US EditionPentagon email floats suspending Spain from NATO, other steps over Iran rift: Reuters
Sánchez said Spain is a reliable NATO member as Reuters reported the Pentagon weighed punishing allies that withheld support, including access to bases and airspace.
- An internal Pentagon email outlines options to punish NATO allies for failing to support U.S. operations in the Iran war, including suspending Spain from the alliance and reviewing U.S. support for the Falkland Islands, a U.S. official told Reuters.
- Pentagon officials expressed frustration that NATO allies failed to grant access, basing, and overflight rights—known as ABO—for the Iran war. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated ABO is 'just the absolute baseline for NATO.'
- One option proposes suspending Spain from prestigious NATO positions, while another considers reassessing diplomatic support for the Falkland Islands, where 255 British troops died in a 1982 war with Argentina.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez dismissed the internal email as unofficial, saying 'we do not work off of emails, we work from official documents and positions.' President Trump previously called British Prime Minister Keir Starmer 'No Winston Churchill' for refusing to join the war.
- The 76-year-old NATO bloc faces unprecedented concern that the U.S. might not defend European allies, analysts and diplomats say. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth noted that Iran's longer-range missiles cannot hit the United States but can reach Europe.
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NATO has backed Spain amid reports of a leaked, rumored Pentagon email discussing its possible suspension from the alliance.PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A rumored email from the Pentagon outlined potential retaliation against NATO allies that did not support U.S. operations in the Iran war, suggesting that Spain could be suspended from the alliance. A NATO official told the BBC on Friday that the alliance’s founding treaty “does not foresee any p…
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