know emotions are running high but I would urge American conservatives not to turn our backs on our pro-American Spanish Conservative allies. They are "Spain" too.
Our Spanish conservative allies will be back to fight, and win, another day. In the mean time, they need to know that we appreciated their support and that we Americans did not turn our backs on them and on Spain when they were the ones that needed our support.