As you have been hearing, the situation in the Middle East has further escalated as Iran have attacked US military bases.
It is believed that the Trump administration were aware in advance of these attacks.
But let me take you back to the early hours of Sunday morning and after days of deliberation, United States President Donald Trump confirmed that he ordered the bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran.
The strikes were in “full co-ordination" with Israel, and followed a tense 72 hours in which senior White House advisers had become increasingly convinced that diplomatic channels had been exhausted.
Jacob Rees-Mogg says Donald Trump's strike on Iran's nuclear bases was 'the sensible thing to do'
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They believed military action was the only way to eliminate the threat of Iran’s nuclear programme.
Foreign Secretary David Lammy was quick to stress that the UK was not involved in any capacity.
And Armed Forces minister Luke Pollard refused to say whether the government were for or against US action.
The very fact that Trump went ahead with the strikes is embarrassing for the Prime Minister, as he said on Tuesday that he had 'no doubt' that the US would not intervene.
Sir Keir Starmer said his focus is on ‘de-escalation,’ as he refused to say if the UK would support the US if it is attacked.
The British Government looks feeble and frail. The Prime Minister’s statement has welcomed the destruction of Iran’s nuclear programme, but is notably silent on its legality, a silence no doubt attributable to his pedantic Attorney General Lord Hermer.
It is understood that Hermer advised against supporting any military action against Iran, warning that it may be illegal.
However, the UK may use force to aid another State which is acting in self-defence. Not that anyone should care about this as the niceties of international law would not stop a nuclear bomb dispatched by Iran falling on our heads.
It is also important to remember that Iran has repeatedly threatened to attack British bases and personnel if the UK ‘assists’ Israel.
Iran's attack on US bases in the Middle East earlier this evening further proves the need for Britain to have a unified stance with our threatened allies.
The Prime Minister and his cabinet have adopted the peacock approach, showing fine feathers but doing nothing other than issuing fatuous messages about de-escalation.
Every Christian engagement in the Middle East since the Siege of Jerusalem in 1187 has failed, but it is impossible to ignore the fundamental threat that Iran poses to our national security.
It is clear that diplomatic solutions have failed, and if the West does not intervene now, Iran will join North Korea in a different league, becoming unanswerable to any other power.
Striking Iran’s nuclear bases was the sensible thing to do, and we, in the West, must hope that it works. We ought to thank Israel and Donald Trump for trying to make the world a safer place.
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