The Spanish government was doing what a democracy is supposed to do - executing the wishes of its people. The Spanish people, in a huge majority, wanted Spain out of Iraq. A majority of them were against going into Iraq in the first place. The same thng goes for France. The French populace wanted nothing to do with an invasion of Iraq. The French government expressed those sentiments in the Security Council, to our great displeasure. In other words, our government would be much happier if other democracies simply went against the wishes of its people and did what we want them to do. Our main supporter, the British, did exactly that, and when Blair's term comes to the polls, the exact same thing that happened to the former Spanish government will happen to him, he will get kicked out for going against the wishes of his people. In this country, a majority of Americans were against going into Iraq without UN support and approval. We went anyway. Now Bush, who should be up 20 points in the polls as Mr 911, is looking like he is on his way out too. You gotta love democracy.