The question no one dares ask: what if Britain has to defend itself from the US? | George Monbiot - eviltoast
  • MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.ee
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    23 hours ago

    The best way to defend a country from the US is to not engage them in traditional warfare but use guerilla tactics until they give in and go home. They’ve lost multiple wars this way.

    • Lemming421@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      But also to not have multiple US military bases already on British soil.

      I’m not a military person, but I feel that could be seen as tactically unwise…

      • wiccan2@lemmy.world
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        22 hours ago

        This is what I was saying to someone a couple of weeks ago when Musk was talking about liberating the UK.

        They don’t need to invade us, they’re already here.

      • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        21 hours ago

        Dont they technically own those bases? They ones i remember were very explicitly named RAF (Royal Air Force), don’t know about other US branches presence

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      20 hours ago

      If they invade the UK we’re just going to throw all their bud light in the sea. See how they like it.

    • MurrayL@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      Unfortunately even then the M.O. is to flatten half the country, dismantle any existing government, then half-heartedly declare victory before leaving any survivors to clean up the mess.

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    17 hours ago

    Article 5 happens the same as if they invade Canada or even Greenland.

  • snaprails @feddit.uk
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    18 hours ago

    No one dares to ask? Or just no one needs to ask since the answer is obviously “we’re fucked”.

  • FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    17 hours ago

    This may need to start very soon. On 24 February, the UN general assembly voted on a Ukrainian resolution, co-sponsored by the UK and other European nations, condemning Russia’s invasion. Unsurprisingly, Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Hungary and several small and easily cowed states voted against it. But so did the US andIsrael. This, more clearly than any other shift, exposes the new alignment. An axis of autocracy, facilitating an imperial war of aggression, confronts nations committed (albeit to varying degrees) to democracy and international law.

  • shoulderoforion@fedia.io
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    21 hours ago

    I’ve been asking this since Trump declared for Russia. UK has nukes, they lease the missiles from the US, and those missiles supposedly have a shelf life, but in a pinch, push comes to shove, they probably can be extended use for decades, also, France makes missiles that would carry British nuclear warheads, so there’s that. Donald Trump, Making The European Union Great Again

    • zedcell@lemmygrad.ml
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      17 hours ago

      Trident’s functionality is entirely reliant on the US.

      Our nuclear deterrent is the US’s nuclear deterrent but it’s parked in Scotland to have access to Russia’s western front.

      • wewbull@feddit.uk
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        17 hours ago

        I don’t really understand this.

        The subs are British and are commanded by Royal Navy Officers. They can launch autonomously as target sites autonomously as that’s the whole point of the UKs deterent, to operate after first strike has occurred and all friendly infrastructure / command structure has been destroyed.

        A RN officer will not take orders from a US officer, so how is Trident sub or weapon under control of the US?