In Libya there was already a civil war before Western jets became involved. Western airpower then intervened on the anti-Gaddafi side, and not surprisingly that meant the regime lost. I think Western… (View Post)

When has that ever happened before? It hasn't. It's a complete red herring. It's not going to happen. The nearest example would be the uprising against Saddam in the 1990-91 Gulf War -… (View Post)

Put simply: We're scared of Russia, and have been successfully deterred by Russian threats. I would choose to do it. (View Post)

Israel has about twice as many combat aircraft as Britain. Given that per capita measures are popular on here, that's roughly 2 combat aircraft per million population in the UK, and 29 in Israel… (View Post)

There's a minimum of two countries between Iran and Israel. A protracted war isn't possible. Iran would very quickly lose almost all it's long-range capability - that it hasn't al… (View Post)