See this
column by Michael Yon, one of our premier war correspondents of the last decade, appearing in
Big Journalism, a
Breitbart website. It reports that American troops in Afghanistan, co-located on a Spanish base, are being treated badly by the Spanish. We certainly don't need this kind of 'cooperation' from what are supposed to be allies.
Read the column if you have a strong stomach. Defense Secretary Gates needs to lean on the relevant Spaniard.