Posted on 03/06/2026 7:04:31 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
The American-Israeli attacks on Iran were publicly called Epic Fury, but behind the scenes it is Britain’s handling of the war which provoked that reaction – not just from Donald Trump but from the UK’s allies in the Gulf. A Labour peer was in Washington when the first missiles slammed into Tehran on Friday evening and Keir Starmer refused to voice support. A member of the Trump administration told the peer: “Britain used to not contribute that much, but you were a good ally. Now you’re contributing nothing and you’re not even a good ally.”
A version of events has quickly become established: a Prime Minister with a near-religious belief in international law hid behind the advice of his Attorney General, Richard Hermer, that the attacks were illegal.
The truth is more nuanced and highlights Starmer’s weakness. When the crunch came, in a National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Friday, the Prime Minister was not able to carry his own cabinet. While he did not want Britain to join the military action, he did think there was a case for allowing Trump to use the bases at Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford to launch the attacks. However, he was blocked by an alliance of Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Yvette Cooper, the Foreign Secretary.
Hermer’s ruling – that international law does not permit preemptive strikes unless there is an “imminent” threat to Britain – was already established when the Americans contacted UK officials on February 11 to ask about the use of the bases – 17 days before the offensive began, 17 days in which Britain could have done much more to prepare.
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Did we just attack and expect they would join in when we said? Or was the UK in on the planning?
What’s the anti-Jew angle here anyway?
(Rolls eyes …)
He’s on the side of the weak, woke, campus professor puke types.
That all reads about right to me. Thanks for posting.
Starmer is on Obama’s side.
The side that will do anything to screw America.
Who emptied the asylum?
The man has steer karma.
That would be the right thing to do if you wanted the plan to be divulged.
I wonder if British officers had to jack slap him, just to allow the U.S. restricted use of British air bases?
Is Norway against the removal too?
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