Why on Earth did Britain join in on shooting down drones fired by Iran???

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I predicted before midnight last night, that Iran is a 4th world nation when it comes to modern warfare and at most, 1% of what they throw at Israel will get through. This morning, we learned that around 330 drones, possibly 3/4 Cruise missiles were fired and all were either shot down by warplanes or the IDF's, Iron Dome system, thankfully. One injury to child reported from falling debris.

Iran had to respond as like any weak leader hanging by the skin of their teeth, IE the Israeli PM authrosied an attack in Syria on Iran's consulate, which in turn killed 4 top generals and was an attack on Iran itself in the eyes of the world

Iran was looking seriously weak as it was putting up with these attacks as above. Iran wanted to prove itself but not go to a full war because like any country, those at the top of the food chain are cowards and do not want to lose their palaces, lifestyles, wealth etc, So Iran gave several days warning and also stated it wont use ballistic missiles which are near impossible to stop

Therefore, last night after giving several days warning, Iran launched the attack.
Thankfully, Iran's dictators had been mislead by their General's about how good these drones are. Iran is now looking like a fool, a very weak fool, as weak as the Israeli PM

Israeli PM started this by attacking Iran's embassy and this was done as the USA was backing off, holding off supplies re attacks on Gaza so the weak PM authrosied the attack knowing full well what may happen

We are in dangerous times now because, Israels PM is very, very weak and may do something that results in a much bigger war where many innocents are killed. Sadly, this is what weak leaders do. As you all know once Hamas has been eradicated, Gaza offensive finished the Israeli PM will lose his job so its in his interest to keep on fighting

Iran fully supports the proxies that are in Israel and surrounding areas

WTF did our stupid leader in number 10 allow Britain's planes to shoot down missiles? I bet you that in the heads of mad people, lone wolves, England is now at a great risk from a terrorist attack

Our naval forces depend on scavenging parts from other ships. The aircraft carried, rarely one of them works we never needed one never mind two. They have 2/3 warplanes between the carries. The people of Britain need looking after and our money, possibly tens of millions was thrown down the drain last night and I am guessing that Britain has wasted over 200 million by trying to shoot down Houti missiles and flying warplanes as it costs hundreds of thousands to fly a single warplane for a few hours never mind the missiles being used

AIBU to feel that Sunak and gang were totally wrong to get us/England/Britain involved in a a skirmish by shooting down Iran's drones, the attack that was initiated by Israel's weak PM by attacking Iran's Embassy/Consulate? WTF put us at further risk IE people of the UK and waste hundreds of millions of pounds of our/taxpayers money that could easily be better used!!

To be clear, I fully blame Hamas/their supported who live in 7 star hotels for the murderous attack on the people of Israel on Oct 7ht 2023. I also fully support Israels actions in Gaza to remove terrorists and free hostages

FYI, I blame the Israel PM for allowing the attack on Iran's Embassy/Consulate knowing full-well what may follow

[Title edited by MNHQ on OP's request]

Your title is wrong/misleading. Iran was attacking Israel. Britain was helping to defend Israel from attacks.

We are a NATO country. We have some skin in the fight.

I have asked MNHQ to correct the title. Thanks

Saudia Arabia was going to accept Israel as a friend and this is why the proxies of Iran attacked the Israeli people on Oct 7th

Weak leaders severe no one well other than themselves

There was no need for Britian to shoot down Iran's drones as the IDF and USA has more than enough fire-power

Do you know how many RAF jets were involved last night

The Arab states need to grow up and accept that Israel exists.

Grow up?

Didn't they shoot down the drones which had entered the space of Op Shader?

Yes, grow up. I could have written "accept the reality", but I prefer the phrase "grow up".

I think you might bow to your generally impoverished understanding of current affairs and namechange to 'UnderinformedSocial Commentator'. That or stick to increasingly demented posts about your fealty to the royal family.

So, "NATO" - Other than Brtian, who esle from "NATO" joined in to shoot down 150mph drones fired by Irran?

The drone "attacks" were done with agreement of the US, UK & Israel. Iran had to "retaliate" to save face and did so with the agreement their drones would be taken down en route by the US & UK.

You will see over the coming weeks that there is no further retaliation from Israel. They have no one backing them in this war.

Israel are loosing the war and attacked the embassy to provoke but it didn't work.

I'll find the link to the podcast and post it which explains this line of thinking.

Does anybody else in NATO have aircraft based in the area?

Israeli PM started this by attacking Iran's embassy

Er no, Iran has been openly hostile to Israel since 1991. Their proxies have been attacking Israel for quite some time. Iran's embassy in Syria is not somewhere that spends its time assisting hapless tourists, the it's very much a part of the paramilitaries attacking Israel.

OP, you don’t seem to understand what has actually happened. It was Iran attacking Israel. Naturally Israel defended itself, with some help from its allies.

Also, Jordan had to close its airspace and also shot down Iran’s drones - Iran’s leaders don’t care who they hurt.

Iran has also been supporting terrorists with their attacks against Israel for a long time.

Iran did not attack Israel last night. It legitimately retaliated in a limited fashion against an Israeli attack on their facility and as others have already stated, it was “allowed” to happen. It only gets dangerous if Israel now hits back at Iran.

Everyone got what they wanted from this piece of theatre.

Wouldn't it be nice if the US built an "iron dome" for Ukraine as well

UK did the right thing in helping defuse the attack.

Had the attack succeeded then Israel would have felt the need to retaliate severely. It didn't, so the risk of this developing further has lessened.

Ukraine is quite a large country.

France

yes, exactly this. Israel was escalating the situation by bombing what sounds like Iranian sovereign territory (the building by the consulate in Syria) and Iran had to do something to show it won't be pushed around. However, Iran gave ample notice so that Israel could protect itself which indicates it was all just posturing.

there is a chance now to de-escalate but who knows if Israel will take it.

Agree with the OP that the UK should back out. The UK needs to put its own citizens welfare first and not get involved in an amoral war to benefit Israel.

Any chance you could proofread your posts before posting to make it easier to read (they'll still be mostly nonsense but at least it will be easier to comprehend nonsense).

You tell me!!

Sadly, you have missed the point of who attacked Iran's embassy in syria and then the 4 days of warning giving by Iran on this face saving exercise and making a fool of themselves.

It's all there in the OP but you knew that