And this is when Al-Qaeda voted in Spanish Polls and anti-americanism triumphs in my country (see Deivid messages for an example).

Is this an exageration? I don't think so. It is the same silogism that has been used to make this reasoning:

a) The Spanish Government supported Iraq's War
b) Al-Qaeda (or a fanatic moslem terrorist band) did the bombings of last Thursday.

c) Therefore, Spanish Government if to blame for Thursday's bombings.

Australia, Poland and other countries not only supported the war, but sent troops to fight Iraq's army. Spanish troops only took part in the post-war, in the same role as in Afghanistan a year later, and in Bosnia, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia and Croatia. Bali, Tunisia, Morocco and Iraq suffered Al-Qaeda bombings and they hadn't supported the war.

Moreover, this same reasoning should make us conclude that ETA kills because the Government jails its members. What would happen now if it was ETA instead of Al-Qaeda? What if after troops came back we are object of new bombings (as is most probable)?

So what's different now? The difference is that PSOE used the opposition against Iraq's War as an issue to achieve the government. Anti-americanism has always been popular among socialists and communists since the times when they were financed by URSS in the clandestinity of Franco's dictatorship. Unfortunately this has not changed in the years of democracy.

Zapatero (with the aid of other political parties), managed to take control of discontent against the Spanish Government's policy on the Iraq's War issue. He obviously didn't expect to win in this poll, but now is prisoner of his own promises (made not to be fullfilled), and will have to call back troops or face a great discredit among spaniards (he is going to discredit himself and Spain anyway in the eyes of foreign governments).

I'm sure that the change of government has nothing to do with cowardy (after all, people went massively to vote), but with a perfect and legitimate (though misserable in my opinion) management of the bombings against the Government. Anyway, we spaniards decided that way, and this is the Government we will have for the next four years.

I tell you now what will happen in the future: Zapatero as the new President will do the impossible to maintain troops in Iraq (he knows very well what will cost him internationally to do otherwise). But don't expect him to be as a staunch supporter of american policies as Aznar. You should expect spanish government from this point to be friendly but cold (think of the Spanish Government of 10 years ago).

Al-Qaeda has had a decisive role in the elimination of one of the best US allies. And my fellow countrymen have been pawns in their hands.

This has been, without doubt, the worst week in years for my country (at least under my point of view).

PD: Do you have in the USA a good work for me? I feel I will have to move when the unemployment starts to rise again.