a drone after multiple warnings that it was invading Iranian airspace, at least that is the Iranian side of the lies that both parties are spreading. Do we even know if it was operated by American or Arabic controllers? We know nothing, except for what they want us to believe.
And do you really think there was only one drone in the air? So even selectively shared Radar tracks may not tell the real story.
Let's not be gullible, especially when human lives are at stake.
I'll refrain from commenting on that.
BTW., it's the US who unilaterally broke the internationally supported agreement, which Iran upheld, and the US imposed sanctions on anybody who does business with Iran. Do you really thnk that deliberately wrecking a sovern nation's economy (by request of Israel and Saudi Arabia?) is the best way to preserve peace in the middle East?
Cheers,
Bart
Not only preserve peace in the Middle East but retain the faith of the fellow western allies! Suddenly, the US, in body of Trump, is putting the screws onto people who have been its faithful (some might say blind) supporters for as long as anyone can remember. That's the new face of "special relationships", guys!
Remember you saw it first writ large in orange.
As for the cold logic of the US distancing Europe: does Mr T imagine that possible strikes may only come via Alaska? (Think Omaha Beach etc, when Hitler imagined the closest crossing, Calais, the logical point of attack.) Europe is full of early-warning sites; out tallest mountain in Mallorca, at 1445 metres, featured twin domes, US-built and run; today, I can only see one, which may or may not be an upgrade: they don't consult me, but maybe they consult another LuLa scribe. :-) I'm certain Gibraltar is not sitting idle as nothing but a low-grade accontancy haven, either, and the US airforce bases on the mainland just there for the summer weather, the female tourists and sangria, nor just the good of Europe alone.
Turning good, foreign relations sour because of pique or local vote-seeking intentions says more about the turncoat than the others.
If you want a parallel, then look no further than our mirror in Boris and what the Tories, my old party of choice, has become: their openly stated, over and over again, objective in trying to elect Boris as next PM has nothing to do with what the majority in Parliament has shown repeatedly to be their belief in the wisest choice for the country, but
an attempt to win the next general election. In other words, fuck the country's long-term interests, let's cater to the tiny majority of voter that wants to commit collective suicide; it might switch all its vote to New Tory and keep us in great sinecures.
It has certainly lost my potential vote, should I ever again be in a position to exercise it, which they clearly don't want me to be able to do, or they would not have disenfranchised me and thousands more from the original Brexit decision vote. Who needs the opinion of somebody with actual experience of what it all means?
