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Trump's war - Iran to bomb Fairford UK?

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Wyllow3 Thu 23-Jul-26 22:07:13

Well, US planes operate from Fairford into the Middle East. Now Iran has threatened the UK base.

Our response has been that we will defend ourselves: fair enough.

But personally, I think we should ban the US from our bases.
Trump has forced this on us. He has crossed a red line as far as I am concerned.

On BBC 10pm news, its not up in detail in an article I can find yet.

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Maremia Thu 23-Jul-26 22:11:57

Oh no. Do they have the range?

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Wyllow3 Thu 23-Jul-26 22:16:32

Ah, here's the article

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1w1e2542wno

please do read, too long to summarise.

I think the short answer is that Iran could damage British interests elsewhere as punitive measures

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Wyllow3 Thu 23-Jul-26 22:19:35

Trying to drag us into a war we never chose.

Trump is setting up a zero sum situation. There are no winners as such.

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Ladyleftfieldlover Thu 23-Jul-26 22:26:07

We live half an hour away from Fairford and often hear the US planes going overhead.

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BoggledMind Thu 23-Jul-26 22:36:24

Wyllow3
'But personally, I think we should ban the US from our bases.
Trump has forced this on us. He has crossed a red line as far as I am concerned.'

Exactly this. He should not be involving unwilling countries in his wars, but by using bases here, he is involving the UK. Andy Burnham should tell Trump to take his bombers back to the US and keep us out of it.

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Fallingstar Thu 23-Jul-26 22:44:34

I agree that the UK should stop allowing the US to use UK bases to bomb Iran, it doesn’t only mean that Iran will see us as a legitimate target in the war, but it means terrorists sympathetic with Iran could target the UK.
Let the US deal with the repercussions of their illegal wars, and leave us out of it.

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