US Secretary of State Marco Rubio raised questions about NATO during the war with Iran, criticizing Spain for denying US aircraft access to its bases during the war. Medium,” Rubio said in an interview with “Fox News,” aired Wednesday but recorded earlier this week.

“So when you have NATO partners denying you the use of these bases, when the main reason why NATO is good for America is now being denied to us by Spain, for example, then what is the purpose of the Alliance? It starts to become a kind of ‘they’re allies when they want to be,'” he added he.

Spain has denied US military aircraft access to its air bases during the Iran conflict, prompting threats from Washington of a trade embargo, troop withdrawal and even suspension from NATO.

Clarifying that there are countries in NATO that are “very useful” to the US, Rubio said “others like Spain have been terrible, just terrible.”

“What is the point of being in a aleancë, përfitimi i së cilës për ne është këto të drejta bazimi, nëse, në një kohë konflikti si ai që kemi pasur me Iranin, ata mund të na mohojnë përdorimin e këtyre bazave? Atëherë, pse jemi atje? Vetëm për t’i mbrojtur ata, por jo për të çuar përpara interesin tonë kombëtar? Kjo është një pyetje shumë legjitime që duhet ta adresojmë”, tha Rubio.

Source: prizrenpost