More proof that the world hates us

Spain just flipped us the diplomatic bird.

The Spanish government snubbed the United States yesterday by cancelling an annual invitation to US troops to join the celebrations of Spain's national holiday parade and instead invited French soldiers to Madrid.

The Spanish defence minister, Jose Bono, told the COPE radio station there would be no Americans in this year's "fiesta nacional" which commemorates the day on which Christopher Columbus sighted the New World.

But wait until you hear what DM Bono thinks about Tony Blair.

Mr Bono, who was once recorded calling Tony Blair "a complete dickhead", has suggested French troops could appear as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the liberation of Paris in 1945.

Heh.