These details have been available through genuine sources but it's a good roundup showing how key Europe is to US operations against Iran

• The central command center for US operations against Iran is within Ramstein Air Base in Germany
• US drone operations are conducted from there as well
• American aircraft stationed in Spain have been relocated to France and Germany after the Spanish government denied the use of the Morón and Rota air bases for attacks on Iran
• Bomber aircraft sortie out of bases in the UK like RAF Fairford
• Refueling operations are based out of Aviano Air Base in Italy and Tubé Air Base in France
• Lajes Air Base in the Azores (Portugal) is serving as a major logistical hub, with dozens of aircraft stationed there at various times during the conflict
• RC-135 Rivet Joint spy planes are operating out of Souda Bay in Crete
• Unspecified "logistics and intelligence assets" are being hosted by Romania

The piece paints an amusing picture of European attitudes towards this.

1. Keir Starmer's justification for overcoming his reticence to allow the US to base out of British facilities in the initial wave of strikes is that bomber operations are now "defensive" in nature.
2. Merz has said publicly that this "isn't [Germany's] war," but he has no choice but to allow US operations out of German air bases due to pre-existing legal agreements.
3. Meloni has spun Italian involvement as minor because only refueling missions are flown out of Aviano. Similarly,
4. French defense minister Vautrin said, “a refueling aircraft is a gas station, not a fighter jet."

These technicalities may work on the European public, but it's difficult to imagine they'll work on the Iranians.

Iran’s attacks on Israel have intensified in the past couple of days while attacks on Gulf Countries decreased significantly or ceased entirely. 

Today's global conflicts make it look like WWIII has started already, says Russian FM Lavrov’

The events in Latin America and the Middle East directly stem from the West’s attempts to preserve the remnants of its dominance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting of the Gorchakov Fund’s Board of Trustees.

He noted that some international relations experts have already begun to refer to the conflicts unfolding around the world as World War III.

Has World War III already started?

Some international relations experts have already begun to characterize the conflicts unfolding around the world as World War III: "Some specialists, including those in Russia who study the history of international relations, have already begun to describe and characterize these events as World War III."

Developments in Latin America and the Middle East are a direct result of the West’s attempts to preserve the remnants of its dominance: "Events that directly stem from the attempts of the Western minority of states to preserve the remnants of their dominance on the international stage using crude methods of force, regardless of any previously signed and ratified obligations under international law."

External pressure on Cuba is intensifying: "The escalation of tensions surrounding Cuba, which is facing increasing external pressure, is a cause for serious concern. We reaffirm our solidarity with our Cuban friends and their right to pursue a sovereign path of development."

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