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Spain Tracking, Closing Airspace to U.S. Aircraft Participating in Iran War
Christian K. Caruzo
Spain has closed its airspace to flights involved in the United States’ Operation Epic Fury against Iran’s Islamic regime, the Spanish newspaper El País reported on Monday, with the NATO ally specifically tracking U.S. aircraft.
El País, citing unnamed military sources, reports the Spanish government has not only prohibited the use of the bases in Rota, Cádiz and Morón de la Frontera, Seville, by fighter jets or in-flight refueling aircraft participating in the attack, but it is also barring the use of its airspace by U.S. aircraft stationed in third countries such as the United Kingdom or France.
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“We have denied the United States the use of the Rota and Morón bases for this illegal war,” Sánchez reportedly told Congress. “All flight plans involving operations in Iran have been rejected. All of them, including those for refueling aircraft.”
Spain’s Economy Minister acknowledged the flight ban, but insisted trade relations with the US will remain as before the conflict with Iran began. I believe Trump will have other options. Stay tuned.
Category: Dick Stepping, NATO, Trump!
Pull our people out of these bases. Screw em. These countries that won’t help us, abandon them. Don’t come calling.
That is the funny thing about sovereign nations, they can do whatever they want.
They are free to make their own decisions. They are not free of the ramifications of those decisions.
Correct, like when they supported the US invasion of Iraq and were then hit with the deadliest terror attack in their modern history.
PUTAS!
With attitudes like this, it’s LOOOONG past time for the US to get out of NATO. And the UN as well. The John Birchers had it right.
Once again NATO is a defensive treaty. If another country wants to jump onto a tar baby that is on them. Given all the stuff that Europe has gotten into in Africa over the years and we have stayed out of, this works well both ways.