Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez openly condemned the US and Israeli strikes on Saturday, warning that they could heighten regional tensions and “contribute to a more uncertain and hostile international order.”
Only European country with balls and common sense.
Not the only european country, but yeah they are very few.
Pedro Sanchez hostage of the far-left to keep in power, this won’t end up well. All these concessions to the far-left will only serve to legitimate the center-right making a future coalition with the far-right.
This is in no way a demonstration of courage, it only exposes the weakness of the current Spanish government.
The Enlightened Centrist: Oh no, the existence of a social democrat party might make the “center” align with the fascists!
Ridiculous, MAGA level nonsense
Jokes on you … in Germany our social democratic party are the centrists!
No, but the social-democrats aligning with Islamic fascists opens the way for Christian-democrats to align with Christian-fascists. Save this comment till the next Spanish election.
the way for Christian-democrats to align with Christian-fascists
Crazy idea: don’t pander to crypto fascists.
Equating Spain’s action to “aligning with Islamic fascists” is ridiculous. Are Spanish missiles flying towards targets designated by Iran? Of course not. This is just neutrality in the face of imperialist wars.
Is dying for Israeli foreign policy goals now centrism?
Hezbollah is attacking Cyprus, Iranian drones kill Ukrainians everyday, opposition in Iran is murdered by the thousands… why is defeating such an aggressive fascist regime an exclusively Israeli goal? It is not.
This is conflation and false equivalence. You are bundling together Hezbollah’s actions, Iranian drones in Ukraine, and Iran’s internal repression as if they’re all the same threat. Each issue is distinct and requires its own response. Hezbollah operates semi-independently, Iran’s drone exports are part of a separate conflict, and domestic repression is a human rights issue. You and your propaganda are trying your best to create a misleading picture of a single, unified enemy, which can justify broad military action rather than targeted, diplomatic solutions. The bigger risk is that this kind of framing escalates tensions instead of resolving them. Treating all these issues as one ignores the complexity of each and can lead to overreach or unintended consequences. A more effective approach is to address each problem on its own terms (through diplomacy, sanctions, or multilateral cooperation) rather than treating them as part of a monolithic threat. Then again, if republicans were ever interested in peace they wouldn’t have ripped the nuclear agreement with Iran. Which they did despite no evidence of a nuclear weapons program after it was halted.
You replied to my comment on the Spanish government with “dying for Israeli policy” when no European troops are involved in this so far and you accuse me of making false equivalences and conflation?
Are you now talking about US politics? That was not my point, at all. Again, from an European perspective there’s not reason to get too involved, including no reason to “slam the attack”, as this can very much serve our own interests and it’s in our best interest that the Iranian regimes falls to the ground.
Hezbollah attacked the sovereign UK base, not the Republic of Cyprus.
Regime change begins at home
And it did, thousands of Iranians died for it just in recent months.
Recognizes Palestine ✅ Recognizes trans gender rights ✅ Amnesty to 500,000 immigrants✅ Condemns US & Israel strikes ✅ Tapas✅ 🇪🇦
Spain once again demonstrating they have cojones. Big ones. A round of applause, please.
Guess Spain is one of those nations lucky enough to not have some of their citizens abducted/‘apprehended’ by Iran to have tortured/murdered. Yet.
Guess Spain is one of those nations lucky enough to not have some of their citizens abducted/‘apprehended’ by Iran to have tortured/murdered. Yet.
Can you provide any evidence/sources for such claims? Not supporting Iran here, but not supporting US and Israel either.
Well I can’t to be honest. I didn’t know of any notable prisoners but after a quick google search I already found two recent cases:
https://apnews.com/article/iran-spain-walker-prison-released-a0886ef5099aa474c182b19ac72a7350
But I don’t see how this would ‘support’ either Iran, US or Israel? My comment was about Spain
Sure, I understand that, but your comment read like “Spanish citizens aren’t murdered by Iran, but other countries’ are”, hence my question.
Yes, I’ve searched for such cases and there are examples.
I don’t argue the fact that Iran is ruled by a horrendous terrorist group, but I do argue the approach the current US administration is taking. I guess Sanchez is expressing the same concern.
Well you can read my comment as: It’s easy to take a pacifist stance on these matters. As opposed to say Merz who admits “they’re doing our dirty work”. It’s easy to say we should just all get along when you’re not the one being hurt.
At least one EU country still remembers international law.
It is very positive to see a EU member state recognising international law.
More of this please!
Boom. Slammed. Now what?
Well, better than applauding them, like the german government. The articulated opinion of governments does matter, even if today its not gonna stop a single bomb.
How embarrassing!
What’s embarrassing is simping for Trump’s and Bibi’s illegal wars.
And killing children and ignoring international law is not “embarrassing” to you?
Taking out the mullah regime is not embarrassing. Please be clear that the bombing in Iran follows wholly different patterns than in Gaza. The bombings in Gaza, killing children, civilians, indiscriminately, were war crimes soon to be deemed a genocide by court.
Sure, but then why ally yourself with a fascist regime like Israel’s?
Edit: also why not agree with your so-called “allies”. Trump just destroys what Trump wants and lets everyone else deal with the aftermath.
Neither of us, neither you or me, ally ourselves with the regimes in Iran or Israel. So nope, that’s not the point here.
The gov in Spain is just posturing and that’s embarrassing. The gov should support Iranians who want a secular, free society.
