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Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said Monday, marking another step in the country’s opposition to the U.S. and Israel’s conflict in the Middle East.

Spain had already said the U.S. could not use jointly operated military bases in the Iran conflict, which Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has described as illegal, reckless and unjust.

Defense Minister Robles said Monday the same logic applied to the use of Spanish airspace in the conflict.

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[–] BaraCoded@literature.cafe 19 points 1 day ago

Well, at least one country has enough decency to save our european honor by opposing the oil bully. Macron is such a little whore, he would never oppose even the pedophilest of american president cunts

[–] usernameunnecessary@lemmy.zip 144 points 2 days ago (6 children)

This is how you do it, rest of the EU countries. Or you're complicit.

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Right!? This is a telling moment for countries.

People hate on Iran but do they really know what it's like to get shit on? It's the word of privileged assholes vs the word of the people their culture took a massive shit on.

I can't say I know much about irans history though.

Their message of "One Vengeance For All" is righteous.

This morning I was thinking of a metaphor. America is like the school shooter (literally), regular citizens are like the victims, and Iran is like the the person that plugs the shooter. The countries (and citizens) that aren't doing anything towards Israel and USA are like the uvalde police.

Iran is on point. People that think they are acting too heartless never saw the shit end of the stick held by western nations or even just regular criminals. Across the globe the last straw as been pulled, regardless of race, nationality, culture. People are reaching the time of "by any means necessary" with the acknowledgement that sacrifices will need to be made and that the goal for a better world is worth more than their own lives.

Live for humanity. Die for humanity.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 30 points 1 day ago (3 children)

No one is shitting on the Iranian people, though. It's the government they're shitting on.

It's like how we can shit on the Israeli government without shitting on Jews.

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[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

Iran is like the the person that plugs the shooter.

Yeah, but he also rapes his infant daughter and murdered his son because he was gay

Chapelle made a show around this joke

[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

"War on Terror" sounded pretty righteous too. I'm glad you noted you haven't read much on Iran. Please do at least catch up on the last 50 years or so. It's a fascinating tale involving western meddling, a dynamic and multifaceted people/culture, and a genuinely oppressive regime that funds many regional militant groups.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 59 points 1 day ago (4 children)

True story: When France did that during the Iraq War, the Congressional Cafeteria changed the name of French Fries to Freedom Fries.

So I guess we'll be seeing Freedom Rice in the cafeteria.

[–] Reference4054@lemmy.zip 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remember when I thought that was the dumbest possible thing that could come from US politics.

It was a more innocent time.

[–] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The word fiancé is French so I had to refer to my wife as my freedom partner before we got married.

[–] Wakmrow@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

You couldn't waterboard that cringe out of me

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ill have the freedom paella plz

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

Freedom rice in wine?

[–] Sonicdemon86@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is Freedom Rice, is that the new white rice that POTUS wants?

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Frankly, it was the only food I could think of with Spanish in the name. I suppose I could have gone with the Freedom Flu.

That flu didn’t even originate from Spain. It was just the first country that reported it to the mass media first.

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[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Damn. Spain knows how to do it.

  1. Refused to comply with increasing the defence budget,
  2. refused to share the airfields with US Airforce, and
  3. refuses to let US Airforce use their airspace.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 99 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Spain is now a shining beacon of goodness in a world gone bad.

[–] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

That's why the right-wingers of PP and Vox are frothing at the mouth and pushing their corporate media mercenaries to lie extra hard about it all.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

That's so fetch

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They could be more based and let Catalonia go.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The whole Catalonia thing is very complex, but catalán politicians waving the flag to manipulate the population plays a major part.

Right now the support for independence is at around 32%.

Doing a Brexit (Catalexit?)is throughly idiotic on a simple majority basis.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Weird how every time the region tries to be more autonomous they're violently opposed by right-wing authoritarians and that has short-term impacts on morale.

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[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“But if NATO is just about us defending Europe if they’re attacked, but then denying us basing rights when we need them, that’s not a very good arrangement,” Rubio told Al Jazeera on Monday. “That’s a hard one to stay engaged in and say this is good for the United States. So all of that is going to have to be reexamined.”

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This dude can't read a treaty. NATO doesn't need to step in for defensive wars.

NATO went along with the whole GWoT, fuck off Marco.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

On the contrary. Nato has to step in in defensive wars. This is an offensive war.

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 14 hours ago

Right yeah whoops

[–] null@lemmy.org 32 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Who would have thought alienating your allies then starting a war without consulting your allies would result in your allies not wanting to get dragged into said war.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fascinating stuff, write that down. We might want to study this "don't be a dick and blindside your allies" concept later.

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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

everyone liked that

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

I mean why would you allow what amounts to an enemy to use your air space for their war against someone else?

[–] faizalr@piefed.social 29 points 2 days ago
[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 1 day ago

The country earlier said the U.S. couldn’t use jointly operated military bases in the conflict, which Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has described as illegal, reckless and unjust. Defense Minister Margarita Robles said the same logic applied to the use of Spanish airspace in the conflict.

Someone has enough spine to tell the bully the truth! 😍

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