Tag: Spain

With ‘Old Europe’ Allies Like These…
By April 15, 2008 Read More →

With ‘Old Europe’ Allies Like These…

The recent NATO Summit in Romania showed why there is trouble ahead for transatlantic relations—no matter who occupies the White House next January.

España frente a la inmigración ilegal
By August 28, 2007 Read More →

España frente a la inmigración ilegal

El primer ministro español José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero merece un premio especial para la audaz transatlántica. Durante su reciente visita a México, él terminó la cena celebrada en su honor brindando al presidente mexicano Felipe Calderón con un ejemplo clásico del pontificado pos-moderno por el cual los izquierdistas españoles son tan famosos: “No hay pared […]

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Spain’s Immigration Superiority Complex
By August 16, 2007 Read More →

Spain’s Immigration Superiority Complex

Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero deserves a special award for transatlantic chutzpah. During his recent visit to Mexico, he ended the state dinner held in his honor by toasting Mexican President Felipe Calderón with a sterling example of the post-modern pontification for which Spanish leftists are so famous: “There is no wall that […]

Posted in: Islam in Europe, Spain, Spain
La política exterior española choca contra las rocas cubanas
By August 14, 2007 Read More →

La política exterior española choca contra las rocas cubanas

El primer ministro español José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero y sus principales asesores políticos de imagen han estado especialmente ocupados este verano. De hecho, han estado haciendo desesperadas rondas por las diversas cadenas de televisión nacional, intentando explicar a un público español cada vez más escéptico, por qué la política exterior “progresista” del gobierno socialista,que consiente […]

Spanish Foreign Policy Hits Rocks Over Cuba
By July 17, 2007 Read More →

Spanish Foreign Policy Hits Rocks Over Cuba

Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and his political spin doctors have been especially busy this summer. Indeed, they have been making furious rounds on the national television talk show circuit, trying to explain to an increasingly skeptical Spanish public just why the Socialist government’s “progressive” foreign policy of coddling third world despots has […]

Spain’s Counter-Terrorism Policy Under Challenge by Al-Qaeda and ETA
By July 6, 2007 Read More →

Spain’s Counter-Terrorism Policy Under Challenge by Al-Qaeda and ETA

The Basque separatist group ETA said that it would end a 15-month cease-fire and resume its terrorist campaign “on all fronts to defend the Basque homeland.”

Spain’s Feminized War on Terror Goes Awry
By April 22, 2007 Read More →

Spain’s Feminized War on Terror Goes Awry

The anti-terrrorism policies of Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero are making Spain more—not less—vulnerable to terrorism.

ETA: The Beginning of the End?
By January 25, 2007 Read More →

ETA: The Beginning of the End?

The car bomb set off by the Basque separatist group ETA has produced a profound split within Spain’s political establishment: those on the left remain open to the idea of re-establishing dialogue with ETA; those on the right believe that ETA must be forced into an unconditional surrender. The main beneficiary of this divide has […]