America invested a huge amount of blood and treasure to put Iraq in its orbit. It has sent a message in stark terms that Iran can forget about prising it away......
https://www.twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1212932812485136385 What's especially puzzling however is that this comes so soon after Trump and Putin's lovein. Soleimani was one of Putin's friends in the regime, the man tipped as Putin's choice for next President of Iran and a key figure in Putin's Syria strategy.
So either Putin will be ready to explode or - just possibly - we are seeing Trump used, wittingly or otherwise, as part of a power struggle. With Putin I suppose you never quite know.
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
Yup, get on the right side of the right people, that's always the game plan at any company. Also, learn when and how to say no to senior management. Those are my two tips for getting ahead in life.
If asked to join an obviously doomed project, you have to say no, no matter how much the CEO begs you.
That’s not how it works in my experience. There are always people who will do what is asked of them, so sometimes its best to register your scepticism then go through to the end to mitigate the damage and then be around to ensure the right lessons are learned. Marketing is one area where this can actually be quite a valuable exercise.
Yes. And with the motive usually petty and personal. Essentially we have a maladjusted 15 year old holding the World's highest elected office. Hopefully just 12 more months of this bizarre and precarious state of affairs to get through but one rather wishes it were shorter.
If Trump has done this without Putin’s approval things could get very tricky for him.
I'm wondering what he's told the Israelis as well. This is going to lead to an upsurge in violence from Hamas and if they didn't have advanced warning they're not going to be happy.
America invested a huge amount of blood and treasure to put Iraq in its orbit. It has sent a message in stark terms that Iran can forget about prising it away......
And yet it is entirely possible that Iraq will ask US troops to leave as a result.
If Trump has done this without Putin’s approval things could get very tricky for him.
I'm wondering what he's told the Israelis as well. This is going to lead to an upsurge in violence from Hamas and if they didn't have advanced warning they're not going to be happy.
News reports suggest (though who knows if they’re accurate) that allies were not consulted.
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
Yup, get on the right side of the right people, that's always the game plan at any company. Also, learn when and how to say no to senior management. Those are my two tips for getting ahead in life.
If asked to join an obviously doomed project, you have to say no, no matter how much the CEO begs you.
That’s not how it works in my experience. There are always people who will do what is asked of them, so sometimes its best to register your scepticism then go through to the end to mitigate the damage and then be around to ensure the right lessons are learned. Marketing is one area where this can actually be quite a valuable exercise.
With more technical projects, it’s usually poison to have been involved with them, as failure usually equates with disruption and loss of revenue / reputation to the company. Think TSB systems upgrade, lots of people inside would have seen it coming and not wanted anything to do with the project.
If Trump has done this without Putin’s approval things could get very tricky for him.
I'm wondering what he's told the Israelis as well. This is going to lead to an upsurge in violence from Hamas and if they didn't have advanced warning they're not going to be happy.
I imagine Netanyahu will be fine with it given the forthcoming election and the political deadlock in Israel. It may make a lot of voters think twice about a change of government.
What authority does Cummings have to run recruitment for the Civil Service?
If I was the HR director I would be on the war path tonight.
I wonder if in Cummings we are seeing an ego running out of control. The signs are certainly there. Guy obviously thinks he's the bees knees. One must hope that "Boris" does not let him run riot.
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
Yup, get on the right side of the right people, that's always the game plan at any company. Also, learn when and how to say no to senior management. Those are my two tips for getting ahead in life.
If asked to join an obviously doomed project, you have to say no, no matter how much the CEO begs you.
That’s not how it works in my experience. There are always people who will do what is asked of them, so sometimes its best to register your scepticism then go through to the end to mitigate the damage and then be around to ensure the right lessons are learned. Marketing is one area where this can actually be quite a valuable exercise.
With more technical projects, it’s usually poison to have been involved with them, as failure usually equates with disruption and loss of revenue / reputation to the company. Think TSB systems upgrade, lots of people inside would have seen it coming and not wanted anything to do with the project.
Thankfully, I have never been involved in an IT project or similar - and never will be. I just get to moan about them!!
Yes. And with the motive usually petty and personal. Essentially we have a maladjusted 15 year old holding the World's highest elected office. Hopefully just 12 more months of this bizarre and precarious state of affairs to get through but one rather wishes it were shorter.
I think that’s rather unfair. I work with many maladjusted 15 year olds and none of them are as bad as Trump.
America invested a huge amount of blood and treasure to put Iraq in its orbit. It has sent a message in stark terms that Iran can forget about prising it away......
And yet it is entirely possible that Iraq will ask US troops to leave as a result.
There aren’t that many of them left and most of them have spent the last week in hiding.
Boris would do well to stay out of any US escalation with Iran. A military intervention is the last thing he needs at this stage in his premiership.
Although will the lure of a Trump trade deal be a siren call?
I trust he extends to our noble American allies every assistance.
And what should he give to Trump?
You delete “short of actual help”.....
Well, yes. I was asking if we should give every assistance short of actual help to our ‘noble American allies,’ what should we give Trump? I thought quoting the whole thing would confuse matters.
America invested a huge amount of blood and treasure to put Iraq in its orbit. It has sent a message in stark terms that Iran can forget about prising it away......
And yet it is entirely possible that Iraq will ask US troops to leave as a result.
There aren’t that many of them left and most of them have spent the last week in hiding.
Around 5000, I think.
And indeed, this is perhaps retaliation for recent attacks, rather than the centrepiece of any particular strategy.
I won’t mourn the evil fucker, but the consequences of this are unpredictable.
America invested a huge amount of blood and treasure to put Iraq in its orbit. It has sent a message in stark terms that Iran can forget about prising it away......
And yet it is entirely possible that Iraq will ask US troops to leave as a result.
There aren’t that many of them left and most of them have spent the last week in hiding.
Around 5000, I think.
Of which 3,000 are new arrivals to beef up security following these protests.
Remind me again about the quagmire of the Middle East Trump said he was getting out of?
What authority does Cummings have to run recruitment for the Civil Service?
If I was the HR director I would be on the war path tonight.
I wonder if in Cummings we are seeing an ego running out of control. The signs are certainly there. Guy obviously thinks he's the bees knees. One must hope that "Boris" does not let him run riot.
Is Johnson still in his love nest? Sounds like he is needed back home.
What authority does Cummings have to run recruitment for the Civil Service?
If I was the HR director I would be on the war path tonight.
I wonder if in Cummings we are seeing an ego running out of control. The signs are certainly there. Guy obviously thinks he's the bees knees. One must hope that "Boris" does not let him run riot.
Is Johnson still in his love nest? Sounds like he is needed back home.
I wonder who Cummings is backing in World War 3.
He won’t Russia to judgement.
Edit - serious question - when Johnson is abroad, who is in charge? Is it Raab or Gove?
Why has Trump done this now? Everything points to the current impeachment process. That an evil murderer has been taken out is no cause for distress, but the almost certainty that Trump has not bothered to think through the consequences of this action is a huge cause for concern. Johnson needs to be very, very careful in his reaction. Here’s hoping.
Boris would do well to stay out of any US escalation with Iran. A military intervention is the last thing he needs at this stage in his premiership.
Although will the lure of a Trump trade deal be a siren call?
I trust he extends to our noble American allies every assistance.
And what should he give to Trump?
You delete “short of actual help”.....
Well, yes. I was asking if we should give every assistance short of actual help to our ‘noble American allies,’ what should we give Trump? I thought quoting the whole thing would confuse matters.
Lend him some drones, or some intelligence output from the MI6 / SAS teams who are probably there anyway - but definitely stop short of committing troops or planes.
Boris would do well to stay out of any US escalation with Iran. A military intervention is the last thing he needs at this stage in his premiership.
Although will the lure of a Trump trade deal be a siren call?
I trust he extends to our noble American allies every assistance.
And what should he give to Trump?
You delete “short of actual help”.....
Well, yes. I was asking if we should give every assistance short of actual help to our ‘noble American allies,’ what should we give Trump? I thought quoting the whole thing would confuse matters.
Of course Boris needs to keep us out of this. We may be about to find out if Boris owes Trump any favours and precisely how dependent on the USA the govt expects us to be in a post Brexit world.
An Iran US conflict would not be an ideal time to Brexit.
Why has Trump done this now? Everything points to the current impeachment process. That an evil murderer has been taken out is no cause for distress, but the almost certainty that Trump has not bothered to think through the consequences of this action is a huge cause for concern. Johnson needs to be very, very careful in his reaction. Here’s hoping.
As TSE would almost say:
Man lifts telephone in Ukraine, people die in Baghdad.
I think that’s rather unfair. I work with many maladjusted 15 year olds and none of them are as bad as Trump.
I can well believe that. The notion I cling to is that if it came to something which truly threatens WW3 there are people in Washington who would "manage" him out of it. Please nobody disabuse me of this. It's kinder to leave me with it.
Boris would do well to stay out of any US escalation with Iran. A military intervention is the last thing he needs at this stage in his premiership.
Although will the lure of a Trump trade deal be a siren call?
I trust he extends to our noble American allies every assistance.
And what should he give to Trump?
You delete “short of actual help”.....
Well, yes. I was asking if we should give every assistance short of actual help to our ‘noble American allies,’ what should we give Trump? I thought quoting the whole thing would confuse matters.
Lend him some drones, or some intelligence output from the MI6 / SAS teams who are probably there anyway - but definitely stop short of committing troops or planes.
The Implication was he was not a noble American ally...
It’s also rather disrespectful to refer to our intelligence officers as drones, even if some of them appear to be a bit dim.
An extremely unwelcome event for Johnson, but more importantly a highly unwelcome event for that entire region.
One does worry intensely about the Iranian response - when someone this important is taken out the fiery words may for once come close to the actual reaction. I would would not want to be American in the region.
I think that’s rather unfair. I work with many maladjusted 15 year olds and none of them are as bad as Trump.
I can well believe that. The notion I cling to is that if it came to something which truly threatens WW3 there are people in Washington who would "manage" him out of it. Please nobody disabuse me of this. It's kinder to leave me with it.
The scenario in Threads was a US-Russian conflict escalating in Iran.
An extremely unwelcome event for Johnson, but more importantly a highly unwelcome event for that entire region.
One does worry intensely about the Iranian response - when someone this important is taken out the fiery words may for once come close to the actual reaction. I would would not want to be American in the region.
I suspect that many of the first victims of the response will not be Americans.
On topic, I have a small bet on Nandy as I think there is an outside chance she comes through. However, I don't think her personality that appealing - someone on here summed it up well, saying she came across as a bit of a wet lettuce.
I wonder if the value bet at the moment might be Rayner (disclosure: I have bought some on Betfair at 60-70). The left's overwhelming aim is to keep control of the Labour party, not specifically to back a candidate. There seems to be a growing feeling RLB is not up to the task and that Starmer might come through. If that was the case, the left may decide it would be best to ditch RLB and go with Rayner who would probably stand a better chance in a contest.
Why has Trump done this now? Everything points to the current impeachment process. That an evil murderer has been taken out is no cause for distress, but the almost certainty that Trump has not bothered to think through the consequences of this action is a huge cause for concern. Johnson needs to be very, very careful in his reaction. Here’s hoping.
I guess this thing has been prepared for weeks.
The protests in Iran and Baghdad and the increasing american troop deployments provide clues that this was planned long ago, possibly since Al-Baghdadi was killed.
I don't think it's the impeachment since Trump polling wise looked good and the Senate was solid.
Most likely it was planned by some mid level staffer months ago and then Trump signed the order without reading it as usual. Notice how there was no responce from any White House official, only from the Pentagon hours later.
Of course free of any election nonsense - Jezza will be able to mourn this chap in public.
The question is what will Boris do free of an election.
I’ll go out on a limb and suggest that Boris will not mourn the passing of this chap.
Unlike Jezza.
Actual actions will matter a lot more than personal feelings about the event, and only one of them will face any options in the matter - Corbyn is an irrelevance.
An extremely unwelcome event for Johnson, but more importantly a highly unwelcome event for that entire region.
I think you're not entirely right there. The event itself is likely to be welcomed in much of the region; it's some of the immediate repercussions that will be unwelcome. Time will tell if it's a bad move in the long term.
On topic, I have a small bet on Nandy as I think there is an outside chance she comes through. However, I don't think her personality that appealing - someone on here summed it up well, saying she came across as a bit of a wet lettuce.
I wonder if the value bet at the moment might be Rayner (disclosure: I have bought some on Betfair at 60-70). The left's overwhelming aim is to keep control of the Labour party, not specifically to back a candidate. There seems to be a growing feeling RLB is not up to the task and that Starmer might come through. If that was the case, the left may decide it would be best to ditch RLB and go with Rayner who would probably stand a better chance in a contest.
I agree with you. The question is whether or not Rayner can be convinced to stand.
Why has Trump done this now? Everything points to the current impeachment process. That an evil murderer has been taken out is no cause for distress, but the almost certainty that Trump has not bothered to think through the consequences of this action is a huge cause for concern. Johnson needs to be very, very careful in his reaction. Here’s hoping.
I guess this thing has been prepared for weeks.
The protests in Iran and Baghdad and the increasing american troop deployments provide clues that this was planned long ago, possibly since Al-Baghdadi was killed.
I don't think it's the impeachment since Trump polling wise looked good and the Senate was solid.
Most likely it was planned by some mid level staffer months ago and then Trump signed the order without reading it as usual. Notice how there was no responce from any White House official, only from the Pentagon hours later.
The mind conjures images of someone speaking to someone else loudly enough to be overheard by Trump going 'of course wed like to take him down, but only a super great genius would have the balls to do it' and Trump going 'that's me! Let's do it! Take out who?'
An extremely unwelcome event for Johnson, but more importantly a highly unwelcome event for that entire region.
Boris has just won re election by a landslide and is not up for re election for at least 4 years, it has no effect on Boris at all and whether the assassination was advisable or not Iran is hardly a UK ally
An extremely unwelcome event for Johnson, but more importantly a highly unwelcome event for that entire region.
I think you're not entirely right there. The event itself is likely to be welcomed in much of the region; it's some of the immediate repercussions that will be unwelcome. Time will tell if it's a bad move in the long term.
Thats likely true, and it's a question of how much worse it will get in the short term before (hopefully) its gets better. But optimism does not abound in the region though so gloominess that it will prove a bad move is understandable..
Today is a day to be thankful that Jeremy Corbyn is not in Downing Street. It is also a day to be very concerned that Boris Johnson is. Spare a thought, too, for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family. They must be sick with worry.
An extremely unwelcome event for Johnson, but more importantly a highly unwelcome event for that entire region.
Boris has just won re election by a landslide and is not up for re election for at least 4 years, it has no effect on Boris at all and advisable or not Iran is hardly a UK ally
I hope to God that is not the prism through which these events are being viewed in Downing Street.
Mr. Observer, whilst that's possible there is another potential explanation. Benghazi questions over Clinton et al during the last election loomed large, and Trump might be trying to head that off by reacting to the storming of the embassy thus.
An extremely unwelcome event for Johnson, but more importantly a highly unwelcome event for that entire region.
Boris has just won re election by a landslide and is not up for re election for at least 4 years, it has no effect on Boris at all and whether the assassination was advisable or not Iran is hardly a UK ally
I'd think global instability has an effect on the UK PM.
Why has Trump done this now? Everything points to the current impeachment process. That an evil murderer has been taken out is no cause for distress, but the almost certainty that Trump has not bothered to think through the consequences of this action is a huge cause for concern. Johnson needs to be very, very careful in his reaction. Here’s hoping.
Yes, for the motive look for something ridiculous like that rather than anything to do with geopolitical calculus. Likewise if we want to stop him escalating further we must incorporate this weird but wonderful insight. We need to adopt some Dominic Cummings "off the trolley" thinking. What I would suggest is that Barack Obama is persuaded to make a big speech praising Trump for "taking no shit" from the Iranians and recommending the bombing of Tehran. That should do the trick.
Why has Trump done this now? Everything points to the current impeachment process. That an evil murderer has been taken out is no cause for distress, but the almost certainty that Trump has not bothered to think through the consequences of this action is a huge cause for concern. Johnson needs to be very, very careful in his reaction. Here’s hoping.
I guess this thing has been prepared for weeks.
The protests in Iran and Baghdad and the increasing american troop deployments provide clues that this was planned long ago, possibly since Al-Baghdadi was killed.
I don't think it's the impeachment since Trump polling wise looked good and the Senate was solid.
Most likely it was planned by some mid level staffer months ago and then Trump signed the order without reading it as usual. Notice how there was no responce from any White House official, only from the Pentagon hours later.
The mind conjures images of someone speaking to someone else loudly enough to be overheard by Trump going 'of course wed like to take him down, but only a super great genius would have the balls to do it' and Trump going 'that's me! Let's do it! Take out who?'
Mesa called President Trump. Mesa your humble servant...
An extremely unwelcome event for Johnson, but more importantly a highly unwelcome event for that entire region.
Boris has just won re election by a landslide and is not up for re election for at least 4 years, it has no effect on Boris at all and whether the assassination was advisable or not Iran is hardly a UK ally
An extremely unwelcome event for Johnson, but more importantly a highly unwelcome event for that entire region.
I think you're not entirely right there. The event itself is likely to be welcomed in much of the region; it's some of the immediate repercussions that will be unwelcome. Time will tell if it's a bad move in the long term.
However, what I was meaning there was that the consequences will be logically unwelcome.
The fact that this kind of escalation may be emotionally welcome in several countries of the region is a large part of a problem, I think.
Mr. Observer, whilst that's possible there is another potential explanation. Benghazi questions over Clinton et al during the last election loomed large, and Trump might be trying to head that off by reacting to the storming of the embassy thus.
If so, that’s in its own way more worrying. Planning and assessing such a drastic step should take months. It’s not something you do in five minutes in response to a few drink sodden hotheads throwing stones.
Why has Trump done this now? Everything points to the current impeachment process. That an evil murderer has been taken out is no cause for distress, but the almost certainty that Trump has not bothered to think through the consequences of this action is a huge cause for concern. Johnson needs to be very, very careful in his reaction. Here’s hoping.
Yes, for the motive look for something ridiculous like that rather than anything to do with geopolitical calculus. Likewise if we want to stop him escalating further we must incorporate this weird but wonderful insight. We need to adopt some Dominic Cummings "off the trolley" thinking. What I would suggest is that Barack Obama is persuaded to make a big speech praising Trump for "taking no shit" from the Iranians and recommending the bombing of Tehran. That should do the trick.
Hillary Clinton would be better. She could work in the words ‘my old friend Donald Trump that I did many real estate deals with’ as well, just to ram home to the Mid West just how unlike her Donald is.
I'd have thought there's still quite a lot of play in this contest. The candidates aren't that well-known and the Labour party membership have yet to decide what they want to make their next step. Lisa Nandy would be a good choice (for my bank account as well as for the Labour party), but I'm not expecting Labour to make it.
Karl Rove was on Fox News last night, said we will be greeted as liberators. They have learned nothing.
A strange sense of circularity after 2003. What this does show, from Trump and a residual circle of ultra-hawks down, is that the assumption of permanently secured, global American dominance, and a global public affirming this dominance, still very much continues in some parts of the American establishment.
Russia taking the manin role in the middle east, or the emerging reality of Chinese economic dominance, and many other developments of the last few years, haven't shaken these articles of faith among some.
Because America's role is not what it was, that's a dangerous mix.
The mind conjures images of someone speaking to someone else loudly enough to be overheard by Trump going 'of course wed like to take him down, but only a super great genius would have the balls to do it' and Trump going 'that's me! Let's do it! Take out who?'
You've perhaps written this as a piece of whimsy but in fact I can quite easily imagine that this is exactly in every detail what happened. Narcissists are easy to manipulate.
I'd have thought there's still quite a lot of play in this contest. The candidates aren't that well-known and the Labour party membership have yet to decide what they want to make their next step. Lisa Nandy would be a good choice (for my bank account as well as for the Labour party), but I'm not expecting Labour to make it.
Agreed. I reckon a fair few on the left think Starmer is one of their own - he was in the shadow cabinet after all.
Is it helicopters from the Embassy roof time yet for the Americans in Iraq?
‘I came, I Sai, I gone?’
These puns are beginning to Hanoi me.
To be honest, Halong for them to stop as well.
I’m surprised you’ve not made any gags this morning about De Kock and Philander.
The cricket’s too fucking depressing right now.
At least Joe Root didn’t try to bowl again, but with him having taken Burns out before the match and Crawley out for 4 that’s not important right now.
Has Root been seen with a new leather jacket recently?
As I said after the World Cup final, we’ve used up all our good luck for the next decade.
It’s nothing to do with luck. It’s daft management. What is Zak Crawley with 700 runs at 30 - around a quarter of them against Nottinghamshire -doing as backup opener instead of Chris Dent (1100 at 47, admittedly with quite a few against Leicestershire)? Why is Crawley not on the Lions tour working on his technique so he’s ready for number three in a couple of years? Why is football being allowed when it causes injuries? Why was Archer training when he was not fully fit? Why was he forced to bowl long spells? Why is Root still captain when he last won a series 18 months ago? Why is Bairstow the backup keeper instead of Foakes?
These are easy decisions to make. And yet they are not being made. Silverwood was the wrong choice as coach because he’s an insider and however fine a coach he is (and his Essex record shows how good he is) he’s not making the tough calls.
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https://twitter.com/sethabramson/status/1212938071202766848?s=21
So Putin wasn’t told then...
It is going to be fascinating to see how Boris reacts.
And indeed, this is perhaps retaliation for recent attacks, rather than the centrepiece of any particular strategy.
I won’t mourn the evil fucker, but the consequences of this are unpredictable.
This is a very good profile (and notes an opportunity for rapprochement under Bush thrown away):
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/the-shadow-commander
Remind me again about the quagmire of the Middle East Trump said he was getting out of?
I wonder who Cummings is backing in World War 3.
Edit - serious question - when Johnson is abroad, who is in charge? Is it Raab or Gove?
Of course Boris needs to keep us out of this. We may be about to find out if Boris owes Trump any favours and precisely how dependent on the USA the govt expects us to be in a post Brexit world.
An Iran US conflict would not be an ideal time to Brexit.
Man lifts telephone in Ukraine, people die in Baghdad.
It’s also rather disrespectful to refer to our intelligence officers as drones, even if some of them appear to be a bit dim.
https://twitter.com/NewsBreaking/status/1213007231932780545
They have no choice, they don't want their country to become a battlefield during the Iran War.
Is it helicopters from the Embassy roof time yet for the Americans in Iraq?
Unlike Jezza.
I wonder if the value bet at the moment might be Rayner (disclosure: I have bought some on Betfair at 60-70). The left's overwhelming aim is to keep control of the Labour party, not specifically to back a candidate. There seems to be a growing feeling RLB is not up to the task and that Starmer might come through. If that was the case, the left may decide it would be best to ditch RLB and go with Rayner who would probably stand a better chance in a contest.
The protests in Iran and Baghdad and the increasing american troop deployments provide clues that this was planned long ago, possibly since Al-Baghdadi was killed.
I don't think it's the impeachment since Trump polling wise looked good and the Senate was solid.
Most likely it was planned by some mid level staffer months ago and then Trump signed the order without reading it as usual.
Notice how there was no responce from any White House official, only from the Pentagon hours later.
Mr. Observer, whilst that's possible there is another potential explanation. Benghazi questions over Clinton et al during the last election loomed large, and Trump might be trying to head that off by reacting to the storming of the embassy thus.
A massive cavalry charge at Qom, wailing Ayatollahs in Mashhad, a large tank battle in Tehran, Hamas going apeshit, the Straits of Hormuz closed.
Plus a war in the Middle East will be good for the environment as oil supplies are reduced and we move to electric cars as a result.
I’m forming The Start The War Coalition.
The fact that this kind of escalation may be emotionally welcome in several countries of the region is a large part of a problem, I think.
They have learned nothing.
At least Joe Root didn’t try to bowl again, but with him having taken Burns out before the match and Crawley out for 4 that’s not important right now.
Has Root been seen with a new leather jacket recently?
During the Brexit wars we continually heard how the Uk was a tiny irrelevant nation these days and the EU was a big dawg.
I’d imagine we can therefore sit this one out as Macron , Merkel and the Iranians sit down and make peace.
https://twitter.com/_mattmccallum/status/1213021315713699841?s=21
Russia taking the manin role in the middle east, or the emerging reality of Chinese economic dominance, and many other developments of the last few years, haven't shaken these articles of faith among some.
Because America's role is not what it was, that's a dangerous mix.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/cricket/48984283
Arguably the best moment of 2019.
These are easy decisions to make. And yet they are not being made. Silverwood was the wrong choice as coach because he’s an insider and however fine a coach he is (and his Essex record shows how good he is) he’s not making the tough calls.