[vrganj]

No, specifically, which of their neighbors do they need protecting from.

France? Portugal? Andorra??

The bases are a remnant of American imperialism, they serve no purpose but to further American interest. Any pretension they do anything else can only be explained as late imperial delusion of grandeur.

The fact the Spanish don't let you use them to engage in your unforced act of historic self harm can be seen as yet another favor.

[yesco]

Spain had the largest empire in the Western Hemisphere. Extracted silver, enslaved entire populations, and lost it when we kicked their teeth in during 1898. That's imperialism. Paying someone hundreds of millions to let you park planes on their runway is not. And "which neighbor do they need defending from" is a question that tells on itself. If you still think wars are about neighboring countries you haven't been paying attention to anything happening in the world right now.

[vrganj]

> . If you still think wars are about neighboring countries you haven't been paying attention to anything happening in the world right now

I'm not sure what you're referring to. There's only one war in Europe right now and it's between two neighbors.

Y'all bombing brown people again is not a war or a threat to us, it's just something we'd rather not be part of.