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Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Spain snubs U.S. in National Day parade

MADRID, Spain (AP) — Spain celebrated its National Day on Tuesday with a military parade that added French troops and snubbed the United States by dropping the recent participation of U.S. Marines. [...]

[...] In previous years, a contingent of U.S. Marines had been invited by the former government of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, who forged a close relation with President Bush, as a mark of solidarity after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

This year, the new Socialist government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, which withdrew Spain's troops from Iraq immediately after taking power in April, ended what symbolized Aznar's close ties with Washington. [...]

The day, officially known as the Spanish National Festivity or armed forces day, commemorates Christopher Columbus' sighting of the Caribbean islands on Oct. 12, 1492, during a Spanish-sponsored expedition. The day is remembered as one that forever changed Spain's role in the world. [...]

I saw this the other day and thought it was kinda ironic that the Socialists are out celebrating the conquest of poor defenseless indigenous peoples by the hands of a blood-thirsty, divine right European monarchy. Seems all I hear about from the academics is how that whole Spanish conquistador thing amounted to cultural genocide.

Hmm--guess it's best our young men and women not be associated with a bunch of people like that.

posted by Terry at 10:53:00 AM

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