Hosts Have Power Over Dangerous Guests:  Spain Shows How Countries Hosting U.S. Bases Can Push for Peace

KC-135 Stratotanker at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew B. Fredericks.

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...