[ifwinterco]

UK has been trying to thread the needle of staying out of what is obviously a complete cluster** of a war while also not annoying the US too much, but US bombers are taking off from air force bases in the UK to bomb Iran all the time.

Because of that and the general ingrained hostility of the permanent UK security state to Iran, they view us as a legitimate target albeit not a particularly important one because we’re just not that powerful anymore

[PearlRiver]

Yeah when Americans talk about how bad a deal NATO is they always conveniently forget the military bases. Most of their wars tend to involve Ramstein for example.

[ifwinterco]

Yep, also in my experience for some reason British people have a hard time understanding why this might be considered hostile from the people being bombed from our soil.

Even when given the example of roles reversed and asked how they would feel about France or Ireland if Russia had air bases in those countries they were using to bomb London, people just can’t see the issue.

In a sense we’re still under American occupation 80 years later, not just physically but more importantly in our minds