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muriel_volestrangler

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3. As far as I can tell, France is not helping in attacks on Iran
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:58 AM
Yesterday

I don't think they have the exact equivalent of the RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia airbases, which are run purely for US use. So they haven't had the same question of "is it fine if attacks are launched from there?" Starmer at first refused that; now he's OKed "defensive action" against missile launching sites (which means some mid-level officer in the USAF signs something saying "yes, honestly, we restricted the targets for these flight to missile launchers, no, we'd never lie to you about that", and Starmer has a piece of paper to wave at international lawyers).

I think this means Starmer's and Macron's positions are still roughly the same. Rutte, SecGen of NATO, is more gung-ho (cheerleading Trump, basically), but he doesn't get elected by normal people.

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