You left out a little history. The Muslim armies conquered Spain a few
years before, imposing there religion on Spain.

So true, although there really wasn't a "Spain" as we know it today when the
Moors invaded. Also left out the Spanish missions to the Western Hemisphere,
etc etc. The Iberian Peninsula has indeed been the victim of forced religious,
political, and philosophical conversions as well as the perpetrator.

My point being; Spain may have greater reason to be wary of wars that are
religious
(or could be construed as religious) in nature. While the Alliance does not
characterize the war as "religious," the rabble rousers on other side do.

There is no doubt that Spaniards are far more familiar with Islamic culture and
tradition than most residents of the United States, if for no other reasons
than a long cultural history rich in Moorish influence and Northern Africa so
incredibly close by.