Originally posted by PonyDriver
Nils, you should really be informed before you spout off.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3278919,00.html
You are joking aren't you? Putting aside the consistent unreliability of the source, you're going to have to much better than that to demonsrate an upsurge in anti-semitism. All you've shown is that Spain's PM sympathises with the plight of the Palestinians. Big deal. There are lots of jews who share the same views. Are they rabid anti-semites as well?
Pure conjecture and a large helping of hysteria. If you're critical of Israel or Zionism you're an anti-semite? Now where have i heard that one before? Oh yes, if you criticise the US government you're anti-american. Is it a coincidence that idiots who use one of these arguments are apt to use the other? I think not.
Spain pulled out of Iraq due to a manifesto commitment made by thge PSOE before the Madrid bombing. Moreover, since we know that invading Iraq had nothing to do with Al Qaeda; how can a withdrawal be interpreted as caving to Al Qaeda? And even assuming for one second that you're right about Spain, what do you call the subsequent withdrawal of US forces from Saudia Arabia, the nerve centre of Radical Islam, if not a huge act of appeasement in its own right?