so that they could send more troops to iraq
Didn't really work though, did it? Spain pulled all its troops in NATO contingent within a few months, if I'm not mistaken. In that case, muja's struck fear into Spain, which is close enough to North Africa that it would have thousands upon thousands of jihadists plotting within several hours, had Spain increased its troop count. Poland is relatively safe because of its geography and demographics (at the moment)