• grte@lemmy.ca
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    It’s not defence when you’re on the side that attacked, Starmer, you worm.

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

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    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.

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

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        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.

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          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.

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

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    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.

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    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…”

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

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        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).

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    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.

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    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?

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      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.

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        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.

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        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.

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          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?

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            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?

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    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.

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    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.

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      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?