[News] Are we at war?

[The Clamp]

It feels like we might be?

US says strikes on Iran-linked militias just ‘the beginning’ of its response

National security adviser refuses to rule out targeting Iran after 85 sites were attacked in Iraq and Syria

www.theguardian.com

 

[Eeyore]

No, just old men sending out young men to kill each other.

The world never changes.

 

[A1X]

No but I think things are starting to escalate in the Middle East into something extremely messy and dangerous, and the only way we can start to de-escalate is for Israel to be bought back under control which nobody seems interested in doing

 

[Happy Exile]

There's an argument we've been at war for years, just not in the sense of mass armed conflict between the biggest nations. Poisonings here and elsewhere, espionage apparently increasing, technology as a state means of mass surveillance of foreign populations (Huawei accusations for eg), hacking at an astronomical scale to compromise essential infrastructure, attempted and successful election interference, and then all the proxy conflicts that have gone on for decades. At the moment it feels like it wouldn't take much to tip that over into major armed conflict, it feels horribly like it's all building up to it.

 

[Stat Brother]

Rishi's gotta find votes from somewhere.

 

[sparkie]

Yes. We have been in a hybrid war with Putin for over 10 years and it's becoming more and more likely to go hot

 

[Guinness Boy]

Of course we’re not. We’ve never truly been at peace for a long while though.

 

[Mustafa II]

At this moment in time, it's a conflict, not a war.

I'm pretty violence/anti-war - but it's difficult to justify anything about the Houthis.

They're really giving us no choice if they continue to attack international ships that really have nothing to do with them.

 

[franks brother]

Don't panic, our Royal family, politicians, and elite will all be safe

 

[ElectricNaz]

We're at war. We have been since Russia attacked Ukraine.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Who could blame anyone in the Middle East for hating Team America World Police and its mini-me the UK? Why can't they/we just stay home instead of trying to shape the globe in their/our image?

 

[Krafty]

We are not at war.

 

[Zeus]

Nothing like war when an election trouncing is on the cards.

 

[carlzeiss]

If we are or about to be then this needs fixing fast

Mechanical issue prevents HMS Queen Elizabeth from sailing on NATO exercise | Navy Lookout

www.navylookout.com

 

[Deadly Danson]

If we are and we blow the world to smithereens, at least we will have the upper hand over Palace for all eternity.

 

[portslade seagull]

It feels like we might be?

US says strikes on Iran-linked militias just ‘the beginning’ of its response

National security adviser refuses to rule out targeting Iran after 85 sites were attacked in Iraq and Syria

www.theguardian.com

Not sure why we get involved. America looking after its oil interests so they can keep feeding their gas guzzlers

 

[A mex eyecan]

It seems that there are so many peoples around the whole world egging for a fight that sadly I think that the way things seem to be heading a huge war is almost inevitable.

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

Who could blame anyone in the Middle East for hating Team America World Police and its mini-me the UK? Why can't they/we just stay home instead of trying to shape the globe in their/our image?

What is the alternative when the Houthis keep indiscriminately attacking ships?

 

[Biscuit]

That isn't the war I'm worried about being right around the corner.

 

[The Clamp]

That isn't the war I'm worried about being right around the corner.

Martians?