If 300 missiles and drones hit Britain, would we be sitting on our hands?
by Andrew Neil, Daily Mail:
Israel has a right to retaliate… and loose talk about World War III is designed to intimidate it into doing nothing.
Within hours of Iran‘s mass missile and drone attack on Israel overnight on Saturday, the consensus of the global commentariat forming in newspapers and TV channels was that Israel should refrain from retaliation.
Many political leaders, especially those always quick to tell Israel what it should do when attacked, echoed the need for restraint. It is quite remarkable advice for a country which has just been the target of more than 150 Iranian drones armed with explosives, around 30 cruise missiles and about 120 ballistic missiles.
If so many weapons of destruction had rained down on Britain, would we be listening to those urging caution, nodding thoughtfully at such sage advice and agreeing that it would probably be best for all concerned if we just sat on our hands? I suggest that any UK government which went along with that would quickly be driven from power.
As we saw with the Argentinian invasion of the Falklands all those years ago, there would be an overwhelming national demand for a robust response to show we cannot be attacked with impunity — and that those who think they can should pay a terrible price. We’d expect our allies to stand alongside us, offering every possible assistance. So nobody should be surprised if that’s also the mood today in Israel.
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