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[Guest]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

 

Will anything be done about this? Almost definitely not. 

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[Neil]

2 hours ago, cellar said:

Sorry, maybe that was a bit too flippant. I'm sure that everyone here is wholly concerned with genocide and the upholding of international law.

Only interested in slagging off Israel. Nothing about how hostage taking is against international law. just to be clear I was adding to your comments not aiming them at you 

Edited January 28, 2024 by Neil

[Neil]

18 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

Was interesting to also hear what they think of sunak

[lazyred]

54 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

Its really odd how people mock "Sir Keir" as out of touch with normal life and think Boris Johnson is an ordinary man of the people.

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, lazyred said:

Its really odd how people mock "Sir Keir" as out of touch with normal life and think Boris Johnson is an ordinary man of the people.

The devils greatest trick n all that. 

[Neil]

Sadly two teenage lads were stabbed and killed in Bristol last night in an area called knowle. When I was in hospital up county in Surrey I had a nurse asking me about knowle and very seriously asked me if it was posh I Told her that it was rough as f**k with a terrible reputation. She wouldn't have it and insisted it was posh.teachers getting stabbed by a five year old sums up knowle.

[mattiloy]

4 hours ago, Neil said:

Only interested in slagging off Israel. Nothing about how hostage taking is against international law. just to be clear I was adding to your comments not aiming them at you 

Hostage taking is bad, but genocide is worse.

[steviewevie]

11 minutes ago, mattiloy said:

Hostage taking is bad, but genocide is worse.

you would think if the other side were wiping out your side you'd surrender and/or release hostages if that would make them stop.

[Neil]

29 minutes ago, mattiloy said:

Hostage taking is bad, but genocide is worse.

who's genocide?  its a stated aim of hamas, anything else is your invention.

if israel intended genocide they have the means to do it - but don't, would it be the same the other way round?

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

tick tock...

 

[Neil]

3 hours ago, steviewevie said:

tick tock...

 

Iran has been taking the piss out of the USA just like saddam had done. They had to show Saddam who was boss. If the yanks take Iran down they could end the trouble in syria too. Except Syria would fragment without Assad.

[SheffJeff]

1 hour ago, Neil said:

Iran has been taking the piss out of the USA just like saddam had done. They had to show Saddam who was boss. If the yanks take Iran down they could end the trouble in syria too. Except Syria would fragment without Assad.

Are you suggesting 'showing Saddam who was boss' worked in any way? Or that that was a good template for things in the future? The mind boggles if so.

[Neil]

13 minutes ago, SheffJeff said:

Are you suggesting 'showing Saddam who was boss' worked in any way? Or that that was a good template for things in the future? The mind boggles if so.

Not suggesting that. Just thinking that the USA might decide it needs a similar response.

[Neil]

The unfinished bit of ww2  (Korea no peace treaty) is getting hotter again now they can fire missiles from submarines.

[Neil]

Katie price is mad with Iran for the attack on her border 😜

[steviewevie]

8 hours ago, Neil said:

Iran has been taking the piss out of the USA just like saddam had done. They had to show Saddam who was boss. If the yanks take Iran down they could end the trouble in syria too. Except Syria would fragment without Assad.

I think US would want to avoid that, partly because of the mess that was the Iraq invasion. Don't think a full scale invasion of Iran is on the cards, but way things are escalating could see US bombs getting dropped on some Iranian military bases. 

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[Neil]

2 hours ago, steviewevie said:

I think US would want to avoid that, partly because of the mess that was the Iraq invasion. Don't think a full scale invasion of Iran is on the cards, but way things are escalating could see US bombs getting dropped on some Iranian military bases. 

i don't think rational thought is what the yanks do, iran has been winding the yanks up since 1981.

[steviewevie]

4 minutes ago, Neil said:

i don't think rational thought is what the yanks do, iran has been winding the yanks up since 1981.

Ok, but US govt not full of hawkish neo cons like it was in early 2000s. Oil prices already spiking, I'm sure Biden would rather de-escalation in an election year.

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[Neil]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

Ok, but US govt not full of hawkish neo cons like it was in early 2000s. Oil prices already spiking, I'm sure Biden would rather de-escalation in an election year.

you're probably right but not acting gets him labelled as weak.

[Neil]

kippers will love the story about the eu blackmailing hungary.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/29/secret-eu-plan-to-sabotage-hungarian-economy-revealed-as-anger-mounts-at-orban