Would UK, US Take Advice Not to Respond?

Here are just a few questions for those echoing president Biden’s warnings to Israel not to respond to Iran’s recent attack.

Imagine ff some of the Iranian missiles had been redirected toward U.S. or British warships stationed in the Persian Gulf to intercept the main missile barrage aimed at Israel. It’s not a far-fetched scenario; when Iran launches missiles aimed at another country, it might want to protect those missiles from being intercepted by the targeted country — or its allies.

There are two eventualities. One is that, as with the missiles targeting Israel, the ones directed at the warships fail to cause any damage.