British planes ‘in the sky’ in Middle East to defend allies after US strikes on Iran (www.independent.co.uk)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to world@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 17:09
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watson387@sopuli.xyz on 28 Feb 2026 17:10 next collapse

WTF

MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca on 28 Feb 2026 17:26 next collapse

Yup, this is seriously heading towards a World War.

NABDad@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 18:28 next collapse

Who fighting who?

_Nico198X_@piefed.europe.pub on 28 Feb 2026 18:30 next collapse

@madmadbunny@lemmy.ca vs your mum

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 19:30 collapse

Yep, that indeed looks like we are heading towards a world war.
Thanks for clearing up the statement by MadMadBunny, and prove the stupidity of it. 🤣

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 19:32 collapse

Iran alone fighting multiple powers, that each are more powerful than Iran by themselves.

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 19:26 collapse

That’s an insane claim. Nobody will help Iran. Iran has no real friends, not even Russia.

ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 2026 17:50 collapse

That’s not how the world works. You could’ve just said “the current non-Western-aligned regime is not valuable enough to salvage by other non-Western-aligned countries” or that “the cost-benefit analysis makes no sense”. Just saying.

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 2026 18:24 collapse

WTF? NO!
While that may be somewhat true for instance for China, Russia is borderline bankrupt both economically and politically. Same as Iran.

It’s not a matter of cost benefit, when you simply don’t have any resources to spare.
And secondly, I very much doubt Russia would ever dare challenging USA.
Russia only has about a tenth the military, economic and industrial power USA has.

grte@lemmy.ca on 28 Feb 2026 17:40 next collapse

It’s not defence when you’re on the side that attacked, Starmer, you worm.

greyfrog@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 2026 10:45 collapse

In what way are we on the US’s side?

Riverside@reddthat.com on 01 Mar 2026 12:52 collapse

By defending US military bases?

greyfrog@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 2026 16:12 collapse

I’m pretty sure you haven’t read the article.

3abas@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 2026 18:45 collapse

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?

greyfrog@sh.itjust.works on 02 Mar 2026 01:15 collapse

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.

3abas@lemmy.world on 02 Mar 2026 07:10 collapse

None…

What countries do you think they attacked that have no involvement?

greyfrog@sh.itjust.works on 06 Mar 05:22 collapse

You’re incapable of answering a question. Sure sign of below bot intelligence.

3abas@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 07:44 collapse

Are you dense? I have answered the question, the answer is “none”.

Can you answer the question, above bot intelligence not braindead war apologist?

x00z@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 17:43 next collapse

If you are housing US or Israel military you are part of the attack. It’s as simple as that.

fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 19:15 next collapse

If you’re a human, I blame your species for this.

  • every non-human species
Digit@lemmy.wtf on 01 Mar 2026 22:02 collapse

Every non-human species is speciesist!?

greyfrog@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 2026 16:16 collapse

Sadly the whole of the EU is complicit then. We all depends on US protection.

ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 2026 17:48 collapse

Protection from who?! We were well on the way to normalizing things with Russia since the early 00s, and then the Burgers couped Ukraine and fucked with the pipeline. China has never shown any aggression, they’re the world’s manufacturers so business is good for them, and countries like Pakistan, India, Iran and NK have nothing to do with Europe geopolitically speaking.

So, again, who do you think Burgerland is “protecting” us from? Nah, man, we’re there with them as sidekicks when it’s time to murder and pillage, and we get the scraps (well, our aristocrats, mostly).

greyfrog@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 2026 18:29 collapse

Then kick them out of your countries. Leave NATO.

Kirp123@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 17:44 next collapse

So Israel and the US attacked Iran. Iran then fired back, the UK now is dogpiling Iran because they are firing back?

imrighthere@lemmy.ca on 28 Feb 2026 17:52 next collapse

uk crawled all the way inside trumps diaper quite a while back, did you not notice that ?

ProfThadBach@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 18:04 collapse

That is a disgusting image. As an Anglophile I am sad as fuck at the state of England.

EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com on 01 Mar 2026 09:07 collapse

“Don’t defend yourself! Just lie back and let it happen.”

Tja@programming.dev on 01 Mar 2026 11:11 collapse

Not everything is defending yourself. Revenge killing civilians doesn’t suddenly become ok because your civilians died. Military bases are fair game, but it seems more than that is happening…

EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com on 01 Mar 2026 18:12 collapse

Revenge killing civilians doesn’t suddenly become ok because your civilians died.

I think a lot of people missed this memo over the last few years or even became absolutely unhinged when it has been pointed out.

Tja@programming.dev on 01 Mar 2026 18:22 collapse

I think a lot of people straight disagree, sadly.

Babalugats@feddit.uk on 28 Feb 2026 17:44 next collapse

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.

Felis_Rex@lemmy.zip on 28 Feb 2026 18:49 next collapse

Provokation and emotional response.

In my mind that would be the main reason why. An sane population wouldn’t stand for their children to get killed and you do nothing. It forces your opponent into action and you can exploit that action.

With some infrastructure and certain targets a response can be delayed. Mass civilian/children casualties mean an immediate retaliation is in order or your population revolts to make one happen.

You see it in Palestine; people with nothing to lose become beligerant. You kill their kids they attack viciously. Much easier to attempt to justify fighting a “vicious rabbid opponent” than a defense less peaceful one. However, if they go the opposite end and attempt peace and calm, they are easy to mow down

Babalugats@feddit.uk on 28 Feb 2026 20:14 collapse

Makes sense.

The actual act of what they did wouldn’t even register with them.

Riverside@reddthat.com on 01 Mar 2026 12:53 collapse

wtf is their hard on for schools in general

Zionists are cruel on purpose because their intention is to generate widespread hatred of Judaism in the region, to justify internally that “we’re only invading them because they’re antisemitic and dangerous to us”.

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IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com on 28 Feb 2026 17:56 next collapse

The point is, maybe they will all just kill each other world wide. That’s a win for all honest people. /S

West_of_West@piefed.social on 28 Feb 2026 17:59 next collapse

I’ll shed no tears for the end of Khomenei or the IRGC. I’ll shed endless tears for Iranian civilians. As I have since 2006, I hope the Iranian people can change the world.

RainbowHedgehog@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 19:59 collapse

Yeah. I don’t like intervention. I just was taught to always center their opinions before my own wants.

I wouldn’t have chosen any of this. I just hope that somehow this turns out well for them.

I feel like a lot of people misunderstood me.

Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 18:03 next collapse

Sounds like ICE and the US.

Zaktor@sopuli.xyz on 28 Feb 2026 18:07 next collapse

“They will greet us as liberators.”

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Zaktor@sopuli.xyz on 28 Feb 2026 18:21 collapse

LOL, ok Cheney. I’m sure this regime change war is different. All those other times we attacked “one of the most horrific regimes in the world” where the good people just needed a little boost to overthrow them it didn’t work out that way because… reasons. This time it’s going to be quick an easy and we’ll definitely be the good guys!

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clot27@lemmy.zip on 28 Feb 2026 18:26 next collapse

You should stop talking to diasporoid monarchist iranians, they are worms

Zaktor@sopuli.xyz on 28 Feb 2026 18:31 collapse

Dude. I’m willing to tell a foreign power my governing regime is horrific and we’d welcome invasion right now. There were Venezuelans asking for invasion, Iraqis asking for invasion, Afghanis asking for invasion. Do you think all those other countries didn’t have both bad regimes and opposition who wanted them gone? How’d that work out for us?

Were you perchance born yesterday?

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TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 18:31 next collapse

It’s really, really important for people to understand that Iranians wanting Khamenei gone is NOT the same thing as Iranians wanting the US and Israel to bomb their country.

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 18:37 collapse

We’ve killed over 600k people since Trump took office. Where’s our regime change huh?

hsph.harvard.edu/…/usaid-shutdown-has-led-to-hund…

Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 18:01 next collapse

I guess in a fucked up way it’s good to know the Brits and by association the Europeans are just as vile and evil as us. I mean, I know we all have the same capacity for good and evil, but EU smugness is rampant and unhelpful. They need a dose of reality too.

_Nico198X_@piefed.europe.pub on 28 Feb 2026 18:17 next collapse

wtf are you saying? the EU hasn’t attacked anyone.

own your own shit.

Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 18:25 collapse

Coming to the offense of your Israeli masters isn’t a show of force? I’m not making any excuses for the US it’s an evil empire, but so are the Brits and Europeans. I’m just tired of the holier-than-thou smugness from Europeans and Brits. You’re as vile and nasty as us.

_Nico198X_@piefed.europe.pub on 28 Feb 2026 18:28 next collapse

what are you even talking about?! are you off your meds?! the UK is not in the EU!

Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 18:34 collapse

Arbitrary lines drawn by like minds. The UK might not be officially in the EU anymore, but that doesn’t change the fact that you all share the same values and lifestyles as the US. Failed liberal democracies that gave all the power to the owner class that are now welding it to murder children and overthrow sovereign nations. Western civilization is a joke. You’re all patsies like us. No better, no worse.

_Nico198X_@piefed.europe.pub on 28 Feb 2026 18:36 collapse

ok so you don’t have a point and are just raging out. got it.

Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 18:39 collapse

My point was that the UK and EU don’t have a leg to stand on when criticizing the genocidal US. You’re as guilty as we are. Just watch as the UK and EU put boots on the ground in defense of Israel.

_Nico198X_@piefed.europe.pub on 28 Feb 2026 18:45 next collapse

the UK an the EU are not related things.

the EU has no army.

you’re upset and lashing out because the shame is too great.

no country are angels, but stay focused on what’s happening now. disparaging an entire continent because you’re sad isn’t going to change anything.

frongt@lemmy.zip on 28 Feb 2026 18:47 next collapse

The European Union is not a continent either

_Nico198X_@piefed.europe.pub on 28 Feb 2026 18:51 collapse

it’s all the same to him.

Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 18:50 collapse

I’m not lashing out at all. You’re completely ignoring the point I made of UK and EU righteous smugness being fake performance art. An army means nothing, you’re still sending military force to support a fascist genocidal country commiting a genocide and now open war with its neighbor. You have no altruistic leg to stand on. You’re culpable now too. Get in the pool. The water is warm.

_Nico198X_@piefed.europe.pub on 28 Feb 2026 18:51 collapse

except that didn’t happen.

Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 18:53 collapse

Oh so Kier Starmer is a liar?

_Nico198X_@piefed.europe.pub on 28 Feb 2026 19:00 collapse

since we already covered that, i’mma move along. hope you feel better soon.

Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 19:03 collapse

When did we cover that your PM is lying about sending military assets into the region to defend Israel? I don’t recall that conversation.

i078@europe.pub on 28 Feb 2026 18:55 collapse

There isn’t even support for this in the US, and you think the EU will help after all the threats, insults and tariff bullying? We have a war in Ukraine where a friendly nation is defending against an aggressor, I don’t see any country willing to support this clusterfuck besides perhaps the UK

myrmidex@belgae.social on 28 Feb 2026 20:05 collapse

Of all EU countries, I only see Spain officially condemning the attack on Iran.

i078@europe.pub on 28 Feb 2026 21:17 collapse

There is quite a gap between boots on the ground and condemning an attack isn’t there?

myrmidex@belgae.social on 28 Feb 2026 22:46 collapse

Of course, they’re on opposite sides.

EDIT: pardon the pedantic answer. Boots on the ground or not condemning an attack still places them on the side of the war hungry fascists.

radiouser@crazypeople.online on 01 Mar 2026 08:55 collapse

Whatever helps you sleep at night, bucko.

Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 2026 09:05 collapse

Not gonna lie. I was a bit pissed off at the world and lashed out at the UK and the EU. They don’t deserve it, at least not yet, but I have no doubt that y’all are cucked by us and that ain’t good. Many EU dudes are all about the fascism zeitgeist and that’s worrisome.

Cheers mate. I’m sorry for being a dick!

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FosterMolasses@leminal.space on 01 Mar 2026 09:14 next collapse

Cringe.

Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 2026 09:23 collapse

I usually drink liquor anyways. Yeah, I don’t usually buy stout but I’m making corned beef and cabbage for my friends tomorrow and this was an extra.

radiouser@crazypeople.online on 01 Mar 2026 10:05 collapse

No apology needed. Have a pleasant Sunday.

ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 2026 17:54 collapse

We would if we could, as we have historically done. But, hey, if a thief gets his hands cut and can never steal again, that still means he’s less damaging for the world (whether he wanted it or not). Let’s focus on Burgerland, since the UK and some (most?) European countries are just sidekicks without much individual power to coerce the world. I highly doubt that the French or British empire will rise again, you know?

clot27@lemmy.zip on 28 Feb 2026 18:25 next collapse

The imperial dog is out for its masters

EndOfLine@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 2026 19:02 next collapse

Does the UK still consider the USA an ally?

thoralf@discuss.familie-will.at on 28 Feb 2026 19:36 next collapse

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?

Foni@piefed.zip on 28 Feb 2026 20:02 next collapse

The EU’s response has been shameful, but at least it hasn’t put us on the side of the aggressors

bob@feddit.uk on 28 Feb 2026 20:14 next collapse

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.

blackn1ght@feddit.uk on 28 Feb 2026 22:20 next collapse

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?

njm1314@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 2026 02:40 next collapse

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.

greyfrog@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 2026 08:13 next collapse

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.

njm1314@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 2026 08:48 collapse

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?

greyfrog@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 2026 10:43 collapse

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?

njm1314@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 2026 12:03 collapse

Tell that to Starmer because he certainly doesn’t act like it.

Why bring up Cyprus? I thought we were talking of innocent countries.

greyfrog@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 2026 16:10 collapse

Have you read any of your comments?

blackn1ght@feddit.uk on 01 Mar 2026 09:22 collapse

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.

Tja@programming.dev on 01 Mar 2026 11:13 collapse

Reading the article, we didn’t on reddit and we ain’t gonna start now!

middlemanSI@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 2026 07:58 next collapse

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…”

greyfrog@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 2026 08:12 next collapse

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.

Riverside@reddthat.com on 01 Mar 2026 12:51 collapse

They’re attacking valid US military bases in said countries. Are you that oblivious or just running Zionist propaganda on purpose?

greyfrog@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 2026 16:11 collapse

Yes, and how did the UK defend this bases that were hit?

Logic?

FosterMolasses@leminal.space on 01 Mar 2026 09:10 next collapse

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

mlg@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 2026 09:20 next collapse

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

wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz on 01 Mar 2026 18:14 collapse

I think he’s talking about strikes on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE.

UK condemned the US/Israeli strikes on Iran.

3abas@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 2026 18:42 collapse

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.

wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz on 01 Mar 2026 20:14 collapse

Does that explain the civilian who died in Dubai?

The UK should condemn Israel

Pretty sure they already did

3abas@lemmy.world on 02 Mar 2026 00:37 collapse

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.”

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.

thetimes.com/…/iran-us-israel-dubai-latest-news-a…

Congrats, continue pushing for the slaughter of Iranians while insisting you care about civilians.

greyfrog@sh.itjust.works on 01 Mar 2026 10:44 next collapse

You’ve still not managed to state now we are defending the US. We are defending ourselves.

flop_leash_973@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 2026 20:23 collapse

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.