contributed to Aznar’s electoral

It revealed the costs of blind alignment and ultimately contributed to Aznar’s electoral defeat following the 2004 Madrid train bombings. The Madrid train bombings deeply shook the country and triggered a national reassessment of Spain’s posture in the Global War on Terror and the alignment with the United States. Spain abandoned Iraq but, to compensate, increased the number of military personnel deployed in Afghanistan. Even so, security and defense cooperation continued to deepen throughout the 2010s. The expansion of the Rota Naval Base as part of the US missile defense system was a milestone in bilateral military ties, offering the United States a strategic สล็อตเว็บตรง