They're Missing The Point
I was idly listening to some UK commentary on Saturday's decapitation strike on Iran , and it convinced me that just about everyone is missing the point. The UK government has continued to tread a delicate diplomatic line by avoiding explicit support for the US and Israeli strikes on Iran while condemning Iran’s “indiscriminate” attacks on other countries. . . . The Greens and the Liberal Democrats have both denounced the military action taken by the US and Iran as illegal. . . . As strikes on Tehran continued, the Sunday Times reported that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had blocked the USA from using British air bases to launch attacks on legal grounds. Healey repeatedly batted back questions this morning on whether he believed the strikes were legal, saying that “we didn’t participate”. But by March 1, Starmer had sorta-kinda changed his position : But Iran is striking British interests nonetheless, and putting British people at huge risk, along with our...