Our Allies

So what about our allies in the War on Terror? Surely they are negligible given the massive military might of the United States. Or are they?

Nicholas Kristof suggests that perhaps they are not.

"Mr. Bush is now recognizing what critics of the Iraq war pointed out from the beginning: We could win the initial invasion on our own, but to win the peace we need allies. The administration's ham-handed diplomacy has left the American troops in Falluja dangerously alone and exposed.

Spain's incoming prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, will almost certainly be pulling the 1,300 Spanish troops out of Iraq over the next few months. Ninety percent of Spaniards are against the Iraq war, and U.S. pronouncements about progress in Iraq have the same credibility as the cheery bombast of Saddam's last information minister."

The article covers the situation on the ground in Spain, that country we are all due to hate this summer. 90% of Spaniards are against the Iraq war, so you'd think in a democracy that'd be enough. But what you forget is that while America is fine here in the US, other nations should basically do what we say.