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From TFA: > It is understood the attempted air strike occurred before the UK agreed to let the US use British military bases to hit Iranian sites targeting shi
by nozzlegear 8mo ago
From TFA:
> It is understood the attempted air strike occurred before the UK agreed to let the US use British military bases to hit Iranian sites targeting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
- spaghetdefects 8mo agoThat's incorrect: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/middleeast/us-b2-bombers-diego-garcia-intl-hnk-ml/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/middleeast/us-b2-bombers-dieg...
- nozzlegear 8mo agoI don't think the article you linked disagrees with what I've quoted from the BBC, does it? Aircraft being present at the airbase isn't the same as aircraft launching for an attack from the airbase.
- wongarsu 8mo agoTrue on technicalities. If it isn't useful to the operation of the bombers in the region, why did it happen? And if it is useful that sounds like a UK base participating in the war
- nozzlegear 8mo agoI'm no war strategist but I'd guess they did it to have them ready to strike Iran if needed. Diego Garcia has been used by UK/US joint operations in the Middle East since the Iraq War, it's not unusual to have American bombers stationed there when the US is on "high alert" or whatever. To be clear, I'm not saying I support any of this Iran nonsense from Trump. I am very much against him meddling in the ME.
- GordonS 8mo agoExcept that Starmer was lying - there have been photos of bombs being loaded onto US bombers going around for at least several days now.
- nozzlegear 8mo agoWhat photos? And what reason would Starmer have to lie about it?