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<DIV>Rosina and all -<BR><BR>While I understand Spain's withdrawal of its troops
from Iraq, as 90% of the<BR>country didn't want them there in the first place, I
find this current<BR>action discomforting. It could be the first measure
on a long road of<BR>appeasing terrorists by removing all indications of
anything that could be<BR>taken as anti-Muslim. As the radical extremists
have an avowed goal of<BR>killing anyone who does not believe as they do and
clearly have no tolerance<BR>for other religions - or even less extreme
interpretations of their own -<BR>this course strikes me as a troubling
direction. Removing a statue because<BR>it is no longer considered to be
representative of the church in its highest<BR>aspirations is one thing, but
doing so in the hopes that terrorists will be<BR>less likely to strike seems
cowardly and makes me wonder what other<BR>compromises will be made in false
hopes of being protected.<BR><BR>Charles<BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>