Does This Make it Fair to Call the French Reptiles?

The Lord of Truth sends us a story that seems to feature a small error, as noted by the language in bold...

Spain celebrated its National Day on Tuesday with a military parade that added French troops and snubbed the United States by dropping the recent participation of U.S. Marines.

It also honored veterans from both sides of Spain's 1936-1939 Civil War, despite criticism from left-wing politicians.

Forty-eight soldiers from a French regiment showing the French blue, red and white flag marched along Madrid's main boulevard in recognition of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation.

The Italian flag was also represented by a Spanish-Italian amphibian group. All Spanish politicians rose from their seats when the flags passed.

As the Lord noted, "Unless Italy and Spain have secretly developed fighting frogs and newts, I think the word they mean to use in the 4th paragraph was 'amphibious'. Maybe there's an opening for a proofreader at the AP."

One more thing from the article...

In previous years, a contingent of U.S. Marines had been invited by the former government of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, who forged a close relation with President Bush, as a mark of solidarity after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

This year, the new Socialist government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, which withdrew Spain's troops from Iraq immediately after taking power in April, ended what symbolized Aznar's close ties with Washington.

Defense Minister Jose Bono said last week he decided not to invite the Americans because "it is a national holiday, not a U.S holiday."

He added: "What does not continue is subordination and getting down on our knees for any foreign government, whichever it may be."

No, now they just get down on their knees and pull a Lewinsky for terrorists.