The mysterious Farsi-language Numbers-Station on 7910kHz, received in 🇮🇹Milan at 18:00 UTC on March 3, 2026. Probably the most interesting radio signal in recent times.
Looks suspiciously like a still from The Radio Ham with Tony Hancock.
Who was Tony Hancock, Grandad?
@Brixian59 remember the art installation of him in Brum ?
Top of corporation street.
Still there
Fantastic. Been yonks since I’ve been there. Must go back.
Javier Blas @JavierBlas · 25m BREAKING: President Trump says US government will backstop war insurance for all shipping in the Persian Gulf.
In addition, he says the U.S. Navy will provide naval escort to tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. But note the “… as soon as possible…” which isn’t very reassuring
I remain convinced that the Green policy on drugs is a huge own goal and will cost them a lot of votes .
They might get away with it for a while but under more scrutiny and in the run up to the next GE I expect the wheels to fall off .
I don't think the drugs stuff will be that damaging. I think that what will cost the Greens a lot more votes at the next election are their current policies on a) immigration/asylum, and b) transgender rights, including self ID. In both instances, I think the zeitgeist has changed to make the current Green stance pretty unpopular with around 80% of voters, for good or bad.
Otoh the Tory toilet monitor candidate in G & D had the worst ever result for the Tories in a by election. People might have (malleable) opinions in the subject, but on the whole may not be that bothered about it when push comes to shove.
Apart from Putin and a few other unsavoury characters who hasn't been attacked by Trump? 75% of UK voters loathe Trump, Being attacked by him is not the big negative you appear to think it is.
Who on earth thinks it is? It's a gift to Starmer.
It will of course cause an outbreak of schizophrenia on PB amongst those posters who are as knee-jerkingly hostile to Starmer as they are to Trump, but the Site's psychiatric ward can cope.
Those with more than a couple of brain cells should be just fine.
On Trump Brixian is absolutely right. Opposing him and being castigated by him does SKS no harm at all, useless as he is.
Its just what a terrible situation to be in that Trump is right and Starmer is wrong. Not often Trump is in the right.
The problem comes when British foreign policy appears to be based solely on Labour having just lost a by-election to the Islamist Greens.
Apart from Putin and a few other unsavoury characters who hasn't been attacked by Trump? 75% of UK voters loathe Trump, Being attacked by him is not the big negative you appear to think it is.
Who on earth thinks it is? It's a gift to Starmer.
It will of course cause an outbreak of schizophrenia on PB amongst those posters who are as knee-jerkingly hostile to Starmer as they are to Trump, but the Site's psychiatric ward can cope.
Those with more than a couple of brain cells should be just fine.
On Trump Brixian is absolutely right. Opposing him and being castigated by him does SKS no harm at all, useless as he is.
Its just what a terrible situation to be in that Trump is right and Starmer is wrong. Not often Trump is in the right.
You have been ridiculous since Saturday.
If this works out as anything other than a fiasco the Gods are on our side.
No plan, no post operation plan. This is incredibly dangerous.
Starmer hasn't played this as badly as he might have despite the views of the PB Starmer Derangement Syndrome sufferers.
Netanyahu is driving this operation, Trump is a passenger and Hegseth isn't even on the bus.
One party to this conflict I have a high degree of confidence they know what they're doing (for good or not, isn't the point) is Israel.
They've been waiting to strike Iran for a decade or more. They will have a long list of priorities and, frankly, don't care about their neighbours being hit by stray Iranian missiles. They've had to put up with worse for years and are much better protected.
I'm interested to see who and what they target and how. So far it seems like the war will drag on for longer than many first thought, which I presume is what they want to maximise the damage inflicted.
Hello everyone. Back for a short visit. Just returned to my hotel from a pub crawl in Copenhagen, which included the head chef from zHMS Do agon
Welcome back.
Preusmably you’re well refreshed 👍
As you can tell I'm a bit over refreshed.. Still quite a coincidence to have met someone from HMS Dragon. I didn't even know it was being sent to Cyprus until he told me and couldn't resist posting. Seemed like a nice chap, hope he gets back in time. Back from Copenhagen tomorrow and then I will be off again until the May elections probably.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Javier Blas @JavierBlas · 25m BREAKING: President Trump says US government will backstop war insurance for all shipping in the Persian Gulf.
In addition, he says the U.S. Navy will provide naval escort to tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. But note the “… as soon as possible…” which isn’t very reassuring
Well Iran appears to have no Navy left to speak of, which means the Americans need to get a few warships with air defence missiles into the area to ensure safe passage.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Apart from Putin and a few other unsavoury characters who hasn't been attacked by Trump? 75% of UK voters loathe Trump, Being attacked by him is not the big negative you appear to think it is.
Who on earth thinks it is? It's a gift to Starmer.
It will of course cause an outbreak of schizophrenia on PB amongst those posters who are as knee-jerkingly hostile to Starmer as they are to Trump, but the Site's psychiatric ward can cope.
Those with more than a couple of brain cells should be just fine.
On Trump Brixian is absolutely right. Opposing him and being castigated by him does SKS no harm at all, useless as he is.
Its just what a terrible situation to be in that Trump is right and Starmer is wrong. Not often Trump is in the right.
You have been ridiculous since Saturday.
If this works out as anything other than a fiasco the Gods are on our side.
No plan, no post operation plan. This is incredibly dangerous.
Starmer hasn't played this as badly as he might have despite the views of the PB Starmer Derangement Syndrome sufferers.
Netanyahu is driving this operation, Trump is a passenger and Hegseth isn't even on the bus.
‘ You have been ridiculous since Saturday’
Which Saturday in he last couple of decades are you referring to?
What does Spain get from its position? Really? You don’t get it? When a country is the first to move in a direction that everyone else will have to follow later, that is the very advantage that always, always translates to national success measured in prosperity and power
Apart from Putin and a few other unsavoury characters who hasn't been attacked by Trump? 75% of UK voters loathe Trump, Being attacked by him is not the big negative you appear to think it is.
Who on earth thinks it is? It's a gift to Starmer.
It will of course cause an outbreak of schizophrenia on PB amongst those posters who are as knee-jerkingly hostile to Starmer as they are to Trump, but the Site's psychiatric ward can cope.
Those with more than a couple of brain cells should be just fine.
On Trump Brixian is absolutely right. Opposing him and being castigated by him does SKS no harm at all, useless as he is.
Its just what a terrible situation to be in that Trump is right and Starmer is wrong. Not often Trump is in the right.
You have been ridiculous since Saturday.
If this works out as anything other than a fiasco the Gods are on our side.
No plan, no post operation plan. This is incredibly dangerous.
Starmer hasn't played this as badly as he might have despite the views of the PB Starmer Derangement Syndrome sufferers.
Netanyahu is driving this operation, Trump is a passenger and Hegseth isn't even on the bus.
More power to Netanyahu's elbow. I am glad there is someone willing to drive a battle against the Mullahs.
I have been very clear and consistent for a long time that defeating Iran should be a priority, long since before Saturday.
Its funny though as I seem to recall a couple of years ago when the Gaza conflict began some here arguing that attacking Gaza was pointless after the October attack as it was really Iran who should be fought (as being behind it all) . . . I felt like you were one of those who said something similar, but I may be wrong . . . yet now they're being fought at long last and suddenly everyone's outraged.
Trump threatened a trade embargo sitting next to the German Chancellor who barely got a word out in support to fellow EU country. Sources close to Spanish indicate Madrid not caving, coming back with severe words too. Big diplomatic spat ahead.
Javier Blas @JavierBlas · 25m BREAKING: President Trump says US government will backstop war insurance for all shipping in the Persian Gulf.
In addition, he says the U.S. Navy will provide naval escort to tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. But note the “… as soon as possible…” which isn’t very reassuring
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
Hello everyone. Back for a short visit. Just returned to my hotel from a pub crawl in Copenhagen, which included the head chef from zHMS Do agon
And you can tell I have had a few. Just to continue: HMS Dragon's head chef. So it isn't going immediately or they are going a little hungry. He has had his recall..
Can it, you damn fool. Don't you know The Revolutionary Guard read PB.
Hello everyone. Back for a short visit. Just returned to my hotel from a pub crawl in Copenhagen, which included the head chef from zHMS Do agon
And you can tell I have had a few. Just to continue: HMS Dragon's head chef. So it isn't going immediately or they are going a little hungry. He has had his recall..
Can it, you damn fool. Don't you know The Revolutionary Guard read PB.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
That does put it a whole new light and maybe why Canada and Australia immediately supported the action
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
"not exclusively peaceful" - no frigging shit Sherlock!
Talk about an understatement. As far as I am aware there is no peaceful use for uranium at that level of enrichment.
Actually there is a peaceful use.
Due to some rather comic facts in atomic physics, you can use 80%+ enriched uranium to make small, efficient nuclear reactors. Which are self stabilising - a reactivity excursion instantly corrects itself, within milliseconds.
Back when Men Were Men (TM), General Atomics would take a real, live TRIGA reactor to trade shows and run it. The party piece would be Dr Edward Fucking Teller, himself, yanking the main control rod out, to provoke such an excursion.
Such reactors were used around the world for research and making medical isotopes for many years.
Modern Western submarine reactors use 80%+ in their cores. I recall our @Dura_Ace got all upset at the idea of transferring bomb grade material to Australia, when they bought nuclear subs.
There is a question of just how enriched the cores of the SMRs are going to be, given they are derived from U.K./US submarine/carrier reactor designs.
Apart from Putin and a few other unsavoury characters who hasn't been attacked by Trump? 75% of UK voters loathe Trump, Being attacked by him is not the big negative you appear to think it is.
Who on earth thinks it is? It's a gift to Starmer.
It will of course cause an outbreak of schizophrenia on PB amongst those posters who are as knee-jerkingly hostile to Starmer as they are to Trump, but the Site's psychiatric ward can cope.
Those with more than a couple of brain cells should be just fine.
On Trump Brixian is absolutely right. Opposing him and being castigated by him does SKS no harm at all, useless as he is.
Its just what a terrible situation to be in that Trump is right and Starmer is wrong. Not often Trump is in the right.
You have been ridiculous since Saturday.
If this works out as anything other than a fiasco the Gods are on our side.
No plan, no post operation plan. This is incredibly dangerous.
Starmer hasn't played this as badly as he might have despite the views of the PB Starmer Derangement Syndrome sufferers.
Netanyahu is driving this operation, Trump is a passenger and Hegseth isn't even on the bus.
More power to Netanyahu's elbow. I am glad there is someone willing to drive a battle against the Mullahs.
I have been very clear and consistent for a long time that defeating Iran should be a priority, long since before Saturday.
Its funny though as I seem to recall a couple of years ago when the Gaza conflict began some here arguing that attacking Gaza was pointless after the October attack as it was really Iran who should be fought (as being behind it all) . . . I felt like you were one of those who said something similar, but I may be wrong . . . yet now they're being fought at long last and suddenly everyone's outraged.
That is a lie. I don't believe many were critical of the notion that Israel could recover it's hostages and chase down Hamas grandees. I suggested taking the top brass out in Doha was preferable to carpet bombing Gaza and killing 80,000 Gazans including women and children. You seemed rabidly comfortable with Bibi killing as many civilians as he could. Your blood lust over Iranian civilians is quite disgusting.
Apart from Putin and a few other unsavoury characters who hasn't been attacked by Trump? 75% of UK voters loathe Trump, Being attacked by him is not the big negative you appear to think it is.
Who on earth thinks it is? It's a gift to Starmer.
It will of course cause an outbreak of schizophrenia on PB amongst those posters who are as knee-jerkingly hostile to Starmer as they are to Trump, but the Site's psychiatric ward can cope.
Those with more than a couple of brain cells should be just fine.
On Trump Brixian is absolutely right. Opposing him and being castigated by him does SKS no harm at all, useless as he is.
Its just what a terrible situation to be in that Trump is right and Starmer is wrong. Not often Trump is in the right.
The problem comes when British foreign policy appears to be based solely on Labour having just lost a by-election to the Islamist Greens.
That’s nonsense. The UK has been wary of interventions in the Middle East for some years (the refusal to get involved in Syria being a turning point) and wary of interventions not sanctioned by the UN or similar for many years. The UK electorate - Christian, atheist, Muslim, whoever - have been sceptical of Trump’s actions throughout his terms. British foreign policy now is much as you would’ve expected it if there hadn’t been a by-election at all or if Labour had won it.
Likewise, supporting Netanyahu is deeply unpopular across the British electorate ( @BartholomewRoberts excepted).
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
That does put it a whole new light and maybe why Canada and Australia immediately supported the action
Trigger warning for those who can't stand The Spectator, but this is an excellent article on this conflict and international law by His Honour Jeff Blackett OBE, the Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces between 2004 and 2020: https://spectator.com/article/international-law-is-not-a-suicide-pact/
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
That does put it a whole new light and maybe why Canada and Australia immediately supported the action
Does no one remember the dodgy dossier or Colin Powell making an absolute arse of himself? The days when any of this can be taken on trust from our government, let alone a government led by a corrupt crackpot, have surely long gone. We've been way down this road before at terrible cost. Do we really have to do it again?
Apart from Putin and a few other unsavoury characters who hasn't been attacked by Trump? 75% of UK voters loathe Trump, Being attacked by him is not the big negative you appear to think it is.
Who on earth thinks it is? It's a gift to Starmer.
It will of course cause an outbreak of schizophrenia on PB amongst those posters who are as knee-jerkingly hostile to Starmer as they are to Trump, but the Site's psychiatric ward can cope.
Those with more than a couple of brain cells should be just fine.
On Trump Brixian is absolutely right. Opposing him and being castigated by him does SKS no harm at all, useless as he is.
Its just what a terrible situation to be in that Trump is right and Starmer is wrong. Not often Trump is in the right.
You have been ridiculous since Saturday.
If this works out as anything other than a fiasco the Gods are on our side.
No plan, no post operation plan. This is incredibly dangerous.
Starmer hasn't played this as badly as he might have despite the views of the PB Starmer Derangement Syndrome sufferers.
Netanyahu is driving this operation, Trump is a passenger and Hegseth isn't even on the bus.
More power to Netanyahu's elbow. I am glad there is someone willing to drive a battle against the Mullahs.
I have been very clear and consistent for a long time that defeating Iran should be a priority, long since before Saturday.
Its funny though as I seem to recall a couple of years ago when the Gaza conflict began some here arguing that attacking Gaza was pointless after the October attack as it was really Iran who should be fought (as being behind it all) . . . I felt like you were one of those who said something similar, but I may be wrong . . . yet now they're being fought at long last and suddenly everyone's outraged.
That is a lie. I don't believe many were critical of the notion that Israel could recover it's hostages and chase down Hamas grandees. I suggested taking the top brass out in Doha was preferable to carpet bombing Gaza and killing 80,000 Gazans including women and children. You seemed rabidly comfortable with Bibi killing as many civilians as he could. Your blood lust over Iranian civilians is quite disgusting.
Wanting to see Iranian civilians living in a free and liberated Persia, instead of a dictatorial Islamic Republic of Iran, is not bloodlust.
Hello everyone. Back for a short visit. Just returned to my hotel from a pub crawl in Copenhagen, which included the head chef from zHMS Do agon
And you can tell I have had a few. Just to continue: HMS Dragon's head chef. So it isn't going immediately or they are going a little hungry. He has had his recall..
Can it, you damn fool. Don't you know The Revolutionary Guard read PB.
Some of them even post.
Loose lips sink ships.
The secret plan is to parachute the chef into Iran.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
I think you missed the word could and no evidence. This smacks of WMD and 45 minutes.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
That does put it a whole new light and maybe why Canada and Australia immediately supported the action
When was Starmer told, this was the reason behind the needed and urgent intervention?
So you agree Kemi needs to ask this? She’s already all in on UK should have backed Trump from Day 1, so she has to support Trumps reasoning for why he done it? She now has no choice in that, based on her immediate support for it.
The world has already seen nuclear weapons used, and said never again. Iran would have attacked Washington with it, I presume.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
That does put it a whole new light and maybe why Canada and Australia immediately supported the action
Does no one remember the dodgy dossier or Colin Powell making an absolute arse of himself? The days when any of this can be taken on trust from our government, let alone a government led by a corrupt crackpot, have surely long gone. We've been way down this road before at terrible cost. Do we really have to do it again?
Kemi, Hunt and Philp seem to think Iraq 2 is a good idea.
Ch 4 News with Chrishnan Guru-Murthy is so much better than the BBC that it's embarrassing. It's a must watch. His interview with the US General is a classic of the genre
To be fair to the BBC they still have some fantastic old guard journalists. Bowen, Ducet, Plett-Usher, Wyre Davies. Hawley.
It's the editorial non-partisan nonsense that is weak. Bowen and Ducet plough their own furrow.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
That does put it a whole new light and maybe why Canada and Australia immediately supported the action
Does no one remember the dodgy dossier or Colin Powell making an absolute arse of himself? The days when any of this can be taken on trust from our government, let alone a government led by a corrupt crackpot, have surely long gone. We've been way down this road before at terrible cost. Do we really have to do it again?
Kemi, Hunt and Philp seem to think Iraq 2 is a good idea.
If you are Argentina do you go for the Falklands now? We clearly don’t have much of a navy and Trump loves Milei more than Keir today.
The islands are much better garrisoned than in 1982, it wolkd require a well planned invasion force
And Milei has abandoned the military route for the diplomatic route anyway, Starmer also knows he would be annihilated by Farage and Badenoch if he lost the Falklands so would have to immediately divert all UK forces worldwide there if any prospect of an invasion.
Trump has a war in the Middle East now to occupy him
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
That does put it a whole new light and maybe why Canada and Australia immediately supported the action
Does no one remember the dodgy dossier or Colin Powell making an absolute arse of himself? The days when any of this can be taken on trust from our government, let alone a government led by a corrupt crackpot, have surely long gone. We've been way down this road before at terrible cost. Do we really have to do it again?
The statement is from the IAE which is clear on its concerns over Iran's nuclear danger
The fact US and Israel acted on it would seem a legitimate reason
Now we can argue whether it was the correct decision, but we are where we are and must hope that Iran is tamed
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
The IAEA statement is clearly much more conservative than the White House’s claim. They are not saying the same thing. Israel and US hawks have been claiming Iran is days away from a nuclear weapon for over 15 years… and yet somehow that’s never turned out to be the case.
The US and Israel bombed Iran a few months back and the White House assured us that that mission had had total success… and yet here we are with Iran supposedly days away from a nuclear weapon again.
There is a threat of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, but crying wolf constantly doesn’t help. There were active negotiations over a new nuclear deal ongoing when these new attacks were launched. Trump tore up the last nuclear deal for no other reason than that Obama had negotiated it. Trump and Netanyahu are both inveterate liars.
If anyone wants a cheap holiday, the room rates at some of the fancy hotels are what we normally only see in the middle of summer or when there’s a pandemic on…
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
That does put it a whole new light and maybe why Canada and Australia immediately supported the action
Does no one remember the dodgy dossier or Colin Powell making an absolute arse of himself? The days when any of this can be taken on trust from our government, let alone a government led by a corrupt crackpot, have surely long gone. We've been way down this road before at terrible cost. Do we really have to do it again?
It's such utter shite. If they thought this was the case they wouldn't have contrived it 4 days after this all kicked off.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
I think you missed the word could and no evidence. This smacks of WMD and 45 minutes.
The paragraph is surely saying: yes sir! No one can argue with you they know for sure and can prove Iran weren’t extremely close to having and using the bomb.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
That does put it a whole new light and maybe why Canada and Australia immediately supported the action
Does no one remember the dodgy dossier or Colin Powell making an absolute arse of himself? The days when any of this can be taken on trust from our government, let alone a government led by a corrupt crackpot, have surely long gone. We've been way down this road before at terrible cost. Do we really have to do it again?
It's such utter shite. If they thought this was the case they wouldn't have contrived it 4 days after this all kicked off.
Though that they are scrabbling for an excuse does suggest they've entirely lost control. Not good.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Ch 4 News with Chrishnan Guru-Murthy is so much better than the BBC that it's embarrassing. It's a must watch. His interview with the US General is a classic of the genre
To be fair to the BBC they still have some fantastic old guard journalists. Bowen, Ducet, Plett-Usher, Wyre Davies. Hawley.
It's the editorial non-partisan nonsense that is weak. Bowen and Ducet plough their own furrow.
You want them to be partisan?
My point (poorly made) was the BBC have this ludicrous policy of false equivalence. In the interest of impartiality they will put up Andrea Leadsom as an equal to the Head of the World Bank.
If anyone wants a cheap holiday, the room rates at some of the fancy hotels are what we normally only see in the middle of summer or when there’s a pandemic on…
No offence intended, but it's utterly beyond me what the appeal of Dubai or similar cities as a holiday destination from the UK.
As a place to work, I understand the pros (high salaries and low tax) and cons (living there). But as a holiday destination? I just imagine it's like going to a hot canary wharf on vacation.
Ch 4 News with Chrishnan Guru-Murthy is so much better than the BBC that it's embarrassing. It's a must watch. His interview with the US General is a classic of the genre
To be fair to the BBC they still have some fantastic old guard journalists. Bowen, Ducet, Plett-Usher, Wyre Davies. Hawley.
It's the editorial non-partisan nonsense that is weak. Bowen and Ducet plough their own furrow.
You want them to be partisan?
We want them to be honest. Report the news as they perceive it without being continuously second guessed by editors half a world away.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
The IAEA statement is clearly much more conservative than the White House’s claim. They are not saying the same thing. Israel and US hawks have been claiming Iran is days away from a nuclear weapon for over 15 years… and yet somehow that’s never turned out to be the case.
The US and Israel bombed Iran a few months back and the White House assured us that that mission had had total success… and yet here we are with Iran supposedly days away from a nuclear weapon again.
There is a threat of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, but crying wolf constantly doesn’t help. There were active negotiations over a new nuclear deal ongoing when these new attacks were launched. Trump tore up the last nuclear deal for no other reason than that Obama had negotiated it. Trump and Netanyahu are both inveterate liars.
I’d no sooner believe the US and Israel on this than believe the claims that took us into Iraq from another bunch of liars.
Apart from Putin and a few other unsavoury characters who hasn't been attacked by Trump? 75% of UK voters loathe Trump, Being attacked by him is not the big negative you appear to think it is.
Who on earth thinks it is? It's a gift to Starmer.
It will of course cause an outbreak of schizophrenia on PB amongst those posters who are as knee-jerkingly hostile to Starmer as they are to Trump, but the Site's psychiatric ward can cope.
Those with more than a couple of brain cells should be just fine.
On Trump Brixian is absolutely right. Opposing him and being castigated by him does SKS no harm at all, useless as he is.
Its just what a terrible situation to be in that Trump is right and Starmer is wrong. Not often Trump is in the right.
You have been ridiculous since Saturday.
If this works out as anything other than a fiasco the Gods are on our side.
No plan, no post operation plan. This is incredibly dangerous.
Starmer hasn't played this as badly as he might have despite the views of the PB Starmer Derangement Syndrome sufferers.
Netanyahu is driving this operation, Trump is a passenger and Hegseth isn't even on the bus.
More power to Netanyahu's elbow. I am glad there is someone willing to drive a battle against the Mullahs.
I have been very clear and consistent for a long time that defeating Iran should be a priority, long since before Saturday.
Its funny though as I seem to recall a couple of years ago when the Gaza conflict began some here arguing that attacking Gaza was pointless after the October attack as it was really Iran who should be fought (as being behind it all) . . . I felt like you were one of those who said something similar, but I may be wrong . . . yet now they're being fought at long last and suddenly everyone's outraged.
That is a lie. I don't believe many were critical of the notion that Israel could recover it's hostages and chase down Hamas grandees. I suggested taking the top brass out in Doha was preferable to carpet bombing Gaza and killing 80,000 Gazans including women and children. You seemed rabidly comfortable with Bibi killing as many civilians as he could. Your blood lust over Iranian civilians is quite disgusting.
Wanting to see Iranian civilians living in a free and liberated Persia, instead of a dictatorial Islamic Republic of Iran, is not bloodlust.
It is what a great deal many Iranians want too.
Not much good for them if Trump irradiates them to get his name in the history books.
Reportedly, Ukraine have said that if the Gulf States will pressure Moscow to accept a cease-fire, they will provide support and help on air defences in return !
What the use of the heavy bombers shows, is that Iran now has no meaningful air defences remaining.
Or the Americans have run out of proper targets.
The B-52s carry pretty much the same range of weaponry as the B1s. The B2 has a more restricted capability, IIRC.
The B52s are used either for standoff strikes with long Lange missiles, or dropping large numbers of smart weapons. The days of intervelometers and hundreds of dumb 250lbrs are long gone.
They need to try to get it resolved. Hard to see how, this won’t end well. US allies in the region will end up being impoverished by their inability to get product to market. Doesn’t seem like Chinese pressure on Iran is working either.
Meanwhile production grinds to a halt in Iraq as they have nowhere to store it.
‘ BREAKING: Iraq's crude oil production is 'on the cusp of collapse' as its biggest fields are shut down due to lack of transport vessels and storage capacity, according to Financial Times report.’
For all the years that Hormuz has been a choke point, do they really still not have sufficient pipeline capacity to somewhere else on the peninsula?
Apparently not. RCS1000 or Richard Tyndall would be the experts on that I suspect.
But you’d think from a supply chain risk point of view it would have been in both their interests and the buying parties interest to put in place a plan to mitigate it. Previously it seemed to be more production from non Arab peninsula nations.
That went west when Russia made a major heel turn.
I was not previously aware of it but apparently the UAE gave just finished such a pipeline taking oil out to the East of the Straits. I think someone mentioned a similar pipeline heading North to Turkey.
Countries like Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait have a problem because to build such pipelines they need to traverse Saudi or Iraqi territory.in the case of Qatar this is particularly problematic as they are seen by the Saudis as being far too close politically to Iran
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
There's a better case to attack Iran in 2026 than Iraq in 2003, IMHO.
Yes, and ironically it's almost the same case but without the need to sex anything up. They have a genuine WMD programme and are an active sponsor of terrorism.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
I think you missed the word could and no evidence. This smacks of WMD and 45 minutes.
The paragraph is surely saying: yes sir! No one can argue with you they know for sure and can prove Iran weren’t extremely close to having and using the bomb.
What’s WMD and 45 minutes?
Weapons of mass destruction, 45 minutes from Baghdad to London, Iraq war.
I suppose now with everything destroyed it can't be proved either way, lucky for Bibi and Trump.
Apart from Putin and a few other unsavoury characters who hasn't been attacked by Trump? 75% of UK voters loathe Trump, Being attacked by him is not the big negative you appear to think it is.
Who on earth thinks it is? It's a gift to Starmer.
It will of course cause an outbreak of schizophrenia on PB amongst those posters who are as knee-jerkingly hostile to Starmer as they are to Trump, but the Site's psychiatric ward can cope.
Those with more than a couple of brain cells should be just fine.
On Trump Brixian is absolutely right. Opposing him and being castigated by him does SKS no harm at all, useless as he is.
Its just what a terrible situation to be in that Trump is right and Starmer is wrong. Not often Trump is in the right.
You have been ridiculous since Saturday.
If this works out as anything other than a fiasco the Gods are on our side.
No plan, no post operation plan. This is incredibly dangerous.
Starmer hasn't played this as badly as he might have despite the views of the PB Starmer Derangement Syndrome sufferers.
Netanyahu is driving this operation, Trump is a passenger and Hegseth isn't even on the bus.
More power to Netanyahu's elbow. I am glad there is someone willing to drive a battle against the Mullahs.
I have been very clear and consistent for a long time that defeating Iran should be a priority, long since before Saturday.
Its funny though as I seem to recall a couple of years ago when the Gaza conflict began some here arguing that attacking Gaza was pointless after the October attack as it was really Iran who should be fought (as being behind it all) . . . I felt like you were one of those who said something similar, but I may be wrong . . . yet now they're being fought at long last and suddenly everyone's outraged.
That is a lie. I don't believe many were critical of the notion that Israel could recover it's hostages and chase down Hamas grandees. I suggested taking the top brass out in Doha was preferable to carpet bombing Gaza and killing 80,000 Gazans including women and children. You seemed rabidly comfortable with Bibi killing as many civilians as he could. Your blood lust over Iranian civilians is quite disgusting.
Wanting to see Iranian civilians living in a free and liberated Persia, instead of a dictatorial Islamic Republic of Iran, is not bloodlust.
It is what a great deal many Iranians want too.
Not much good for them if Trump irradiates them to get his name in the history books.
That's a bizarre hypothetical and is not what I have advocated at all.
They need to try to get it resolved. Hard to see how, this won’t end well. US allies in the region will end up being impoverished by their inability to get product to market. Doesn’t seem like Chinese pressure on Iran is working either.
Meanwhile production grinds to a halt in Iraq as they have nowhere to store it.
‘ BREAKING: Iraq's crude oil production is 'on the cusp of collapse' as its biggest fields are shut down due to lack of transport vessels and storage capacity, according to Financial Times report.’
For all the years that Hormuz has been a choke point, do they really still not have sufficient pipeline capacity to somewhere else on the peninsula?
Apparently not. RCS1000 or Richard Tyndall would be the experts on that I suspect.
But you’d think from a supply chain risk point of view it would have been in both their interests and the buying parties interest to put in place a plan to mitigate it. Previously it seemed to be more production from non Arab peninsula nations.
That went west when Russia made a major heel turn.
I was not previously aware of it but apparently the UAE gave just finished such a pipeline taking oil out to the East of the Straits. I think someone mentioned a similar pipeline heading North to Turkey.
Countries like Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait have a problem because to build such pipelines they need to traverse Saudi or Iraqi territory.in the case of Qatar this is particularly problematic as they are seen by the Saudis as being far too close politically to Iran
The events of the last few days may well change that.
What the use of the heavy bombers shows, is that Iran now has no meaningful air defences remaining.
Or the Americans have run out of proper targets.
The B-52s carry pretty much the same range of weaponry as the B1s. The B2 has a more restricted capability, IIRC.
The B52s are used either for standoff strikes with long Lange missiles, or dropping large numbers of smart weapons. The days of intervelometers and hundreds of dumb 250lbrs are long gone.
The B52s are the only planes that can carry the largest precision deep penetration bombs to hit deep bunkers.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
I think you missed the word could and no evidence. This smacks of WMD and 45 minutes.
Yes. The reason for the attack is the opposite of the one given. They've done it not because Iran is a threat but because it is weak and is not. It's driven by opportunity not necessity.
Reportedly, Ukraine have said that if the Gulf States will pressure Moscow to accept a cease-fire, they will provide support and help on air defences in return !
We can discuss the rights and wrongs of Starmer's initial refusal for the use of air bases but within 48 hours he changed his mind and conceded
This is now a full scale war with most everyone on the US and Israels side including Ukraine and Iran isolated
If this ends the terror from Iran, and prevents it supplying drones and military to Russia then that is to be welcomed
We can only hope it also results in a democratic Iran
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
That does put it a whole new light and maybe why Canada and Australia immediately supported the action
Does no one remember the dodgy dossier or Colin Powell making an absolute arse of himself? The days when any of this can be taken on trust from our government, let alone a government led by a corrupt crackpot, have surely long gone. We've been way down this road before at terrible cost. Do we really have to do it again?
Kemi, Hunt and Philp seem to think Iraq 2 is a good idea.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
That does put it a whole new light and maybe why Canada and Australia immediately supported the action
Does no one remember the dodgy dossier or Colin Powell making an absolute arse of himself? The days when any of this can be taken on trust from our government, let alone a government led by a corrupt crackpot, have surely long gone. We've been way down this road before at terrible cost. Do we really have to do it again?
Kemi, Hunt and Philp seem to think Iraq 2 is a good idea.
Apart from Putin and a few other unsavoury characters who hasn't been attacked by Trump? 75% of UK voters loathe Trump, Being attacked by him is not the big negative you appear to think it is.
Who on earth thinks it is? It's a gift to Starmer.
It will of course cause an outbreak of schizophrenia on PB amongst those posters who are as knee-jerkingly hostile to Starmer as they are to Trump, but the Site's psychiatric ward can cope.
Those with more than a couple of brain cells should be just fine.
On Trump Brixian is absolutely right. Opposing him and being castigated by him does SKS no harm at all, useless as he is.
Its just what a terrible situation to be in that Trump is right and Starmer is wrong. Not often Trump is in the right.
You have been ridiculous since Saturday.
If this works out as anything other than a fiasco the Gods are on our side.
No plan, no post operation plan. This is incredibly dangerous.
Starmer hasn't played this as badly as he might have despite the views of the PB Starmer Derangement Syndrome sufferers.
Netanyahu is driving this operation, Trump is a passenger and Hegseth isn't even on the bus.
More power to Netanyahu's elbow. I am glad there is someone willing to drive a battle against the Mullahs.
I have been very clear and consistent for a long time that defeating Iran should be a priority, long since before Saturday.
Its funny though as I seem to recall a couple of years ago when the Gaza conflict began some here arguing that attacking Gaza was pointless after the October attack as it was really Iran who should be fought (as being behind it all) . . . I felt like you were one of those who said something similar, but I may be wrong . . . yet now they're being fought at long last and suddenly everyone's outraged.
That is a lie. I don't believe many were critical of the notion that Israel could recover it's hostages and chase down Hamas grandees. I suggested taking the top brass out in Doha was preferable to carpet bombing Gaza and killing 80,000 Gazans including women and children. You seemed rabidly comfortable with Bibi killing as many civilians as he could. Your blood lust over Iranian civilians is quite disgusting.
Wanting to see Iranian civilians living in a free and liberated Persia, instead of a dictatorial Islamic Republic of Iran, is not bloodlust.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
I think you missed the word could and no evidence. This smacks of WMD and 45 minutes.
The report is so wooly it has more holes than an old jumper
Apart from Putin and a few other unsavoury characters who hasn't been attacked by Trump? 75% of UK voters loathe Trump, Being attacked by him is not the big negative you appear to think it is.
Who on earth thinks it is? It's a gift to Starmer.
It will of course cause an outbreak of schizophrenia on PB amongst those posters who are as knee-jerkingly hostile to Starmer as they are to Trump, but the Site's psychiatric ward can cope.
Those with more than a couple of brain cells should be just fine.
On Trump Brixian is absolutely right. Opposing him and being castigated by him does SKS no harm at all, useless as he is.
Its just what a terrible situation to be in that Trump is right and Starmer is wrong. Not often Trump is in the right.
You have been ridiculous since Saturday.
If this works out as anything other than a fiasco the Gods are on our side.
No plan, no post operation plan. This is incredibly dangerous.
Starmer hasn't played this as badly as he might have despite the views of the PB Starmer Derangement Syndrome sufferers.
Netanyahu is driving this operation, Trump is a passenger and Hegseth isn't even on the bus.
More power to Netanyahu's elbow. I am glad there is someone willing to drive a battle against the Mullahs.
I have been very clear and consistent for a long time that defeating Iran should be a priority, long since before Saturday.
Its funny though as I seem to recall a couple of years ago when the Gaza conflict began some here arguing that attacking Gaza was pointless after the October attack as it was really Iran who should be fought (as being behind it all) . . . I felt like you were one of those who said something similar, but I may be wrong . . . yet now they're being fought at long last and suddenly everyone's outraged.
That is a lie. I don't believe many were critical of the notion that Israel could recover it's hostages and chase down Hamas grandees. I suggested taking the top brass out in Doha was preferable to carpet bombing Gaza and killing 80,000 Gazans including women and children. You seemed rabidly comfortable with Bibi killing as many civilians as he could. Your blood lust over Iranian civilians is quite disgusting.
Wanting to see Iranian civilians living in a free and liberated Persia, instead of a dictatorial Islamic Republic of Iran, is not bloodlust.
It is what a great deal many Iranians want too.
Not much good being liberated and dead.
Say that to the tens of thousands murdered by the Mullahs.
I hope someone kills Netanyahu and Trump. Not fully supporting Trump is the first thing Starmer has done right since he was elected. There is no reason why the UK should get involved, either in favour of the evil Iranians or the evil Israelis. We are no longer a world power, thank goodness. The warmongers and Netanyahu lovers on here disgust me. Why don’t you all take up arms and head for the Middle East. You won’t be missed.
“THEY [IRAN] BASICALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS OR WEEKS AWAY FROM A WEAPON IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE EFFORT INTO IT. AND THEY HAD ALL THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT"
WH says that view aligns with the IAEA boss.
He just said this 👇
I have been very clear and consistent in my reports on Iran’s nuclear programme: while there has been no evidence of Iran building a nuclear bomb, its large stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium and refusal to grant my inspectors full access are cause for serious concern. For these reasons, my previous reports indicate that unless and until Iran assists the @IAEAorg in resolving the outstanding safeguards issues, the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Then it is SHAMEFUL UK are not actively bombing Iran nuclear programme also - as they were just days away from Nuclear Strikes on Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA?
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
I think you missed the word could and no evidence. This smacks of WMD and 45 minutes.
The report is so wooly it has more holes than an old jumper
The IEA are categoric about fuck all.
Precisely.
Unless you can be categoric that Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons, better safe than sorry.
SCOOP: A suspected Iranian drone attack hit the CIA’s station in Saudi Arabia in what would amount to a significant symbolic victory for the Islamic Republic as it lashes out at U.S. targets and personnel across the Middle East
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It’s a lot different now.
@JavierBlas
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BREAKING: President Trump says US government will backstop war insurance for all shipping in the Persian Gulf.
In addition, he says the U.S. Navy will provide naval escort to tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. But note the “… as soon as possible…” which isn’t very reassuring
https://x.com/JavierBlas/status/2028921437050826837
If this works out as anything other than a fiasco the Gods are on our side.
No plan, no post operation plan. This is incredibly dangerous.
Starmer hasn't played this as badly as he might have despite the views of the PB Starmer Derangement Syndrome sufferers.
Netanyahu is driving this operation, Trump is a passenger and Hegseth isn't even on the bus.
It's been salami-sliced away to oblivion.
They've been waiting to strike Iran for a decade or more. They will have a long list of priorities and, frankly, don't care about their neighbours being hit by stray Iranian missiles. They've had to put up with worse for years and are much better protected.
I'm interested to see who and what they target and how. So far it seems like the war will drag on for longer than many first thought, which I presume is what they want to maximise the damage inflicted.
Thanks for the welcome back.
We are actively engaged in the war zone alongside our allies
https://x.com/i/status/2028897331127476568
Talk about an understatement. As far as I am aware there is no peaceful use for uranium at that level of enrichment.
Michael McFaul
@McFaul
Two months after Trump removed Maduro from power in Venezuela, dictatorship there remains in place.
I hope Iran will be different. I fear it won’t.
https://x.com/McFaul/status/2028897657004130377
Which Saturday in he last couple of decades are you referring to?
Bruno Maçães
@MacaesBruno
What does Spain get from its position? Really? You don’t get it? When a country is the first to move in a direction that everyone else will have to follow later, that is the very advantage that always, always translates to national success measured in prosperity and power
https://x.com/MacaesBruno/status/2028913348260344082
I have been very clear and consistent for a long time that defeating Iran should be a priority, long since before Saturday.
Its funny though as I seem to recall a couple of years ago when the Gaza conflict began some here arguing that attacking Gaza was pointless after the October attack as it was really Iran who should be fought (as being behind it all) . . . I felt like you were one of those who said something similar, but I may be wrong . . . yet now they're being fought at long last and suddenly everyone's outraged.
https://x.com/Acyn/status/2028884371105886536
Reporter: You just heard that the president is thinking about punishing Spain. What are your thoughts on this?
Merz: We are trying to convince Spain to catch up with the 3% or 3.5%. Spain is the only one who is not willing to accept that
RUBIO: No. Were you there yesterday?
REPORTER: Yes. I asked the question
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2028930058795049349
What an horrendous error of judgement from Starmer, the US must have shared this intel with his government over and over.
Kemi needs to lead with this at PMQs. Kemi is proven 100% correct now for her total trust in the US, Israeli and Saudi existential need to take this action, and how she would have backed and joined in from the off, not far too late.
https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/2028897455643767230
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Due to some rather comic facts in atomic physics, you can use 80%+ enriched uranium to make small, efficient nuclear reactors. Which are self stabilising - a reactivity excursion instantly corrects itself, within milliseconds.
Back when Men Were Men (TM), General Atomics would take a real, live TRIGA reactor to trade shows and run it. The party piece would be Dr Edward Fucking Teller, himself, yanking the main control rod out, to provoke such an excursion.
Such reactors were used around the world for research and making medical isotopes for many years.
Modern Western submarine reactors use 80%+ in their cores. I recall our @Dura_Ace got all upset at the idea of transferring bomb grade material to Australia, when they bought nuclear subs.
There is a question of just how enriched the cores of the SMRs are going to be, given they are derived from U.K./US submarine/carrier reactor designs.
P.S. Who gave you a like for your absurd post?
Likewise, supporting Netanyahu is deeply unpopular across the British electorate ( @BartholomewRoberts excepted).
It is what a great deal many Iranians want too.
See this documentary on naval cuisine - https://youtu.be/-5L_N96ZYYY?si=bN_B7PPMZRFjqVbj
So you agree Kemi needs to ask this? She’s already all in on UK should have backed Trump from Day 1, so she has to support Trumps reasoning for why he done it? She now has no choice in that, based on her immediate support for it.
The world has already seen nuclear weapons used, and said never again. Iran would have attacked Washington with it, I presume.
Trump has a war in the Middle East now to occupy him
The fact US and Israel acted on it would seem a legitimate reason
Now we can argue whether it was the correct decision, but we are where we are and must hope that Iran is tamed
The US and Israel bombed Iran a few months back and the White House assured us that that mission had had total success… and yet here we are with Iran supposedly days away from a nuclear weapon again.
There is a threat of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, but crying wolf constantly doesn’t help. There were active negotiations over a new nuclear deal ongoing when these new attacks were launched. Trump tore up the last nuclear deal for no other reason than that Obama had negotiated it. Trump and Netanyahu are both inveterate liars.
https://x.com/aviationnews_uk/status/2028899732882395553
If anyone wants a cheap holiday, the room rates at some of the fancy hotels are what we normally only see in the middle of summer or when there’s a pandemic on…
What’s WMD and 45 minutes?
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2028904716571136173
What the use of the heavy bombers shows, is that Iran now has no meaningful air defences remaining.
As a place to work, I understand the pros (high salaries and low tax) and cons (living there). But as a holiday destination? I just imagine it's like going to a hot canary wharf on vacation.
The struggle is real... actually, no it's not.
Are we about to see a post LE reshuffle and Priti Shadow Chancellor?
Leveling Tehran isn't going to win any friends.
Purely military hardware is justifiable, turning the place into Gaza II isn't, although I don't suppose Netanyahu will care.
Fuck Iran. They've been trying to destabilise the region and the world for 4 decades.
The B52s are used either for standoff strikes with long Lange missiles, or dropping large numbers of smart weapons. The days of intervelometers and hundreds of dumb 250lbrs are long gone.
Countries like Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait have a problem because to build such pipelines they need to traverse Saudi or Iraqi territory.in the case of Qatar this is particularly problematic as they are seen by the Saudis as being far too close politically to Iran
I suppose now with everything destroyed it can't be proved either way, lucky for Bibi and Trump.
Always telling the caretaker what to say sat next to her at Pmq
I would not support that.
Tell Badenoch
Thats when they put fuel in not bomb
Btw
Majority of yanks don't want war
This is now a full scale war with most everyone on the US and Israels side including Ukraine and Iran isolated
If this ends the terror from Iran, and prevents it supplying drones and military to Russia then that is to be welcomed
We can only hope it also results in a democratic Iran
The one I d village idiot
Iran 🇮🇷 BREAKING: opposition channel IranIntl reports that the Assembly of Experts has elected Mojtaba Khamenei to be the next Supreme Leader.
Mojtaba is the eldest son of Ali Khamenei.
@generalboles.bsky.social
NEPO BABY 😂😂
The IEA are categoric about fuck all.
Not much good being oppressed and dead.
Unless you can be categoric that Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons, better safe than sorry.
SCOOP: A suspected Iranian drone attack hit the CIA’s station in Saudi Arabia in what would amount to a significant symbolic victory for the Islamic Republic as it lashes out at U.S. targets and personnel across the Middle East