Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro defended his decision to let the United States use the Lajes ​airbase on Portugal’s Azores Islands during the Iran bombing campaign, a ‌position at odds with that of neighbour Spain which refused such requests.

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      3 days ago

      Pretty much this. During the iraq war, then Portugal’s prime minister Durão Barroso also let the usa use the lages base and was eventually ‘promoted’ to Goldman Sachs.