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 17:09
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watson387@sopuli.xyz on 28 Feb 17:10 next collapse

WTF

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

Yup, this is seriously heading towards a World War.

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

Who fighting who?

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

@madmadbunny@lemmy.ca vs your mum

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

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

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

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

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

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

x00z@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 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 19:15 collapse

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

  • every non-human species
Kirp123@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 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 17:52 collapse

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

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

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

Babalugats@feddit.uk on 28 Feb 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 18:49 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 20:14 collapse

Makes sense.

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

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IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com on 28 Feb 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 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 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 18:03 next collapse

Sounds like ICE and the US.

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

“They will greet us as liberators.”

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Zaktor@sopuli.xyz on 28 Feb 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 18:26 next collapse

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

Zaktor@sopuli.xyz on 28 Feb 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?

TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 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 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 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 18:17 collapse

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

own your own shit.

Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 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 18:28 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 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 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 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 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 18:47 next collapse

The European Union is not a continent either

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

it’s all the same to him.

Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 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 18:51 collapse

except that didn’t happen.

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

Oh so Kier Starmer is a liar?

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

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

Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 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 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 20:05 collapse

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

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

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

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

The imperial dog is out for its masters

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

Does the UK still consider the USA an ally?

thoralf@discuss.familie-will.at on 28 Feb 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 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 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 22:20 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?