It's not defence when you're on the side that attacked, Starmer, you worm.
In what way are we on the US's side?
By defending US military bases?
I'm pretty sure you haven't read the article.
Israel/US attacked Iran. Iran responded by attacking Israel and US bases in the gulf used to attack Iran. UK is using their fighter jets to shoot down drones headed to US bases in the gulf. UK condemns Iran for attacking gulf.
You follow that?
Ok, so what other countries have Iran attacked that have no involvement. I love how you missed out this important fact to push your narrative.
None...
What countries do you think they attacked that have no involvement?
So Israel and the US attacked Iran. Iran then fired back, the UK now is dogpiling Iran because they are firing back?
uk crawled all the way inside trumps diaper quite a while back, did you not notice that ?
That is a disgusting image. As an Anglophile I am sad as fuck at the state of England.
Fuck me, this response genuinely makes me feel less safe in the UK. What the fuck does the orange paedophile have to do before this utter prick stops siding with him.
Yup, this is seriously heading towards a World War.
Who fighting who?
Iran alone fighting multiple powers, that each are more powerful than Iran by themselves.
That's an insane claim. Nobody will help Iran. Iran has no real friends, not even Russia.
Israeli military bombs another school (wtf is their hard on for schools in general. They either want to kill them or fiddle with them)
Trump (the biggest terrorist in the world at the minute) declares that he wants to take out the terrorists.
And the UK joins in. On their side.
Fuck off.
If you are housing US or Israel military you are part of the attack. It's as simple as that.
If you're a human, I blame your species for this.
Keir Starmer has demanded that the Iranian regime ends retaliatory strikes on neighbours in the Middle East in response to a pre-emptive attack by the US and Israel
nigga what
I think he's talking about strikes on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE.
UK condemned the US/Israeli strikes on Iran.
The strikes are on American bases used to attack Iran, they aren't on the gulf countries themselves, no matter how you or the leaders try to twist it.
The only danger to civilians has come directly from falling debris from not letting the missiles hit their intended targets. The US/UK/gulf militaries are not defending civilians, they are protecting American bases.
Meanwhile Israel directly bombed an elementary school on a school day in Iran and killed over 50 children.
The UK should condemn Israel, not Iran for defending itself after a surprise attack in the middle of peace talks, or "preemptive" as they like to call it.
Does that explain the civilian who died in Dubai?
The UK should condemn Israel
Pretty sure they already did
Does that explain the civilian who died in Dubai?
Yes, quite literally. No civilians were targeted in the gulf, only American military.
"The UAE defense ministry said most of the missiles and drones were intercepted but at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport officials said at least one person was killed and seven wounded in an “incident.”
Earlier, falling debris killed a Pakistani civilian in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates’ capital, officials said."
https://share.google/yol7wqbBOR1j0OCBB
The only threat to civilians is the falling debris from intercepting the missiles. We are "collateral damage" they are happy to incur to install a US puppet in Iran, the priority is to defend the war machine.
Pretty sure they already did
This is the second time in this thread you go just assert a falsehood with your guess and are satisfied with that, anything to defend and justify the war.
No, they didn't condemn Israel, they only condemned Iran in this war that was forced upon them. And worse, now Britain to let US use bases to strike Iran.
Congrats, continue pushing for the slaughter of Iranians while insisting you care about civilians.
Now I know why its called The Onion
The joke is the layers of sarcasm
"preemptive regime change strike" by itself is already making my head spin lol
As an American, I don't think my government needs any help defending itself in its quest to create another smoldering husk of a middle eastern terror state that hates us more now than they did before we bombed them back to the stone ages.
Does the UK still consider the USA an ally?
A: "Today I saw some psychopaths bombing the shit out of some kids.."
B: "So, did you do anything to help??"
A: "Sure I did! You should have seen how we destroyed those kids.."
So, Netanyahu and Trump are lighting the fuse and the UK and others have to help to clean up the mess those morons created.
Wtf?
You've still not managed to state now we are defending the US. We are defending ourselves.
Did anyone here actually read what he said, or just reading the headline and jumping to their own conclusion that the UK is joining in on the attacks?
Is there really an applicable difference between joining in on the attack and defending the person doing the attacking? That's like holding someone's hands behind their back while someone else punches them. For all intents and purposes you are part of the attack.
We are absolutely not defending the US. Think about it. Why would the world's largest military need the UK to defend them?
The UK is stopping Iran firing missiles are countries that aren't involved.
The bully rarely needs the lackey to hold the victim's arms. But the lackey knows its the best way to keep the bully from turning on them.
Also who are these innocent countries?
The US turned on us a long time ago. Our PM has been very clear that the attack on Iran is not legal.
Iran has already launched a missile towards Cyprus. Tell me, how were they involved?
Tell that to Starmer because he certainly doesn't act like it.
Why bring up Cyprus? I thought we were talking of innocent countries.
It doesn't say the UK is defending Israel, it says defending allies.
Defending Bahrain or Jordan from incoming missiles is completely different to attacking Iran.
What am I missing here? The UK is just saying to Iran don't fire missiles at countries that haven't been involved in firing missiles at you.
That's sensible.
They're attacking valid US military bases in said countries. Are you that oblivious or just running Zionist propaganda on purpose?
Yes, and how did the UK defend this bases that were hit?
Logic?
The EU's response has been shameful, but at least it hasn't put us on the side of the aggressors
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