WAR is not a spectator sport - even when it is broadcast live.
Britain could soon find itself involved in the escalating missile war between and .
PM Sir is sending reinforcements to the RAF in the Med in case they are needed to intercept Iranian attacking or our allies like Jordan.
Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government sent our planes to do that during last year’s Iranian missile blitz.
Apart from Brits now trapped in Israel, as its are shut by the drone threat, there are thousands more living in , just across the Persian Gulf from .
Cyprus is home to the main RAF base in the - and our Typhoon fighters and refuelling tankers fly from there.
A huge number of British tourists and expats are on the island.
A thousand miles from Iran’s missile launchers is not a safe distance. Tehran has already threatened us.
Maybe there is a method to the missile madness of the mullahs.
They hope to achieve a ceasefire as the horrors of hit Israeli civilians.
That would buy them time to get their nuclear project back on track.
That is why Israel will ignore appeals from the EU and the Pope to accept a truce.
Iran’s hardliners say getting the is their only path to survival. Israel can’t back down now without facing a worse nuclear onslaught in the near future.
