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geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 months ago

UK sending military transport planes from their Cyprus base to Tel Aviv

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UK sending military transport planes from their Cyprus base to Tel Aviv

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  • Andy_R@feddit.uk
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    How much money is being wasted fighting for a genocide that could be spent at home making life better?

    • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
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      Trillions. Meanwhile China is sitting back and enjoying the collapse of the West over Israel

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    The cool thing about transport planes is that they aren’t just useful in war. It’s a big flying box. Sure it could be sending weapons or troops, but it could just as easily be sending doctors or diplomats or vehicles for a security team. Or nothing, but will be used to take stuff out of the region.

    You already payed for the A400M, and it’s perfectly suited for sketchy neighborhoods like this since it can carry countermeasures. Why not use it?

    • Samskara@sh.itjust.works
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      Could also send humanitarian aid or medical supplies.

      • SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works
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        Exactly. A military cargo plane landing somewhere doesn’t mean the same as a squadron of fighters.

    • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
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      It’s a massive military transport plane. This would be like sending a Boeing 737 instead of a private jet. Makes zero sense.

    • HM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.uk
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      Or evacuate citizens like in Afghanistan

  • Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    The UK?? They would never support colonizers!

    • Squizzy@lemmy.world
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      Colonising too nice a word for what they are doing

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        It is the historically consistent word, though. Colonial empires were always this cruel, everywhere.

  • Tomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    At least it did a loop-de-loop

    • 🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.world
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      If I hear one more peep I am turning this plane around!

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