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Britain Backs Trump On Iran, Deploys Royal Navy To Persian Gulf
Breitbart ^ | 1-5-2020 | Kurt Zindulka

Posted on 01/05/2020 2:02:09 PM PST by blam

The United Kingdom defended the actions of the Trump administration in Iran, saying the United States is “entitled to defend itself” against Iranian aggression and deploying the Royal Navy to the Persian Gulf to protect shipping vessels flying the British flag.

The Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, expressed support for America’s decision to take out Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qasem Soleimani, citing the violence committed in Iraq by Iran-backed militias.

“During the last few months U.S. forces in Iraq, who are based in Iraq at the invitation of the Iraqi government, have been repeatedly attacked by Iranian-backed militia”, Wallace said, in comments reported by The Telegraph.

“General Soleimani has been at the heart of the use of proxies to undermine neighbouring sovereign nations and target Iran’s enemies. Under international law the United States is entitled to defend itself against those posing an imminent threat to their citizens”, the Defence Secretary concluded.

In response to escalating tensions after the death of Soleimani, the United Kingdom has deployed the Royal Navy to the Strait of Hormuz, to protect British shipping vessels in the Persian Gulf from retaliatory strikes from Iran.

Royal Navy warships have not patrolled the strait since November, when the navy had been protecting British ships after Iran seized a British-flagged oil tanker, the Stena Impero, in July of last year. The ship was finally released by Iran in September.

Trump Backs Britain: ‘Iran Is In Big Trouble’ https://t.co/RvsmBTenca

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) July 20, 2019

Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Dominic Raab, speaking today to the BBC, also defended the killing of Soleimani.

“My view is — and the operational assessment has been done by the Americans — is that there is a right of self-defence,” Raab said.

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To: blam

Great news! I think Spain would have done so too (based on comments from friends there who realize how vital this is to the security of Spain) except that their new national government is so hard-left that it probably can’t drive on the right side of the road and this will support Spain’s historical enemy, Islam.

The left is in love with Islamic terrorism. This despite the fact that all their precious trannies and gays would have been thrown of the roofs by now, their ”feminists” would be in jail or dead and all other women would be living in virtual slavery, while their pet victim class, Africans, would be back in Islamic slavery or dead.

What lunacy impels the left’s love of Islamic dictatorships?


41 posted on 01/05/2020 3:36:34 PM PST by livius
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To: Eleutheria5

Yes. Quite capable ones at that.


42 posted on 01/05/2020 3:48:05 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: livius
What lunacy impels the left’s love of Islamic dictatorships?

A shared love of dictatorial rule.
43 posted on 01/05/2020 3:53:58 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Sirius Lee

Sailor Moon, how you’ve ah...grown!


44 posted on 01/05/2020 3:58:40 PM PST by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: Army Air Corps

A fantasy that they could harness the fanatical energy of Islamism and use it to empower themselves. The Cairo-Khartoum cabal was the first to suffer from this delusion, and we’ve all been living with the consequences for nearly a hundred years, and it keeps getting worse.


45 posted on 01/05/2020 4:03:03 PM PST by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: ryderann

I heard the Japanese sent some warships to the region a week or two ago, before General Salami got blown to smithereens.


46 posted on 01/05/2020 4:10:29 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (I'm triggered by liberals and other assorted moonbats.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
I had relatives at both Concord/Yorktown and Bunker (Breeds) Hill.

At our next family reunion, I'll poll my family about if they have yet forgiven the Limeys, for attempting to take our guns.

47 posted on 01/05/2020 4:40:24 PM PST by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again. Bring back ASA.)
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To: Army Air Corps

At some point, these two dictatorships are going to come into conflict. Islam regards itself as a political as well as a religious system. Communism regards the religious and the political as one and the same, which is why its political system suffices (as we see with their persecution of Chinese Christians, now that Pope Marxist I has betrayed them).

They’re just allies of convenience at present, both hating the US and seeing us as the main obstacle to their (conflicting) plans.


48 posted on 01/05/2020 4:41:57 PM PST by livius
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To: blam

Thanks Blam. Like that concept, but I’m not sure about the landing execution there.


49 posted on 01/05/2020 4:53:40 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The Leftistist media and particularly CNN NEWS should come with a ten day supply of Cipro.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The US govt can’t force a DROP of most oil to be sold to them by PRIVATE US companies.

People talk like we’re a national socialist country :)

We’re not.


50 posted on 01/05/2020 4:58:43 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: wny
England still has a navy?

England shares a navy with Canada. It's call the United States Navy.

51 posted on 01/05/2020 5:04:10 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Sirius Lee
Is she a carrier?
52 posted on 01/05/2020 5:04:58 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: DIRTYSECRET

We’ve saved their butts a couple of times and some do appreciate that...


53 posted on 01/05/2020 5:14:20 PM PST by Shady (One More Time: CO2 is PLANT FOOD! Without it we die. Any questions?)
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To: ryderann

That’d be interesting.


54 posted on 01/05/2020 5:27:07 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: DesertRhino

There are 1000 brit troops stationed in the Falklands with prepared defenses and ammo stockpiles.

The Argies could take the islands but they’d have horrific casualties.


55 posted on 01/05/2020 5:37:26 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: blam

I’m guessing those would be rail gun turrets on the bow?


56 posted on 01/05/2020 5:38:37 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: blam

But, but the left was whining how Trump scared off our allies or some BS line.


57 posted on 01/05/2020 6:05:22 PM PST by matt04
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To: Rebelbase

Argentina’s military is a shadow of a shadow. Even as de-fanged as the RN is, I’d put my money on the Poms beating them like a redheaded rented stepchild mule (to mix the metaphors nicely).


58 posted on 01/05/2020 6:11:13 PM PST by Dundee (They gave up all their tomorrows for our today's.)
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To: GOP Congress

Pretty ironic, just like the Chinese who pine for our freedoms that Liberals want to move to Chi-Com laws here.

They have known injustice and tyranny. Liberals crave it.


59 posted on 01/05/2020 7:36:42 PM PST by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: blam

Nice to have our favorite ally back.


60 posted on 01/05/2020 8:17:39 PM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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