Posted on 10/25/2012 5:16:42 PM PDT by markomalley
The British government rejected U.S. requests to use military bases in the United Kingdom as part of a build-up in the Gulf, citing legal concerns that a pre-emptive strike on Iran would violate international law, The Guardian reported.
Citing unnamed U.K. officials, the Guardian reported that the United States has made informal requests for access to British bases in Cypress and British territories in the Atlantic and Indian oceans as part of contingency planning for Iran.
But British ministers have responded with legal advice from the U.K. attorney generals office that says Iran does not currently represent a clear and present danger.
As a result, providing assistance to U.S. forces potentially involved in a strike on Iran would violate international law, according to the Guardian.
The UK would be in breach of international law if it facilitated what amounted to a pre-emptive strike on Iran," said a British defense official. It is explicit. The government has been using this to push back against the Americans.
The Obama administration has not made a formal request to the British government for military access. U.K. officials said they did not believe there was any movement toward a conflict, but that the United States was exploring the British position on the use of bases.
Pentagon officials did not immediately respond to request for comment on the report. A U.S. State Department official told the Guardian: "The U.S. and the U.K. co-ordinate on all kinds of subjects all the time, on a huge range of issues. We never speak on the record about these types of conversations."
The Obama administration says it wants a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear dispute, although President Obama has said he will not rule out using military force to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Iran insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only, while the United States and its allies suspect Iran is seeking nuclear weapons.
Ha........ This is a slap in the face. If Obama were white, it would leave a red mark.
The Brits are waiting. They and the whole world are waiting for the November 6 crucifixion of the Messiah
“Citing unnamed U.K. officials, the Guardian reported that the United States has made informal requests for access to British bases in Cypress and British territories in the Atlantic and Indian oceans as part of contingency planning for Iran.”
It seems to me the question should be why is the US (aka Obama the Commander in Chief) looking for bases to attack Iran and might that happen just before the election?
ask the author of the article
Never trust anything 0zer0 says, implies, suggests, or leaks -watch what the marxist does THAT is how you ascertain what is what.
Bingo!
Great Britain, France and Germany have been rounding up all the leaders of any groups that are considered anti-muslim.
...Lawrence of Arabia, Chamberlain, defaming of the USA to many trading partners behind our backs,... So what else is new?
Obama said it himself “It’s all about trust”. The UK can’t trust Obama anymore than any other non Muslim State, so this is what Obama gets.
The question is whether we can ever get back all the old alliances now that America screwed them all by putting this foreign enemy combatant into our White House.
And how are we ever going to apologize enough for what we’ve put our military through? That’s the part that bothers me the worst. This whole country owes a huge apology to the families of our slain and wounded military personnel, for putting an enemy in as their (unlawful) Commander-in-Chief.
96% of the UK is non-Muslim.
I’d really like to encounter this dhimmi UK I keep being told about.
What, the massive FOUR PERCENT in the UK that are Muslim?.
Or could it be that we arent the 51st state, we arent your b*tch and we dont ask how high when you say jump.
News for you, Einstein.
We are in a better financial position than you. And you were China’s biatch BEFORE the recession.
What help?.
We didnt much need you in 1982 (the US help then has been grossly exaggerated), and we’d fight another Falklands on our own, thanks.
Stop throwing your toys out of the pram. We are Britain, not state no 51. Last time I looked, we dont ask how high when you say jump.
If Americans are going to take the hump because god forbid, the Limeys decide to do whats best in the interest of their country and their military, then thats your problem, not ours.
Arent you the biggest, toughest mofos anyway, who can easily kick everyone’s ass?. Surely then you dont need the poor little Limeys or anyone else.....
Isolationism, Joe Kennedy, Father Coughlin, Lindbergh, turning up late for two world wars, stabbing Britain in the back over Suez....
so what else is new?.
I like your thinking.
The Hill must be real MORONS. They don’t even know what they are writing about of even proofread the article.
Where exactly is “CYPRESS”.... that is a tree found all over SC LA, FL GA in the swamps?
Now, the country of CYPRUS is in the Mediterranean and has two British bases on it, granted by treaty in 1960 when Cyprus gained its independence from the UK. It would be those bases the US might have asked to use— but I doubt it. This is more rocket rattle october surprise stuff. But the UN no doubt trying to help obamao.
even our best friends in the world doesn’t like us anymore. It’s all OBAMAS FAULT!
When we get that arse out of office, the adults can resume discussion of options vis-a-vis Iran.
Without us "showing up", you would have a much more decidedly Russian accent.
I pray for Mitt Romney to win in November, and unite us WITH our allies once again. Until then, remember that We the People are the freedom fighters in this country against the enemy obozo. Bite the bullet and let's win this war in November.
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