There are two types of people cheering on yet another illegal war in the Middle East: those who have no idea what war really is, and those who think they won’t be affected but believe they have something to gain from it.
They’re the keyboard warriors posting from the comfort of their homes. They’re politicians like Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch. They’re people who cannot imagine the pain of losing someone they love.
A war made of slogans?
Yet they’re on social media and on TV, calling for our government to get involved. To show strength. To support our allies. For them, war is made up of slogans. It is not funerals, trauma, or grief of course, because it won’t be them out there.
It’s clear they have little sympathy for the nearly 1,000 Iranians killed, including children. But do they not care about the British lives that would be lost if the UK joined this war? It would be British soldiers. British families waiting for news. British coffins coming home.
Dehumanising migrants
These patriots claim to support veterans while dehumanising migrants, yet they would gladly send British soldiers to fight another illegal war on behalf of America.
I know these patriots don’t care about Iranians. But it’s becoming clear they don’t care about British lives either. During the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, UK Armed Forces recorded 636 deaths (179 in Iraq and 457 in Afghanistan). More than 3,500 personnel were wounded in Iraq and 2,209 in Afghanistan.
I know what war does to families. It doesn’t stay “over there”; it will be felt here too, for years to come. I don’t know how anyone who claims to love this country can support this.
First published on Facebook 3 March 2026.
