It Must Be a Principled Stand or Something

Barcepundit has this item about Spain's new friends. OK, I get it, it's a statement against the war in Iraq. I wouldn't have known this except for the giveaway that there's no better way to express your sentiments against war by being pro-repressive dictatorship.

Nonetheless, I wonder if anybody thought through the practical implications of this decision. After all, in a globalized economy who would you want to be buddies with, the 2nd most competitive nation or the 89th and one not even on the list? Clearly, Zapatero is long oil. I hope that bet works out for him, er, I mean the citizens of Spain.