You're right - the election was a blatant, flaming demonstration of cowardice. Instead of blaming the horror and the savagery on the islamofascists, where it righteously belongs, the Spaniards blame their ousted president for siding with the US. Truly sad.

Aznar, of course, blamed ETA, not al-Qaeda, and the popular belief that he was untrustworthy in a time of national crisis was linked back to Iraq deceptions and contributed to the PP defeat. This, at least, is the other spin I keep hearing. I don't know enough on the Socialists' views of the War on Terror to figure out my own position on the election. All I keep hearing is that they want to pull out of Iraq. I think that decision is wrong, but it's a single data point.

Major wimp move.