US Hegemony is in Decline...So What?
This morning I woke up to a particularly strange news article. The Spanish government slammed the door on U.S. requests to use their airbases. They didn’t just say 'not now'; they effectively evicted U.S. operations from their soil and skies. The Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles went a step further, describing the US/Israel <> Iran conflict as " profoundly illegal and profoundly unjust. ” The reaction of Spain was perhaps the most vocal, but they are not alone. France recently blocked aircraft carrying military supplies to Israel from using its airspace. Italy denied permission for U.S. military aircraft (specifically bombers) to land at the Sigonella air base in Sicily. While Turkey continues to host U.S. forces at İncirlik Air Base, the Turkish Foreign Ministry recently dismissed claims that they would allow the stationing of aerial refueling aircraft for the Iran war, calling such reports "unserious." For decades, the alliance was built on a s...