These words came out of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s mouth yesterday: "Between pleasing Bush and doing what Spanish people want, I will go for what Spaniards want, and you [the Popular Party] are, naturally, within your rights to decide to please the U.S. president," Zapatero said.
You might remember this nugget from John Kerry: "If and when you do it [protect the United States of America]… you've got to do it in a way that passes the, the test, that passes the global test where your countrymen, your people, understand fully why you're doing what you're doing, and you can prove to the world that you did it for legitimate reasons. "
And of course this response from George Bush: "I'm not exactly sure what you mean, 'passes the global test,' [that] you take preemptive action if you pass a global test. My attitude is you take preemptive action in order to protect the American people, that you act in order to make this country secure."
The Spanish socialists have it figured out. Act in the interest of your country. American liberals on the other hand prefer that you take an international poll, get your nails done, sleep on it, and then do whatever is politically correct.
