Spanish voters held the Popular Party dominated government of Jose Maria Aznar accountable for it’s stand on terrorism and the war in Iraq by electing opposition Socialists to a majority of government posts. According to Reuters, “Opinion polls showed as many as 90 percent of Spaniards opposed the Iraq war.” Spain’s violent history with Islam may have played into the government’s decision to aid the U.S. war effort (along with favors from Bush), but Spaniards don’t seem to share that sentiment any longer. The six months I spent in that country during college gave me the impression that Spain has an undeniable fondness for it’s Muslim-occupied past, though not exactly sad they’re gone. Converted Muslim structures dot Spain’s cities and are revered as national treasures. Spaniards also apparently didn’t appreciate the government pinning the blame for last week’s train bombings on the Basque separatist group ETA after three Moroccans and two Indians were arrested in connection with the attacks. Bonus factoid: According to this date calculator there were indeed 911 days between the al Qaeda attacks on the U.S. and the train bombings in Spain.