He is creating a dangerous situation for our territorial integrity
A wise Spanish admiral often quotes words that our rulers should be very clear about: loyalty is repaid with loyalty.
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The meaning of those words is very easy to understand: when you act loyally toward others, you encourage them to act loyally toward you in return. Conversely, being disloyal to friends and allies means that, when you need them, they may turn their backs on you. Just as a person’s greatest treasure lies in the strength of their friendships, a country’s strength depends on the strength of its alliances, especially when that country is not a major power.
Sánchez vetoed the Spanish bases being opened to the US after a threat from Iran
A dignified and strong government would have already ordered the expulsion of Iran’s ambassador from Spain and the severing of diplomatic relations with that country until that terrorist regime is overthrown. On the contrary, Sánchez, with a minority government, severely weakened by corruption scandals and dependent on the support of the far left to remain in power, has decided to display cowardice by yielding to this threat and betraying our most important ally. This is not the first time a socialist government has done something like this in Spain: it is the same cowardice that José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero displayed in 2004 when he ordered the withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq.
The consequences of being disloyal to your allies
It is worth remembering that Spain is part of NATO, a defensive military alliance whose strength is based on the loyalty among its member countries. Although the Washington Treaty, by which this alliance was founded, obliges member countries to come to the aid of another allied country that is attacked, we must not forget that this provision of assistance is not automatic: it will depend on political decisions made by the governments of the member countries.
If a country is disloyal to its allies, it is unlikely that they will come to its aid when the time comes, or at least not as quickly or to the same extent as they would if the aid were requested by a country that had always been loyal to its allies. Loyalty to our friends is important not only as a matter of principle, but also in the national interest. If you lack the principles to understand this, you should at least be prudent enough to consider the risks of mistreating your allies.
Sánchez has created tensions within NATO to appease his pro-Russian allies.
Last year Sánchez already displayed his loyalty to our allies by spreading the rumor, officially denied by NATO, that an exception had been agreed upon with Spain regarding the commitment to invest 5% of GDP in defense. Sánchez has generated these tensions within the Alliance to please his pro-Russian allies, particularly the far-left parties Sumar and Podemos, two organizations openly hostile to NATO.
The United States currently contributes significantly to Spain’s defense, with NATO’s missile defense destroyers based at the Rota Naval Base. This deployment is crucial for a country like ours. However, faced with the threat of a terrorist regime, Sánchez has chosen to betray our allies, a gesture that has been very poorly received in Washington, D.C. and could have negative consequences for Spain in the future. It’s important to remember that Sánchez is acting in the name of Spain, and the damage he is causing erodes our reputation as a nation, so its effects could extend beyond his term in office.
The consequences of Sánchez’s irresponsibility in Ceuta and Melilla
There is one aspect of our defense that every Spanish government must consider. For centuries, Spain has had two cities in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla, which have been part of our country since long before the Kingdom of Morocco existed. In addition, we have other territories in that area, such as the Peñón de Alhucemas, the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, the Chafarinas Islands, and Perejil Island. The defense of Spanish sovereignty over these territories also depends on the strength of our alliances, because if Morocco were to invade them, Spain could invoke the Washington Treaty to request assistance from our allies in their defense.
We must not forget that the Kingdom of Morocco is a country that carefully cultivates its strategic alliances. For decades, it has been making remarkable efforts to be a key ally of the United States in North Africa. It also has important ties with France. And despite being a Muslim country, it has strengthened its relations with Israel while the Sánchez government was destroying our ties with that country, ties that are vitally important in the area of defense.
An increasingly dangerous cocktail for the territorial integrity of Spain
With his irresponsible policies and his betrayal of our allies, Sánchez is threatening the future of Ceuta and Melilla and that of the other Spanish possessions in North Africa. He is doing so not only out of cowardice, but also out of ideology: he is a fanatical socialist who feels quite comfortable with the anti-Western and anti-Semitic far-left, as well as with communist dictatorships like China, Cuba, and Venezuela, all of which are allies of Russia.
To that we must add the fact that Sánchez is being blackmailed by Morocco through Moroccan espionage on his mobile phone in May 2021. Blackmail to which Sánchez yielded in another display of weakness, creating a shameful situation of subservience towards Rabat. Let us also recall what I warned here a year ago: Russian propaganda has already done some of Morocco’s work, spreading a spirit of weakness and surrender among various sectors of our society that is disastrous for our national defense. All these ingredients form an increasingly dangerous cocktail for the territorial integrity of Spain.