For over a decade I have outlined the exact scenario as we just saw in Russia. It could happen in the U.S. tomorrow. This was a pivotal event. U.S. military and political leadership cannot live in partial denial of this threat anymore. Our most prized aircraft are sitting ducks.
Every single American socialist on YouTube that I have met is in the 1% and does fuck all to redistribute their wealth.
They are essentially evangelical preachers. Preaching, not practicing.
This is very, very easy:
Ban all visas: family, work, student, the lot. Allow flights to Pakistan only.
Drop all aid. 50% tax or more on remittences.
Then see what they say.
"Both activists managed to evade security and arrest."
Ignoring the merits or otherwise of such a protest, this is an utterly embarrassing reflection on the security of Brize Norton.
I'd suggest we're lucky that it was 'only' paint used, and 'only' two aircraft targeted.
I know Brize Norton is an extremely large airfield, but so is Heathrow, and with many more entry / exit points. Given the current geopolitical situation, the base should have already implemented increased security measures. This is a wake-up call to take national resilience
American airforce has preferred Guam because if they launched from Diego Garcia airbase in the Chagos they would have to notify Mauritius under Kier Starmers new deal…
What a stupid deal the Chagos Island lease was…
The reason this happens is because Arabs consistently interpret the absence of bloody, savage, disproportionate reprisals against their women and children to be proof that they are a fearsome adversary who is winning.