https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/case-kicking-spain-nato-base-denial-china-ties/
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Not only did European support not materialize, Madrid actually tried to hinder U.S. operations. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez publicly refused to allow the United States to use jointly operated military bases on Spanish territory for strikes on Iran, calling the attacks an “unjustified and dangerous military intervention.”
