UK pulled jets from Romania to intercept Iranian drones

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1. Insufficient assets rears its ugly head once again. It’s also a confusing piece of political messaging; it’s unlikely that our support is decisive in the middle-east by any measure so the deployment is probably unnecessary for Israeli security…but we apparently decided to signal that we prioritise that over _European_ security despite the rhetoric lately of Russia’s greatly increased threat.

2. Must be weird whizzing around faster than sound world so small.

3. Really kind of frustrated we’re getting involved in another war in the ME that has nothing to do with us. They’ve got billions per year from the US as well as full support from its military and its bases all over the region. We don’t really need to be pulling forces from Eastern Europe and spending our budget on protecting them.

4. And I’m assuming when Israel ignores the world about retaliation we’ll be doing the same for Iran?

   Wouldn’t want the government to be hypocritical now ..

5. As an atheist country, why are we getting involved in a religious war?

6. So we’re putting our NATO allies at a disadvantage in order to support a genocidal state in the middle east?

7. Wild we’re helping this country that absolutely does not give a fuck about us, if anything one that actually dislikes us.

8. The interesting aspect would be when they pulled those jets.

   My understanding of the situation is that the nature of the attack allowed our decision makers time to act. If it turns out our intervention was preplanned then that would be meaningful information.

9. If you think calmly about the current war theaters and the danger that the world can face from middle East then it makes sense.

   Let me explain what I mean.

   Russia’s invasion in Ukraine is unlikely to escalate to a newclear level. Yes, i know that the Ukrainian front needs our help but if things go bad in the middle East then we won’t be able to help Ukraine at all.

   What do i mean by things go bad?

   Well, if Israel hits any target inside the Iranian territory we might see a full scale war in the middle East region.
   Lebanon is alao gonna be involved as the the terrorist Hezbollah group is there.
   Yemen is also an other country that will be involved because of Houthies.
   Last but not least Syria has at least a couple jihadists groups that would love to attack Israel, if they get the order from Iran.

   In this scenario Israel might believe that this is an ultimate threat and uses newclear weapons against Iran.

   I am not saying that this will definitely happen but its a possible scenario.

   So, i think it’s better if we make sure that this scenario never becomes a reality and then we should go back to help Ukraine as best as we can.

   I know that the situation in Ukraine is dire but the middle East situation is a global threat that could lead the world to a WW3.

   England, and really any other western country, should help de-escalate the situation in the middle East through diplomacy and soft power. It’s for our own good.

   At least that’s my opinion and my point of view of the current global events.

10. Why did they pull the jets from Romania, couldn’t they just fly them?

11. If only we had some longer distance interception capabilities, like the American SM3 or equivalent. We could fire those from the Mediterranean Sea with no jets taking off at all.

12. Didn’t do anything to stop isreal bombing Palestine though, keep gobbling isreal dick