And the spanish people have reacted to this by voting out the government who in their opinion made them a target to al-qaeda.
However, what people must understand is that any western government is a target of al-qaeda. Any non-islamic regime is a target of al-qaeda.
Which is why they must be stopped. We can't bury our heads in the sand and believe that if we didn't side with america we wouldn't be a target, because that is simply not the case.
The world needs to wake up to the fact that this particular brand of islamic fundamentalism and fanaticism can not be negotiated with. They understand only way to achieve their objectives and that is through terror and violence, and as much as it may repulse some people that is the way we may have to respond ourselves to protect our way of life.
They are right when they call this the war on terror because it is a war. If you are unsure about al-qaedas beliefs, aims and methods to achieve these aims just take a look at this:
http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/trainingmanual.htm