Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period

Blackleaf

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British destroyer HMS Dragon on her way to Cyprus

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Starmer orders deployment of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon and helicopters to defend RAF Akrotiri after the RAF base in the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus came under attack from Hezbollah drones

 

Taxslave2

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Well, damned if you do &/or still attacked by Iranian proxy Hezbollah if you don’t.

Britain “could” just roll up in the Mediterranean and retaliate against Hezbollah independent of either Israel or America Trump, forging its own path with a clear conscience that it stood by its own morals and ethics and legal principles, but still rolled in to take names and kick ass when it had sand kicked in its face. FAFO sorta thing.

(I’ve heard rumours that Britain has a navy, and that Hezbollah embedded in Lebanon is a country that borders on….a sea…see?)
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Asling alot of two sailing ships and a horse drawn cannon.
 

Taxslave2

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Well, considering many of the bombers are basing out of Islamic countries, I guess they could hold a few bombs back when they hit Iran and bomb their own bases on the way back.
Right now the difficulty lies in keeping the planes from being moving targets. There is already a sizable number of people that would rather buy Grippons than F35s. Right or wrong, they will use this to further their cause.
 

Ron in Regina

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(YouTube & U.S. will 'cut off all trade with Spain,' Trump says)
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Spain has said the US should be mindful of international law and bilateral trade agreements with the European Union, after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut off all trade with the country for refusing to let the US military use its bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran.

“We have the necessary resources to contain the possible impact of the trade embargo by the US,” the Spanish government said in a statement on Tuesday.

“The US must comply with international law and bilateral EU-US trade agreements,” it added. This should almost go in the Tariffs thread ‘cuz I can almost smell those tariffs coming.

“Spain actually said that we can't use their bases, and that's all right,” Trump said. “We could use their base if we want — we could just fly in and use it. Nobody's going to tell us not to use it, but we don't have to. But they were unfriendly, and so I told them, we don't want to.” Sounds like Spain might become an Honourary member of the Western Hemisphere.
 

petros

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(YouTube & U.S. will 'cut off all trade with Spain,' Trump says)
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Spain has said the US should be mindful of international law and bilateral trade agreements with the European Union, after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut off all trade with the country for refusing to let the US military use its bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran.

“We have the necessary resources to contain the possible impact of the trade embargo by the US,” the Spanish government said in a statement on Tuesday.

“The US must comply with international law and bilateral EU-US trade agreements,” it added. This should almost go in the Tariffs thread ‘cuz I can almost smell those tariffs coming.

“Spain actually said that we can't use their bases, and that's all right,” Trump said. “We could use their base if we want — we could just fly in and use it. Nobody's going to tell us not to use it, but we don't have to. But they were unfriendly, and so I told them, we don't want to.” Sounds like Spain might become an Honourary member of the Western Hemisphere.
Smart of Spain to wash their hands of this fiasco.