Europe needs to refuse as well, and UK
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2025
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I keep seeing the UK bending over for trump, so I wouldn't count on them.
In the future books will call it last minute diplomatic efforts
Fortunately in this specific case we're probably not close enough to be useful
Diego Garcia is British territory.
Was British Territory, currently in transition to Mauritius.
If the chatter is to be believed the gathering B-2s are headed to Yemen to rain GBU-57s on the Houthi rebels underground bunkers. This would clearly demonstrate to Iran that their bunkers wouldn't be reliable in a conflict with the United States.
Trump is an idiot though so who knows.
Well yeah, if the US goes to war with Iran then Iran is going to target oil infrastructure in the Gulf.
Fear of Iran is not the motivating factor for Gulf states closing their airspace.
Iran would be especially stupid to target other states' oil production as that would only foster a unified front against them and harm their own agenda.
The Gulf states just don't want conflict in general, smell a potential for escalation, and can see the U.S.'s weakening position. Also the U.S has been buying less and less oil from SA.
If Iran strikes first, that would be a different story, but for now, they are fighting entirely through proxies.
So the U.S. is also limited to targeting those proxies, or using their own.
The U.S. wouldn't use B-52's as a first strike anyway and don't need access to the aforementioned airspace to do so.
This airspace limitation is a dog and pony show. At least for now. If the U.S. keeps warming up to Russia, that may cool some heels on the Iranian front, but would also further exacerbate their strained relationship with the Gulf States.
Long story short, Trump's policies are making everyone hate the U.S. except for Israel and Russia. And that is fucking wild.
Just another gulf for Trump to rename.