The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has appeared before Congress to explain the Executive's position on the war in Iran; and he has done so brandishing the same concept he has been championing since the US and Israel started the conflict: “No to war”. Sánchez began by recalling José María Aznar's subservience to George Bush in the Iraq war and its disastrous consequences, clarifying that, in this case, “we are not in the same scenario, but in something much worse”. And addressing the benches of the Popular Party and Vox, he reproached them that “this is an absolute disaster and you have contributed with your support and your complicit silence”.
"History repeats itself," Sánchez has argued, regretting that the former President of the Government of Spain in 2003, the popular José María Aznar, "changed the dignity of a country in exchange for a photo," the famous Azores photo. "He wanted Bush to invite him to a cigar and put his feet on the table," he insisted, adding that the outcome of that war was "a disgrace" and "the most important thing is that we remember it, because forgetting is the first step to committing the same mistake."
In Sánchez's opinion, "we are not in the same scenario," but facing "something much worse" because Iran has more population and a weight on the global economy five times greater. They have very advanced technologies, control of the Strait of Hormuz, and are a military power that "has been preparing for 40 years for a war like this." Consequently, "the impact is much broader and deeper."
“The question we should ask ourselves is what is the purpose of all this destruction,” Sánchez continued, listing several of its consequences: almost 2,000 confirmed dead, more than four million displaced people in Iran and Lebanon, severe contraction of tourism, of maritime traffic, drastic increase in the prices of hydrocarbons and material you reward, gas and diesel soaring and an Ibex 35 falling.
The leader of the Executive has been blunt in presenting the real face of the war in Iran: “What the promoters have achieved is to undermine international legality, destabilize the Middle East, revive conflicts in Iran and Lebanon, bury Gaza under the rubble of oblivion and indifference, bring insecurity to Gulf countries that were safe, give Putin more than 8 billion thanks to the increase in fuel prices and the lifting of sanctions, and aggravate the situation by changing one Jamenei for another even worse Jamenei.”
“In short, it is an absolute disaster” to which “you, ladies and gentlemen of PP and Vox, have contributed with your support and your silence”.