Amid a seeming flood of terrible news, the string of countries that last week refused President Donald Trump’s request to help patrol the Strait of Hormuz is an encouraging sign. For the first three weeks of a war that many experts have characterized as illegal under both U.S. and international law, Spain was initially the rare country to stand up to Trump by refusing to allow the use of U.S. base...
The article presents a call to action for host countries of US military bases to refuse to support the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran, which is widely viewed as illegal under both US and international law. The author argues that host countries sharing responsibility for the war's harm and potential war crimes, and that other countries should follow Spain's lead in refusing to allow their bases to be used for attacks on Iran. This call to action can be seen as part of a broad...