So now leaders of foreign countries, some of whom who supported our going into Iraq, are themselves raising their voices in concern and doubt. Does this make any difference to you staunch supporters of Bush and the war?

The new  Prime Minister-elect, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero  of Spain said it fairly well I thought when he said

"Combatting terrorism with bombs, with operations of shock and awe, with Tomahawk missiles, is not the way to beat terrorism. Not like that. It is a way of generating more radicalism, more people who can wind up being tempted by using violence," Zapatero said.

"Terrorism is fought by the state of law," he told Onda Cero radio. "I believe this is what Europe and the international community must debate."

The only problem is that we didn't go into Iraq to fight terrorism. 9/11 was not the reason our government used to go there. But what he says still makes sense to me. The other argument I hear is that al-Qaida has won in Spain because of the outcome of the elections. It is said that what they did was to appease terrorists. I am not so sure that statement is true. but I guess we'll see.

Anyway as usual I have no answers only questions. And I look forward to when this country gets serious about dealing with terrorists.

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA, Associated Press Writer

WARSAW, Poland - Poland, which has about 2,400 troops in Iraq (news - web sites) and was a strong supporter of the U.S.-led invasion, was "misled" about the threat from Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s weapons of mass destruction, its president said Thursday.

The remarks by President Aleksander Kwasniewski to a small group of European reporters were his first hint of criticism about war in Iraq.

Earlier in the day, Kwasniewski said Poland may start withdrawing its troops from Iraq early next year, months earlier than the previously stated date of mid-2005.

"Naturally, one may protest the reasons for the war action in Iraq. I personally think that today, Iraq without Saddam Hussein is a truly better Iraq than with Saddam Hussein," Kwasniewski told the European reporters.

"But naturally I also feel uncomfortable due to the fact that we were misled with the information on weapons of mass destruction," he said, according to a transcript released by the presidential press office.

Those comments came days after Spain's new government, taking power in the wake of the Madrid bombings with their apparent link to Islamic extremists, said it would pull its troops from Iraq by June 30 unless the United Nations (news - web sites) takes over.

"Everything suggests that pullout from Iraq may be possible after the stabilization mission is crowned with success and, in my assessment soon, it may be the start of 2005," Kwasniewski told RMF-FM radio.

Poland commands a 9,500-strong multinational force in south-central Iraq that includes the Spaniards.

But he noted that Iraq now has an interim constitution and said it should soon have an interim government that will allow current forces to be replaced by peacekeepers.

He insisted, however, that Poland was staying the course in Iraq and would not bow to terror.

"We are facing the same threat as Spain," Kwasniewski said, but he stressed that "terrorism must be combatted, also with force."