We blamed a lot of Spain's attitude on Zapatero, but consider, the Spanish reacted to the March 11th bombings exactly how al-Qaeda wished them to.
The Arabs slaughtered the Spaniards, and in turn, the Spaniards blamed us and the Brits.
Zapatero's election was the will of the Spanish electorate. They were firmly anti-war. Indeed, they weren't all that hot on the whole idea of the War on Terror. Further, Zapatero ordered an immediate withdraw from Iraq and taunted the U.S. while our forces were in the midst of the first battle of Fallujah and the initial Sadrist uprising.
Bush and his people have long memories. That is good.
Be Seeing You,
Chris