I wonder if what isn't being acknowledged is that the US is surprised Iran's fighting back with more, and possibly better, missiles than expected, and the air defence systems deployed might not be able to cope...

BBC News - UK will allow US to use bases to strike Iranian missile sites, PM says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj9g11p1ezo

UK will allow US to use bases to strike Iranian missile sites, says Starmer

The prime minister says it remains the case that the UK will "not join offensive action now".

BBC News

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Anyone who protested at R.A.F. #GreenhamCommon over the years is probably telling anyone who will listen that two nuclear powers (the U.S.A. and #Israel) attacking a putative want-to-be nuclear power (#Iran) with the U.K. caught in the middle with the U.S.A. using its military bases, is exactly what they were talking about.

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