Yeah, for instance, Spain. The fervent support of the Spanish people can be clearly seen be pictures of pro-American demonstrations in, for instance, Barcelona. Notice the signs reading “Chinga los Americanos” which translates to “We love America!”. And “Muerto a los Americanos”: “We really love those Americans”. Then, in an excess of zeal, they burn the American flag, having misunderstood the Boy Scout Handbook as regards flag ettiquette.
We may not have to wait much longer to find out if Saddam has WMD’s. Fox news is saying that Iraqi soldiers in chemical suits were seen unloading chemical drums from trucks.
The NY Post is reporting it here and it is being discussed here.
I agree with what you’re getting at, elucidator, but I must say that in Madrid at least I’ve never seen attacks against the American people. In the beginning the signs and speeches were against only the American government (now they’re all against Aznar), and American tourists and expatriates found they were welcomed at the protests.
UnuMondo
WMDs are not militarily effective.They are only used to deter/terrorise the enemy by threatening to use them on a city.
Remember that although there are chemical weapons suits, there are no cluster bomb suits.
If you can deliver chemicals you can deliver hi-ex.
Dreseden was worse than Hiroshima & Nagasaki put together.
If they were effective, they would have been used in the past.
The first use of gas was by the Brits in WW1.They ended up gassing their own troops.
Wow, Al - Fox and the NY Post are both Murdoch operations. FreeRepublic is a discussion group (I’m being kind), not a news-gathering operation. Some skepticism is in order, don’tcha think?
Interesting tidbit on NPR this AM - when Slovenia’s name turned up on Rummie’s list of COW countries, there were demonstrations in the streets on such a scale that the PM decided to give back the $4 million (only an M there, not a B, so it might not have been too hard a decision).
As has already been pointed out to you by other posters, it is the Governments of these nations that are ‘supporting the US’ – as Spaniard myself, I can tell with utmost certainty that Aznar, your most staunch ally other than Blair, does not represent the views and/or interest of our nation in this conflict. And as someone else said, he will soon be history (an embarrasing one at that) as he has comitted political suicide with his absurd pro-war stand.
In fact, a poll published just yesterday, shows that 91% of all Spaniards oppose the Iraq invasion:
Cerca del 91% de los españoles es contrario a la intervención en Irak
Like I said, no one died and made you the world’s policeman.
luci
I know you’re trying with the Spanish, but “chinga los Americanos” would not be something you hear in Spain.
1-‘Chinga’ is a Mexican/Central America idiom not used in Spain.
2-The general resentment is with both Bush and Aznar – not “Americans” per-se.
BTW, resistance to the war has been getting particularly bitter all over Spain, what with people fed-up with Aznar’s haughty attitude (copied from Shrub himself it seems) and continued lies and evasions vis-a-vis his participation in the events leading up to the invasion.
There have been a number of near riots in the past few days and nerves are beginning to get frayed. Police have charged protesters on a number of occasions and the political climate is getting very, very testy – with calls for Aznar’s resignation becoming more and more common.
Civil unrest in Spain. Yet more fallout from this madness.