The UK's legal position on the use of its bases in the Middle East is solid with one glaring hole: The US cannot act in collective self-defence with the Gulf States. It is the aggressor. Ergo the UK cannot assist the US in collective self-defence.
Janina Dill
Not really. Saying one thing in Parliament and deciding to let US American military use British airbases to launch their weapons against Iran shows clear support of US American international law violations in action on behalf of the British government.
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Antje Wiener
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British premier, after carefully nurturing relations with the US president, makes clear they are at odds over the Iran war
