"The UK has allowed the US to launch “defensive” operations from British bases hosting American planes since the start of its war on Iran but has refused to help in offensive operations." Surely, in the context of an illegal war, the distinction between defensive and offensive disappears. No?
UK ‘ready to defend itself’ after Iranian threat over US basesIRGC claims base in south-west England was used by US to launch bombing missions, making it ‘legitimate target’www.theguardian.com