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Keir Starmer warns of 'escalation' risk as Iran vows to hit back at Trump's US for nuke site attack
The Daily Mail ^ | 22 Jun 2025 | DAVID WILCOCK

Posted on 06/22/2025 7:49:19 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Sir Keir Starmer warned there was a risk of the Middle East crisis spiralling beyond the region after Donald Trump ordered US planes and submarines to attack Iran's nuclear programme.

The Prime Minister urged all sides to return to negotiations but said he had taken 'all necessary measures' to protect British interests in the region if the conflict escalates.

He spoke out ahead of a Cobra meeting this afternoon, as Tehran vowed to retaliate for the strike on three facilities in the heart of the country.

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds confirmed this morning that the UK was told about the airstrike in advance but played no role in it.

But he said it would be 'naĂŻve' not to expect the UK to face a heightened risk from the already high risk of Iran-sponsored terrorism in the wake of what was happening.

The PM this morning said the attack was justified because Iran's nuclear programme was 'a grave threat to international security'.

But speaking later to broadcasters at his Chequers country retreat, the Prime Minister said there was a 'risk of escalation' adding: 'That's a risk to the region. It's a risk beyond the region, and that's why all our focus has been on de-escalating, getting people back around to negotiate what is a very real threat in relation to the nuclear programme.'

Efforts are underway to get trapped Britons out of Israel, as Tehran launched a barrage of revenge missiles at the country.

Mr Reynolds said it would be 'hours, not days' before they could be evacuated, with delays so far caused by Israeli airspace being closed.

The Foreign Office has asked British nationals in Israel to register their interest in a Government-organised flight out of the country early next week.

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1 posted on 06/22/2025 7:49:19 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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“there was a risk of the Middle East crisis spiralling beyond the region after Donald Trump ordered US planes and submarines to attack Iran’s nuclear programme.”

Uh...they have ALREADY spiralled into your region, you idiot.


2 posted on 06/22/2025 7:52:02 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Democracy to Democ rats is stealing other peoples money for their use, no matter how idiotic)
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To: MinorityRepublican

AttaBoi, Pansy. Like clockwork


3 posted on 06/22/2025 7:53:19 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Boycott everything Mexican. Vacations, food, restaurants. Regardless of ownership. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

They’re running out of missiles and living in bunkers. 🙄


4 posted on 06/22/2025 7:53:22 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: MinorityRepublican

He should warn Supreme Leader of atomization risk if he continues to FA.


5 posted on 06/22/2025 7:54:07 AM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back)
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To: goodnesswins

Yes


6 posted on 06/22/2025 7:54:14 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Keir, go back to your corner and quiver in fear, you gutless, virtue-signaling coward.


7 posted on 06/22/2025 7:55:25 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: MinorityRepublican

Of course Iran says what it says, and they will mount a response, and they know Trump will expect a response, so they will try to walk the line between a face-saving response and not provoke Trump into more action.


8 posted on 06/22/2025 7:57:02 AM PDT by odawg
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“Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.” – Niccolò Machiavelli


9 posted on 06/22/2025 7:57:55 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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More craven words from Perfidious Albion!


10 posted on 06/22/2025 7:58:43 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: Dr. Franklin

“War is the health of the State.”

Randolph Bourne


11 posted on 06/22/2025 7:58:48 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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A lot magical thinking in this war. Before the planes made it back to base, in the same announcement regarding the bombing, Trump said “now is the time for peace”. Now Starmer says anyone hitting back when attacked would be escalating things.
That’s like punching someone in a bar and then stepping back and saying everybody stay calm and let’s talk.


12 posted on 06/22/2025 7:59:18 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI….)
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iran has been spiraling into other regions for far too long…

nip it. nip it in the bud.


13 posted on 06/22/2025 7:59:50 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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We’re so used to military industry running these things we don’t imagine what Trump is even stating

The military industry hasn’t touched Iran in the decades since Carter started this thing, acting against the regime, harboring their enemy, nothing to do with our constitution.

I don’t know exactly what is going on in this action, I can say that we as a country have been told to be very afraid of the Iranian regime since Carter pissed them off royally

We expect Trump to sit around doing whatever some military industry rep “presidential advisor” says effectively prolonging this thing and effectively earning him and his buddies a lot of dough

But those guys are gone. And Iran has always been way beyond what interested them

When Trump says we are not putting up with our people being killed that’s what he means.


14 posted on 06/22/2025 8:00:48 AM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: odawg

Nailed it 👍


15 posted on 06/22/2025 8:00:51 AM PDT by Bobbyvotes (TERM LIMITS IS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP CORRUPT CAREER POLITICIANS. )
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"Iran vows to hit back at Trump's US"

'Tis only a flesh wound!

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16 posted on 06/22/2025 8:01:14 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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LOL...

Trump just settled that hash.

And the UK’s Deep State is not amused.


17 posted on 06/22/2025 8:03:07 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Interesting, an angry poster who suddenly became very active lately has had their posts removed. Their comments still in the history but not finding their posted articles.

Well bye, I guess.


18 posted on 06/22/2025 8:03:08 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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The risk of escalation?

That's one of the greatest excuses for cowards. What if they fight back? What if they hit me?

Everyone knows there's only one way to deal with a bully. Eventually, you will have to fight back.

You can look at Starmer and see that he's a coward. The entire UK leadership is cowering at the threat of domestic Muslims while they take over entire cities and groom and rape little girls.

19 posted on 06/22/2025 8:03:17 AM PDT by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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He is right that war can be unpredictable and have bad unintended consequences that we should try to avoid. But negotiating a weak resolution that allows Iran to cheat and ultimately restart its program has bad consequences too.


20 posted on 06/22/2025 8:05:04 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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