British Military Planning for Iranian Strike?

[Flyingblind]

The UK thinking of joining an attack on Iran?

• Iran is not Iraq, its a vastly larger Country with a vastly different populace. The Israelis and others know this and why dinner jacket etc are still there. Time will tell.
• Dinner jacket has on countless times that any Country that strikes Iran would receive massive retaliation in response - he further warned that Iran has the ability to retaliate against any hostile aggression.

• Lets just put this in financial perspective for a moment:The failings of the financial system in the US/EU/UK has severely strained the UK purse,

• As a result, the UK Government is reducing expenditure at all levels - save for MP's Moat cleaning Expenses etc,

• You are downsizing your military asset base at an alarming rate,
• The UK's ability to control/influence offshore economic/political matters is degraded as a consequence,
• The UK Government is yet to understand - or effectively articulate to the general public (who, incidentally pay the MP's bills) the strategic ramifications and long term strategic implications to the UK MOD's cost cutting.
• The perception of this weakness to foreign hostile Governments and their possible advantageous short term actions (Argentina's renewed claim to the Falkland Island's and the recently found off shore resources as an example) based on their sensing the UK's current military weakness in developing a timely response, may be a good example.
• With the reduction in UK's Military capacity and demonstrated economic weakness, is it possible that the UK's MP's etc have totally lost the plot when it comes to recognising that the (New) UK's place in the world has reduced and the UK's ability to host/participate in yet more costly overseas campaigns is demonstrably at odds with servicing the domestic EU/ debit?