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2026-03-03 Europe

Spain has ordered U.S. tanker aircraft to leave its Morón and Rota bases

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Posted by Fred 2026-03-03 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1766 views ] Top
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1 Guess that pesky NATO thing doesn't apply to the re-re-conquista types.

Posted by Mercutio 2026-03-03 09:29|| 2026-03-03 09:29|| Front Page Top

2 Is al Andalus playing the Orange Man Bad card or placating the local Muslim population?

Posted by SteveS 2026-03-03 09:35|| 2026-03-03 09:35|| Front Page Top

3 FAFO. Spain has proved it's unreliable, surrenders (once again) to muslims, and begins its decline. Pull US forces out of Spain and cut off the flow of $$$ to that nation. Rota was a nice alternative, but no longer essential. Moron, Torrejon, and Zaragosa can also be replaced or ignored. As the saying goes, "Go Woke, Go Broke". Spain has entered the "collapse" stage.

Posted by Old Patriot 2026-03-03 11:29|| 2026-03-03 11:29|| Front Page Top

4 How much foreign aid does the US provide to Spain?

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-03 13:55|| 2026-03-03 13:55|| Front Page Top

5 From the Daily Mail liveblog:

A furious Donald Trump has said he will cut all ties with Spain after the country denied the US permission to use their shared bases to launch attacks against Iran.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-03 14:05|| 2026-03-03 14:05|| Front Page Top

6 Interestingly, the last time Spain girded its loins to do the Jews dirty, the Jews they expelled in 1492 did what they could to support their refuge, the Netherlands, in their fight for independence against Spain. From both self-inflicted blows Spain has never recovered.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-03 14:16|| 2026-03-03 14:16|| Front Page Top

7 Think about the "What if" that could have happened if Spain backed the US while Starmer equivocated.

All it would take is someone to put a bug in his ear and Trump would have made a comment backing Spain if they wanted to take back Gibraltar.

Posted by Angel of Death 2026-03-03 14:24|| 2026-03-03 14:24|| Front Page Top

8 So they'll be moved forward? Twats.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-03-03 16:30|| 2026-03-03 16:30|| Front Page Top

9 Hey, Angel @ #7:
Actually, that's already going on. New treaty that Starmer has been pushing gives Spain entry visa control of Gibraltar, as well as right of refusal over military storage.
It's like Brexit never existed.

Posted by ed in texas 2026-03-03 17:24|| 2026-03-03 17:24|| Front Page Top

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