Maybe their elected civilian leadership waved the white flag (as ours does every 8 to 12 years or so when the Democrats are in the White House and will again if John F. Kerry is inaugrated next January).
However, it is extremely hazzardous for the health of these Muslim radicals to assume that the Spanish military is cut from the same cloth as Prime Miniter-elect Zapatero.
Zapatero is probably apoplectic right now demanding that the Spanish forces be ordered to roll over like whipped puppies and surrender but the Spanish troops are doing what warriors need to do
The Spanish press reports 20 dead and two hundred wounded after the Spaniards confronted the mob. Four soldiers from El Salvador stationed adjacent to their Spanish comrades were killed:
There was a lot of Spanish bashing on FreeRepublic after Zapatero's election. However, it must be remembered that a country as a whole must not be judged solely by the election of a Zapatero or a Bill Clinton or a Jimmy Carter from time to time. Caca happens in democracies.
When the bullets started flying early this morning, the Spanish military was a lot less P.C. in fighting back than the U.S. military has been allowed to be lately. I am sorry my Spanish cousins are leaving and I hope they send more Islamist thugs to their 72 virgins before they do. After all, that has been the family business since 711 A.D.
