"We should have stayed and finished our mission," said Jose Francisco Casteneda, 29, a sergeant who served for Spain in Iraq.

"The great majority do not understand what we were doing there or what we went through," another sergeant, Torvisco, said. "I think it was worth it to bring peace to a country at war, as we had helped to do in Kosovo and Afghanistan. But I also know that I won't be able to convince a lot of people in this country of that."

Thanks for your service guys. There are still noble Spaniards.