Right call from Starmer deploying troops into Iran is bonkers, bigger than Iraq more mountains the Afghan and a population of 93 Million that can put a million man army in the field. A ground invasion is not going to end well and we are well out of it.
SadWorld1397 on
This shit show does not require our troops to be sacrificed for an alleged existential threat to create an actuate tangible threat.
There will be splashback of that we can be sure and it will be down to sensible nations to fix what gets broken.
…..not the god bothering, bring on the apocalypse for Jesus window lickers in the USA or the settlers wanting more land in Israel.
SeniorMoonlight21 on
Good, let the Americans fight their own bullshit wars. Don’t think they will be so keen when they see their friends and family trying to escape FPV drones in a war they didn’t even need to fight. Certainly not a fate I want to see for British soldiers.
That being said, I can imagine UK special forces might end up in the country at some point, but obviously this is not something they are going to be open to the general public about.This war is going to last a good few years if the US puts boots on the ground and keeps them their without withdrawing. My main concern would be that Labour loose the next general election and we end up with a government that are more willing to commit British troops.
Gentle_Snail on
Starmer has been consistently knocking it out of the park recently. So glad he’s the one in charge here.
Cakeski on
I think we’re about to witness one of the biggest strategic blunders in modern Warfare by the US, next to Russia’s ongoing “3 day special military operation”
Jonnythebull on
I’ve not been his biggest fan, but recently he has started to win me over with the shit he’s had to put up with from Trump whilst not giving into his demands. And rightly so!
Luke_4686 on
Good. British blood shouldn’t be spilt for the ravings of a fascist leader in the White House and a war criminal in Israel
South_Buy_3175 on
Good.
Could do without getting some of our own poor bastards killed over literally *nothing*.
Chimp3h on
Well let’s hope this is 1 thing Labour don’t U-Turn on
dynze on
Definitely voting labour instead of the crank greens , giving away trident ffs
Anonymous-Cows on
It’s not just stupid, it would be actively against our own interest, just to pander to other nations. No serious leader would do that.
Then, there is Blair, Truss, Kemi, Nigel or Boris who are working for themselves by dick riding the US. Appaling.
chainedtomydesk on
This is an illegal war without congressional approval or international support, so the UK and other NATO allies should rightly have no part in it. Let Trump and Netanyahu fight their own illegal war.
sylanar on
Good. What ever you think of Iran and it’s leadership, USA and Israel started this war on their own, and then flip flop between asking allies to join in, to insulting us and saying we’re irrelevant.
If they wanted a grand coalition to join them, they should have done it properly at the start, not trying to drag us in after the fact.
Id still have been against us joining, but they still should have done it properly
Kampfzwerg1992 on
We went into one illegal war in the Middle East. Let’s not do that again.
Wise_Old_Can on
I don’t have much faith in what politicians say won’t happen.
8ackwoods on
Recent palantir news makes all of this realpolitik
smoked_fishman on
Absolutely agree for once, but like Trump an important future election will likely render him powerless.
Spiritual_Alfalfa_32 on
Trump about to send Conservatives sons, daughters; wives, husbands into a ground war with no reason behind it. Let’s see those Maga hats!
Visionary_87 on
I thought America and Trump won the war on the first day of the bombs hitting? What happened?
General-Minimum-1047 on
We want no part in your….. What does putin call them 🤔
Pmag86 on
So the yanks are officially fking mental. 3500 should do it. There’s only 93 million of them how hard could it be.
Belle_TainSummer on
Starmer denies British Troops on the ground, confirming British troops will be part of the invasion in some daft loophole-y way.
big_sweaty_ross on
No doubt certain rags will still run stories about conscription
Stigweird85 on
We won’t put troops on the ground – probably because we don’t have enough troops to do so. However we will allow our infrastructure and resources to be used to facilitate it
borez on
Good, respect to Starmer for holding his ground here. Many would have crumbled by now.
bigkahuna1uk on
The IDF and the USA army should be the first and only troops on the ground since it’s their governments that started this illegal war.
Charming-Ad-6293 on
Good, remove America’s privileges with using BRITISH airbases to attack Iran too. We should not be part of this, but if we have to be we should not be supporting America’s wannabe dictator.
Rude_Worldliness_423 on
I would like to think that any PM who said the opposite would face a vote of no confidence.
Us bending over for another US oil war is a bad idea, and it is right for us to say we’re not going to do it.
Unfortunately we’ll do it anyway because the sPeCiAl ReLaTiOnShIp requires we do whatever the yanks demand.
JohnDisinformation on
Thats true because most of them aren’t troops yet until they are drafted, the rest of the actual troops are still working in care homes or working protecting Train stations or doing supermarket deliverys.
Unsual_Wash563 on
Lol he said the same thing about Gaza, then we found out he’s flying radar missions, he said the same thing about US using UK based to bomb Iran, then suddenly they are allowed to fly “defensive” bombing missions, and then we see that actually American is just running bombing missions in general 24/7 from UK soil. Starmer should be tried and sent to prison.
ArthursRest on
Even as a labour voter I wasn’t a Starmer fan, but his stock has shot up over the last month.
ExoneratedPhoenix on
Good. Why on Earth would we put soldiers to fight a regime that has nothing to do with us?
Astriania on
Well good, it would be incredibly stupid to put UK servicemen’s lives on the line for Netanyahu’s little adventure.
I still think we shouldn’t be allowing the US to use our facilities for this war at all.
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Right call from Starmer deploying troops into Iran is bonkers, bigger than Iraq more mountains the Afghan and a population of 93 Million that can put a million man army in the field. A ground invasion is not going to end well and we are well out of it.
This shit show does not require our troops to be sacrificed for an alleged existential threat to create an actuate tangible threat.
There will be splashback of that we can be sure and it will be down to sensible nations to fix what gets broken.
…..not the god bothering, bring on the apocalypse for Jesus window lickers in the USA or the settlers wanting more land in Israel.
Good, let the Americans fight their own bullshit wars. Don’t think they will be so keen when they see their friends and family trying to escape FPV drones in a war they didn’t even need to fight. Certainly not a fate I want to see for British soldiers.
That being said, I can imagine UK special forces might end up in the country at some point, but obviously this is not something they are going to be open to the general public about.This war is going to last a good few years if the US puts boots on the ground and keeps them their without withdrawing. My main concern would be that Labour loose the next general election and we end up with a government that are more willing to commit British troops.
Starmer has been consistently knocking it out of the park recently. So glad he’s the one in charge here.
I think we’re about to witness one of the biggest strategic blunders in modern Warfare by the US, next to Russia’s ongoing “3 day special military operation”
I’ve not been his biggest fan, but recently he has started to win me over with the shit he’s had to put up with from Trump whilst not giving into his demands. And rightly so!
Good. British blood shouldn’t be spilt for the ravings of a fascist leader in the White House and a war criminal in Israel
Good.
Could do without getting some of our own poor bastards killed over literally *nothing*.
Well let’s hope this is 1 thing Labour don’t U-Turn on
Definitely voting labour instead of the crank greens , giving away trident ffs
It’s not just stupid, it would be actively against our own interest, just to pander to other nations. No serious leader would do that.
Then, there is Blair, Truss, Kemi, Nigel or Boris who are working for themselves by dick riding the US. Appaling.
This is an illegal war without congressional approval or international support, so the UK and other NATO allies should rightly have no part in it. Let Trump and Netanyahu fight their own illegal war.
Good. What ever you think of Iran and it’s leadership, USA and Israel started this war on their own, and then flip flop between asking allies to join in, to insulting us and saying we’re irrelevant.
If they wanted a grand coalition to join them, they should have done it properly at the start, not trying to drag us in after the fact.
Id still have been against us joining, but they still should have done it properly
We went into one illegal war in the Middle East. Let’s not do that again.
I don’t have much faith in what politicians say won’t happen.
Recent palantir news makes all of this realpolitik
Absolutely agree for once, but like Trump an important future election will likely render him powerless.
Trump about to send Conservatives sons, daughters; wives, husbands into a ground war with no reason behind it. Let’s see those Maga hats!
I thought America and Trump won the war on the first day of the bombs hitting? What happened?
We want no part in your….. What does putin call them 🤔
So the yanks are officially fking mental. 3500 should do it. There’s only 93 million of them how hard could it be.
Starmer denies British Troops on the ground, confirming British troops will be part of the invasion in some daft loophole-y way.
No doubt certain rags will still run stories about conscription
We won’t put troops on the ground – probably because we don’t have enough troops to do so. However we will allow our infrastructure and resources to be used to facilitate it
Good, respect to Starmer for holding his ground here. Many would have crumbled by now.
The IDF and the USA army should be the first and only troops on the ground since it’s their governments that started this illegal war.
Good, remove America’s privileges with using BRITISH airbases to attack Iran too. We should not be part of this, but if we have to be we should not be supporting America’s wannabe dictator.
I would like to think that any PM who said the opposite would face a vote of no confidence.
Not that i dissagree with the stance, but it’s hard to take Starmer’s word:
https://youtu.be/3rZKDC1OelU
Us bending over for another US oil war is a bad idea, and it is right for us to say we’re not going to do it.
Unfortunately we’ll do it anyway because the sPeCiAl ReLaTiOnShIp requires we do whatever the yanks demand.
Thats true because most of them aren’t troops yet until they are drafted, the rest of the actual troops are still working in care homes or working protecting Train stations or doing supermarket deliverys.
Lol he said the same thing about Gaza, then we found out he’s flying radar missions, he said the same thing about US using UK based to bomb Iran, then suddenly they are allowed to fly “defensive” bombing missions, and then we see that actually American is just running bombing missions in general 24/7 from UK soil. Starmer should be tried and sent to prison.
Even as a labour voter I wasn’t a Starmer fan, but his stock has shot up over the last month.
Good. Why on Earth would we put soldiers to fight a regime that has nothing to do with us?
Well good, it would be incredibly stupid to put UK servicemen’s lives on the line for Netanyahu’s little adventure.
I still think we shouldn’t be allowing the US to use our facilities for this war at all.