Posted on 03/02/2026 9:31:12 PM PST by 11th_VA
Spain says the United States is not using – and will not be using – joint military bases on its territory for operations against Iran, a mission condemned by Madrid.
“Based on all the information I have, the bases are not being used for this military operation,” Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told Spanish public television on Monday.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has condemned US and Israeli strikes on Iran that began on Saturday as an “unjustified” and “dangerous military intervention” outside the realm of international law, in another break from US policy.
“The Spanish government will not authorise the use of the bases for anything beyond the agreement or inconsistent with the United Nations,” Albares said, referring to the Rota naval base and the Moron airbase.
The US operates at the bases under a joint-use arrangement, but they remain under Spanish sovereignty.
Defence Minister Margarita Robles said the bases “will not provide support, except if, in a given case, it were necessary from a humanitarian perspective”.
Spain also condemned the retaliatory attacks by Iran on Gulf countries...
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I used to love Spain, but after they completely folded when their train was attacked, I saw them as just a bunch of pussies.
UK has stepped in to help us here.
Again...
Spain is dying . Whole regions are so empty of people that centuries old villages have no population.
Wow-
9.99 out of 10 on the ugly scale.
Cut them cold.
I should have ID’d the picture :)
I asked Grok: “For satirical purposes, no harm intended, create a stereotypical picture of a greasy Spaniard.”
When you can fly to Iran and back from central Missouri, USA be careful what you bend over for. BOHICA sucks. IMO
Looks like Martin Landau in makeup for a role in Mission Impossible
Don’t be surprised when one of your embassies “accidentally” gets hit.
He looks like Saddam Hussein on crack.
We Beat em in 1898, we can beat em again.
Based on their current military spending the Salvation army could kick their ass.
CC
How sad for Spain …
Pathetic.
Time to boot Spain out of NATO.
Trump, Hegseth et al must have already known who would help and who would not. Yet, they asked to confirm who is friend who is enemy. Btw, leader of socialist party in Spain has openly said they need to replace the whites there
The ruling Socialist Party is making the most of its soon to be ended hold on power. It’s heading for a bruisin’ in next year’s election with the (center-right) Peoples Party and (populist-right) Vox totaling a majority in the polls. The left has held on to power by making impossible promises to several regional parties. This is par for the course for socialists. They live on a mix of fantasy and corruption.
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