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US B1 bombers scurrying back to their homeland from RAF Fairford brings joy to many!
Precisely what happened at this base is unclear but Iranian involvement is totally unevidenced.
In any event the US retreat has profound implications for the US/Nato war machine, for the military strategy of our power elite and the craven politicians who support them.
The fact the US no longer trusts its main European servant is profoundly humiliating for both sides.
Spain closed its airspace to US war planes involved in the illegal actions in Gaza and Iran but UK Defence Secretary, Wes Streeting, makes clear we’ll continue to give succour to the US empire.
For all of PM Burnham’s domestic ‘good vibes’ he’s as keen as Starmer to place kisses on Trump’s backside!
Since the Second World War, the UK has been the Pentagon’s unsinkable aircraft carrier.
We provided a forward base for US aggression against the Soviet Union, in the Balkans and the Middle East.
This must end!
The temporary departure of Trump’s war planes must be made permanent.
Most British people are disgusted by events in Gaza, infuriated by the White House’s plundering in South America and exasperated by the ‘forever war’ in Ukraine.
Peace is a basic precondition for human life.
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Building this requires US nukes and troops out of Britain.
Britain out of Nato and the closure of all British bases abroad.
Let’s adopt the slogan of the brave Vietnamese people: ‘Yankee Air Pirates Go Home’!