Factually Britain just told Trump he can’t use his US base in Britain to attack Iran. Most likely because the government t lawyers told Stamer that if he allows the US to use those bases to attack a sovereign country without UN or international justification, they would be considered accessories.
My understanding is that UK-based facilities ultimately operate under British sovereignty, so approval would depend on the circumstances and legal framework at the time.
Situations like that are often more nuanced than headlines suggest.
“Questions of international law would likely be applied by the UK government in justifying support for any US military action in Iran.
Under a long-held agreement, the US would have to first request to use any UK sovereign military bases before conducting military operations.
Under international law, there is no distinction between a state carrying out the attack and those which have supported that state, if the latter has "knowledge of the circumstances of the internationally wrongful act".
Thank you for fact-checking and for pointing out how we are being so inundated with information that it's becoming more and more difficult to sort truth from fiction.
And my goodness, there is so much out there that is fictional! Deliberately so. It's mind manipulation. Brainwashing that is so insidious in its architecture that even the most learned among us gets sucked in.
It's what one nasty U.S. man with a platform, who shall remain nameless, calls "flooding the zone". It's a purposefully designed overwhelm of the senses until our human neuro system does what it has evolved to do when it experiences the bombardment of over-stimulation: it shuts down! It numbs itself to the onslaught, receiving nothing, and in the process, the true and important information is also blocked out.
Society is experiencing an information nervous breakdown!
To discriminate what is bullshit from what is essential information is a skill and an ability that is being lost in the social media firestorm. We need to rely on this once innate and intuitive ability for healthy human survival. But it's being seriously and harmfully anesthetized.
(I also believe this numbing is occurring as well on our moral compasses. But that's a rant for another day! 😉)
Thankfully, there are people like you, Fred, who are capable of sorting and discarding and then presenting the facts and the reality to the rest of us by poking us awake with your wisdom.
I also believe that the generations who were allowed to develop critical thinking skills, prior to the overwhelm of digital media, have a stronger ability to discriminate. My bias. These folks must find their voices, speak up, and thus earn the trust of the legions of sheep who are victims of the dis- and mis-information tsunami.
Everyone should dump America at this point. Literally the entire world should dump us. If you don’t, that means you support what is happening here and you just put yourselves in danger. Because he isn’t stopping with destroying the US. You can see clearly with his bullshit Board of “Peace”.
Factually Britain just told Trump he can’t use his US base in Britain to attack Iran. Most likely because the government t lawyers told Stamer that if he allows the US to use those bases to attack a sovereign country without UN or international justification, they would be considered accessories.
My understanding is that UK-based facilities ultimately operate under British sovereignty, so approval would depend on the circumstances and legal framework at the time.
Situations like that are often more nuanced than headlines suggest.
From the BBC,
“Questions of international law would likely be applied by the UK government in justifying support for any US military action in Iran.
Under a long-held agreement, the US would have to first request to use any UK sovereign military bases before conducting military operations.
Under international law, there is no distinction between a state carrying out the attack and those which have supported that state, if the latter has "knowledge of the circumstances of the internationally wrongful act".
Thank you for fact-checking and for pointing out how we are being so inundated with information that it's becoming more and more difficult to sort truth from fiction.
And my goodness, there is so much out there that is fictional! Deliberately so. It's mind manipulation. Brainwashing that is so insidious in its architecture that even the most learned among us gets sucked in.
It's what one nasty U.S. man with a platform, who shall remain nameless, calls "flooding the zone". It's a purposefully designed overwhelm of the senses until our human neuro system does what it has evolved to do when it experiences the bombardment of over-stimulation: it shuts down! It numbs itself to the onslaught, receiving nothing, and in the process, the true and important information is also blocked out.
Society is experiencing an information nervous breakdown!
To discriminate what is bullshit from what is essential information is a skill and an ability that is being lost in the social media firestorm. We need to rely on this once innate and intuitive ability for healthy human survival. But it's being seriously and harmfully anesthetized.
(I also believe this numbing is occurring as well on our moral compasses. But that's a rant for another day! 😉)
Thankfully, there are people like you, Fred, who are capable of sorting and discarding and then presenting the facts and the reality to the rest of us by poking us awake with your wisdom.
I also believe that the generations who were allowed to develop critical thinking skills, prior to the overwhelm of digital media, have a stronger ability to discriminate. My bias. These folks must find their voices, speak up, and thus earn the trust of the legions of sheep who are victims of the dis- and mis-information tsunami.
Keep up the great work! ❤️🇨🇦
Thank you, Cath... I really appreciate this.
The information environment has definitely become overwhelming, and I think many people are trying to make sense of it in good faith.
My goal is simply to slow things down, look at the evidence, and share what I find as clearly as possible.
We all benefit when more voices engage thoughtfully.
Everyone should dump America at this point. Literally the entire world should dump us. If you don’t, that means you support what is happening here and you just put yourselves in danger. Because he isn’t stopping with destroying the US. You can see clearly with his bullshit Board of “Peace”.
I understand the frustration Jessica. Political periods can feel very intense from the inside.
Countries don’t operate on emotion, though... relationships are built on long-term interests, economics, and security realities.
Stability usually returns over time, even after difficult cycles.
Great information. Keep up the great work.
Thanks Vinny... appreciate you being here.