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Somebody should develop an extension that replaces that word with "expresses concern" and we'd all be better for it.
Fuck Politico, Axel Springer and Döpfner. Don't share, don't click.
I'm happy Starmer limited the use for defensive purposes, but maybe even that was too much.
As Israel would say to Lebanon, don't act shocked when your territory is bombed for harboring my enemy
Oh yeah because Cyprus chose to have UK bases in its territory. Bruh
Because Lebanese people chose to have Hezbollah neighbors?
I didn't realize they were colonized by Hezbollah.
Anyway it was an unlucky analogy on your part and that's it. Cheers
Cyprus is doing exactly what Iran wants them to. I totally agree with them, but still it's be better if they are angry with Iran in public (and also with uk, but in private).
There are plenty reasons for being pissed of at Iran, but shooting back at their attackers when being attacked is none of them, that's what is generally seen as a right of a sovereign state.
Iran attacked a British air force base in Cyprus, neither of those attacked Iran. Also, you can still be angry if somebody does something that is their right.
That particular base has been (and possibly still is) used as a staging area by the US air force.
The UK does not allow the US to use it for offensive missions. I agree with you that Iran has every right to fight back, but if you hit me in the face and i hit your brother that is not 'fighting back'. Iran is horizontally expanding the war because that strategy is most in their favour (at least according to them). A British military base could be seen as a legitimate target, but that does not mean Cyprus cannot be angry about it. Missiles and drones do not always succesfully hit their target and innocent people were (and probably still are) in danger. I find it very understandable that Cyprus does not like this, but to repeat my initial point: the whole reason Iran targets a place like this is so other countries (e.g. Cyprus) pressure the US into halting their campaign. This is why i'm saying they shouldn't voice their anger too publicly. Aside from what rights Iran does or does not have, and aside from how legal the attack from Israel and the US is; Iran considers us (the Europeans including Cyprus and the US) their enemy. We should not allow Iran to abuse out internal disagreements.
The UK does not allow the US to use it for offensive missions.
That's hair splitting though, because a whole lot of US aircraft have moved through that base in preparation for the attack. And they have been seen, pictures have been all over the internet. Logistics to support the war are also going through European US bases, and (especially military) logistics of an opponent are a legitimate target, too.
the whole reason Iran targets a place like this is so other countries (e.g. Cyprus) pressure the US into halting their campaign. This is why i’m saying they shouldn’t voice their anger too publicly.
And the US halting their reckless war would be a bad thing exactly why?
Iran considers us (the Europeans including Cyprus and the US) their enemy. We should not allow Iran to abuse out internal disagreements.
The US, at least with its current government, considers Europe as an enemy, too, and is actively working on overthrowing European cooperation by supporting anti-Euroopean political forces in a lot of European countries, and is waging a trade war on Europe. (Quite likely on behalf of Russia, another declared enemy of Europe, currently engaged in a war of imperialist conquest on European soil)
Disagreements with the US aren't "internal". I'm not saying Europe should go "the enemy of my enemy is my friend", but it needs to urgently detach itself from the US. If that comes with the added benefit of not painting giant targets all over the European countryside thanks to US military presence and the US starting reckless wars in Europe's back yard, that's a good thing.