Rayvin
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Why is that significant? Who are they? I know you posted their tweet but still. Also reports coming in that for all this sounds serious, Iran's missiles killed precisely no one. Impressive shit. Maybe that's enough to avoid a conflict...?
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It's in the UAE where the yanks are launching from is my best guess. Although i don't know why they'd telegraph it so maybe it's false info..?
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Iran has just warned that if there is any retaliation, they will destroy Dubai..
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Depends on how prepared the Americans are. Presumably Iran's plan is to kick them out of Iraq by force and then leave it there. Not sure if US forces in Iraq can repel the full might of Iran's armed forces. They're fairly serious power wise and fairly high tech. It's not like Iraq or Afghanistan. If Trump decided on this on the fly with no prep, I think Iran might actually hand them their arses. If they pre-planned it then Iran is in trouble.
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Cyber warfare incoming as well I suspect..
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UAE involved in the war then. Almost certain that we're going to be launching planes as well isn't it... Israel, Iraq.. I mean I'm not at all clear what Iraq is going to do here actually. They want rid of the Americans but do they want rid of them enough to ally with Iran? I think this is going to be a proper war tbh.
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Terrorist: A person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, for political gain. If the guy Trump assassinated is a terrorist, then the US armed forces are all terrorist organisations, and Obama was a terrorist who commissioned acts of terror against the middle east. Also, Trump is actually attempting to present himself as the textbook definition of one. I get why it's important in some ways that Corbyn pretends that the guy is a terrorist so that the braindead can avoid outrage, but I'm coming close to the limit of what I'm prepared to tolerate in terms of bullshit just to get them on board, and it's been less than a month. He's completely right about everything he says there.
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I agree, but the SJW left will not. Although I still don't see what would be wrong with Cooper other than that no one likes her for reasons that aren't immediately clear.
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The articles she has written in the guardian from time to time have been decent.
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Can Labour continue to get away with not having a female leader? I mean it's possibly getting embarrassing now. I've seen commentators on the right making the claim that Labour's commitment to positive discrimination and female shortlist has put them in a position where they have many female MPs but few actually talented ones.
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Miliband pushed to prevent our entry into Syria. I think Labour have learned. Plus Trump and the US are no longer natural allies for Labour, who will continue to look towards Europe IMO. As for Johnson, I agree. He'll take us to war.
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That's pretty grim. 3 years seems pretty light for someone prepared to act on the urge as well...?
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Brexit weakness might force their hand but under normal (non Brexit) circumstances I think they'd say no.
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Afterlife was good yeah, I enjoyed it too. Not bothered on him in general but he's gone up in my estimation between Afterlife and that speech.
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Why has Ricky Gervais upset the woke, I don't get it. I'm tempted to say that it's because the right wing enjoyed it, so now the left can't. I mean he was making fun of a bunch of famous, rich bellends. Who gives a shit. He was right anyway, they are indeed hypocrites, and they are indeed of no interest to anyone whatsoever as far as their political opinions go. EDIT - Although that impression of him is spot on
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This.
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Dalglish was a horrific manager for us. And with Liverpool the second time around. It took until Robson for us to recover from him.
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The left and centre has been beaten across the world and is now soul searching and in total retreat. Corbyn was one attempt to fight back and he failed. But this wasn't just about him and his failure in the same way that the banking crisis wasn't just about Labour back then. These are global battles now. Whoever we choose will die on the same hill as Corbyn because no one since Blair has actually understood that this isn't just about petty domestic bullshit anymore. It's internationalism versus isolationism. Whoever we choose needs to be an internationalist but needs to win while somehow appealing to the isolationist voters. I don't think anyone within Labour was capable of navigating that line with Brexit in play, but maybe without it someone can be.
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What Iranian terrorism? I haven't followed the build up to this. If Iran had assassinated a major western political leader, do you think Corbyn would have stayed silent? He'd be calling them out and demanding restraint.
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Basically agree with this, although I'm gonna point out that saying things like this over the past few years is what gets you called a Nazi and a mysoginist by other people on the left
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Jess Phillips is tainted by the culture war. I'd like her to be leader in some ways because it would mean we were finally tackling that head on, but i don't think she'd win. All we'd hear about is how she laughed at male suicide rates (along with, apparently, Labour's election results) and the ready made body of work of her being hypocrite in various ways. I don't think she's good enough to move past that. And her Corbyn tantrum bothers me also. On the latter issue, Corbyn's message shows leadership because he's calling a spade, a spade. The US is imperialist and while i dont believe in evil, it's not "good". Either way, still Starmer for me.
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I think they pretty much have to retaliate or they'll look weak both domestically and internationally. Hopefully they're trying to think of a good way of retaliating without forcing themselves into a war that they won't win - maybe invading Iraq to 'clear out US military bases' or something like this. Hard to imagine them declaring war on the US with zero capability to do anything to directly assault American territories whilst at the same time leaving their own country exposed and vulnerable. Tbh this is a decent power flaunt by the US. Calling Iran's bluff almost.
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100% this is a revenge mission then.
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Not sure Iran is a big enough military power to trigger WWIII though. I have my doubts that they'll even declare war in any earnest sense.
