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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wins the internet this week with this striking characterisation of the wannabe dictator:

"The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire, just because they show up with a bucket of water."

(Thanks to @Paul_stilgar for this find.)

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Marcin Jakubowski 1d ago

@randahl @Paul_stilgar I wonder whether the Spanish prime minister would be just as principled if Spain were located where Latvia or Poland are. BTW, this is the same Spain that says which does not need to increase Europe’s defense capabilities.

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Enyel of the Saintanne

@jakmarcin @Paul_stilgar
Well, one would not finance its number one enemy, and the number one enemy of Spain is the spanish army. I'd argue its the same for many other european states, but well. Not overfunding the army is self protection for Spain (7 coups in the last 100 years and counting)