Keir Starmer has spoken to Donald Trump on the phone this evening, Downing Street says
“The Prime Minister set out that the UK was taking part in coordinated regional defensive operations to protect British people and regional partners following Iran’s indiscriminate retaliatory strikes on allies in the region.”
Are you or anyone else seriously suggesting that Starmer should authorise the RAF to join Israel and the US in bombing operations
Seriously?
He is doing the same as the vast majority of other Countries.
Standing back from the precipice of war.
That he could do that without Parliamentary consent is highly highly doubtful
It's foolish in the extreme for Farage and Badenoch to call for the UK to support Air Strikes, thank god neither is in power if I were Starmer I'd call a debate for tomorrow request immediate recall of Parliament vote them down and show them up for the Trump Bibi sponsored apologists they are.
History shows UK involvement in Middle East is a calamity
Starmer grows in stature every minute he stands back.. Thank God McSweeney is gone he's as bad as Farage and Badenoch.
Polls will show the vast majority of the UK don't want war.
I challenge anyone who wants us to join bombing to out themselves and explain why, why would you declare the UK at war.
It's a fucking senseless suggestion
There is no need to do the bombing but support for our allies and interests is justyfied
Bahrain at the UN of behalf of the gulf states, has roundly condemned Iran and reserves the right to act to protect their security
Tonight Iran is friendless and their leader apparently dead
Bahrain hosts the major US Navy base in the region. It is not an innocent bystander.
Keir Starmer has spoken to Donald Trump on the phone this evening, Downing Street says
“The Prime Minister set out that the UK was taking part in coordinated regional defensive operations to protect British people and regional partners following Iran’s indiscriminate retaliatory strikes on allies in the region.”
Are you or anyone else seriously suggesting that Starmer should authorise the RAF to join Israel and the US in bombing operations
Seriously?
He is doing the same as the vast majority of other Countries.
Standing back from the precipice of war.
That he could do that without Parliamentary consent is highly highly doubtful
It's foolish in the extreme for Farage and Badenoch to call for the UK to support Air Strikes, thank god neither is in power if I were Starmer I'd call a debate for tomorrow request immediate recall of Parliament vote them down and show them up for the Trump Bibi sponsored apologists they are.
History shows UK involvement in Middle East is a calamity
Starmer grows in stature every minute he stands back.. Thank God McSweeney is gone he's as bad as Farage and Badenoch.
Polls will show the vast majority of the UK don't want war.
I challenge anyone who wants us to join bombing to out themselves and explain why, why would you declare the UK at war.
It's a fucking senseless suggestion
There is no need to do the bombing but support for our allies and interests is justyfied
Bahrain at the UN of behalf of the gulf states, has roundly condemned Iran and reserves the right to act to protect their security
Tonight Iran is friendless and their leader apparently dead
You haven't answered the wuestion
Any form of the support you suggests opens up to attack.
Starmer is smart he won't authorise without the law being on his side.
I really wish he would be politically wise. Put Farage and Badenoch on the spot. Unite the centre left against war.
If oil rich Arab states who are being attacked want to join ins let them.
Our European, NATO and Commonwealth allies back Starmer he backs them.
Why do the Tories always want war, let's never forget more Tories backed Blair than Labour.. Its bloodlust.
One peer suspended, a prospective peer not now taking up their seat due to scandal and a minister resigns Labour busy hiding their sleaze under the war in the middle east
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
They are unwittingly doing a big favour to HMT. The trend of rich Brits heading off to Dubai to save tax was starting to get some serious self-fulfilling momentum. This is going to trigger second thoughts for most.
Rather like the trend of European businesses listing in the US has taken a hit since the Trump admin started interfering in the oil, defence and most recently AI industries.
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
Keir Starmer has spoken to Donald Trump on the phone this evening, Downing Street says
“The Prime Minister set out that the UK was taking part in coordinated regional defensive operations to protect British people and regional partners following Iran’s indiscriminate retaliatory strikes on allies in the region.”
Are you or anyone else seriously suggesting that Starmer should authorise the RAF to join Israel and the US in bombing operations
Seriously?
He is doing the same as the vast majority of other Countries.
Standing back from the precipice of war.
That he could do that without Parliamentary consent is highly highly doubtful
It's foolish in the extreme for Farage and Badenoch to call for the UK to support Air Strikes, thank god neither is in power if I were Starmer I'd call a debate for tomorrow request immediate recall of Parliament vote them down and show them up for the Trump Bibi sponsored apologists they are.
History shows UK involvement in Middle East is a calamity
Starmer grows in stature every minute he stands back.. Thank God McSweeney is gone he's as bad as Farage and Badenoch.
Polls will show the vast majority of the UK don't want war.
I challenge anyone who wants us to join bombing to out themselves and explain why, why would you declare the UK at war.
It's a fucking senseless suggestion
There is no need to do the bombing but support for our allies and interests is justyfied
Bahrain at the UN of behalf of the gulf states, has roundly condemned Iran and reserves the right to act to protect their security
Tonight Iran is friendless and their leader apparently dead
You haven't answered the wuestion
Any form of the support you suggests opens up to attack.
Starmer is smart he won't authorise without the law being on his side.
I really wish he would be politically wise. Put Farage and Badenoch on the spot. Unite the centre left against war.
If oil rich Arab states who are being attacked want to join ins let them.
Our European, NATO and Commonwealth allies back Starmer he backs them.
Why do the Tories always want war, let's never forget more Tories backed Blair than Labour.. Its bloodlust.
Not our war. But
Carney of Canada, and Australia support are ' tories' ?
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
No idea of the reliability of the source, but factions scrambling to get their own man appointed in a fast moving situation would not be unexpected.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is insisting on the swift appointment of the next leader of the Islamic Republic after Ali Khamenei's death, sources with knowledge of the matter told Iran International.
According to the sources speaking on condition of anonymity, the remaining IRGC command structure is seeking to finalize the decision within the coming hours, specifically by dawn on Sunday, March 1.
The sources said with airstrikes ongoing, it is not feasible to convene a session of the Assembly of Experts, the constitutional body responsible for selecting the Supreme Leader. As a result, the IRGC is pushing for the appointment of the next leader to take place outside the legally prescribed procedures. https://www.iranintl.com/en/202602285944
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
We bombed Dresden.
The Iranian regime faces an existential threat. They are going to attack anything and anyone they can.
The Nazis were still killing Jews and others when we bombed Dresden. Dresden had factories making things for the war effort. The horror of Dresden was because, like Hamburg, a firestorm destroyed the city and killed tens of thousands. Harris would have done that to every German city if he could, to save just one allied soldier.
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
Trump doesn’t want a long war, although Netanyahu possibly does.
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
Trump doesn’t want a long war, although Netanyahu possibly does.
He might get one anyway if they keep pinging drones at the Gulf States. Before it was limited to the threat to Israel - now it's a whole bunch of allies and some of the most important oil exporters in the world.
So, like 12 hours after he told Iranians to "take over your government", and eight hours after he called the Washington Post and said his goal is "freedom for the people", Trump now says maybe we can bring this thing to an inconclusive end in two or three days
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
It gives them leverage, from a position of weakness. Iran can stop bombing its neighbours/ships in exchange for being left alone themselves. Same ceasefire deal as the Houthis did earlier with the Americans, and they are even more ragbag than Iranians.
Keir Starmer has spoken to Donald Trump on the phone this evening, Downing Street says
“The Prime Minister set out that the UK was taking part in coordinated regional defensive operations to protect British people and regional partners following Iran’s indiscriminate retaliatory strikes on allies in the region.”
Are you or anyone else seriously suggesting that Starmer should authorise the RAF to join Israel and the US in bombing operations
Seriously?
He is doing the same as the vast majority of other Countries.
Standing back from the precipice of war.
That he could do that without Parliamentary consent is highly highly doubtful
It's foolish in the extreme for Farage and Badenoch to call for the UK to support Air Strikes, thank god neither is in power if I were Starmer I'd call a debate for tomorrow request immediate recall of Parliament vote them down and show them up for the Trump Bibi sponsored apologists they are.
History shows UK involvement in Middle East is a calamity
Starmer grows in stature every minute he stands back.. Thank God McSweeney is gone he's as bad as Farage and Badenoch.
Polls will show the vast majority of the UK don't want war.
I challenge anyone who wants us to join bombing to out themselves and explain why, why would you declare the UK at war.
It's a fucking senseless suggestion
There is no need to do the bombing but support for our allies and interests is justyfied
Bahrain at the UN of behalf of the gulf states, has roundly condemned Iran and reserves the right to act to protect their security
Tonight Iran is friendless and their leader apparently dead
You haven't answered the wuestion
Any form of the support you suggests opens up to attack.
Starmer is smart he won't authorise without the law being on his side.
I really wish he would be politically wise. Put Farage and Badenoch on the spot. Unite the centre left against war.
If oil rich Arab states who are being attacked want to join ins let them.
Our European, NATO and Commonwealth allies back Starmer he backs them.
Why do the Tories always want war, let's never forget more Tories backed Blair than Labour.. Its bloodlust.
Not our war. But
Carney of Canada, and Australia support are ' tories' ?
They are backing same decision as us, defending our interests not attacking Iran nor directly supporting usa or Israel offensive
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
Trump doesn’t want a long war, although Netanyahu possibly does.
He might get one anyway if they keep pinging drones at the Gulf States. Before it was limited to the threat to Israel - now it's a whole bunch of allies and some of the most important oil exporters in the world.
May be Trump just wants to destroy Iran, blockade the Middle East and then pump baby pump to the world
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
Trump doesn’t want a long war, although Netanyahu possibly does.
He might get one anyway if they keep pinging drones at the Gulf States. Before it was limited to the threat to Israel - now it's a whole bunch of allies and some of the most important oil exporters in the world.
May be Trump just wants to destroy Iran, blockade the Middle East and then pump baby pump to the world
Screw over everyone
A nation of 90 million is significantly harder to destroy, even with all its problems.
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
Fire back? What did UAE do?
Search Assist
The primary U.S. military base in the UAE is Al Dhafra Air Base, which hosts the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing. This base supports various operations, including reconnaissance and aerial refueling, and plays a crucial role in U.S. military activities in the region.
Keir Starmer has spoken to Donald Trump on the phone this evening, Downing Street says
“The Prime Minister set out that the UK was taking part in coordinated regional defensive operations to protect British people and regional partners following Iran’s indiscriminate retaliatory strikes on allies in the region.”
Are you or anyone else seriously suggesting that Starmer should authorise the RAF to join Israel and the US in bombing operations
Seriously?
He is doing the same as the vast majority of other Countries.
Standing back from the precipice of war.
That he could do that without Parliamentary consent is highly highly doubtful
It's foolish in the extreme for Farage and Badenoch to call for the UK to support Air Strikes, thank god neither is in power if I were Starmer I'd call a debate for tomorrow request immediate recall of Parliament vote them down and show them up for the Trump Bibi sponsored apologists they are.
History shows UK involvement in Middle East is a calamity
Starmer grows in stature every minute he stands back.. Thank God McSweeney is gone he's as bad as Farage and Badenoch.
Polls will show the vast majority of the UK don't want war.
I challenge anyone who wants us to join bombing to out themselves and explain why, why would you declare the UK at war.
It's a fucking senseless suggestion
There is no need to do the bombing but support for our allies and interests is justyfied
Bahrain at the UN of behalf of the gulf states, has roundly condemned Iran and reserves the right to act to protect their security
Tonight Iran is friendless and their leader apparently dead
You haven't answered the wuestion
Any form of the support you suggests opens up to attack.
Starmer is smart he won't authorise without the law being on his side.
I really wish he would be politically wise. Put Farage and Badenoch on the spot. Unite the centre left against war.
If oil rich Arab states who are being attacked want to join ins let them.
Our European, NATO and Commonwealth allies back Starmer he backs them.
Why do the Tories always want war, let's never forget more Tories backed Blair than Labour.. Its bloodlust.
Not our war. But
Carney of Canada, and Australia support are ' tories' ?
There la no point arguing Big G. This poster is just….well. Having visits with fairies.
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
Trump doesn’t want a long war, although Netanyahu possibly does.
He might get one anyway if they keep pinging drones at the Gulf States. Before it was limited to the threat to Israel - now it's a whole bunch of allies and some of the most important oil exporters in the world.
May be Trump just wants to destroy Iran, blockade the Middle East and then pump baby pump to the world
Screw over everyone
Trump believes his own propaganda. He thinks he can get a quick win over Iran like he (thinks he) got over Venezuela, and also Netanyahu is good at manipulating him. Remember that story before the bombing started about Witkoff saying Trump didn’t understand why Iran hadn’t capitulated? Trump has a very simple understanding of geopolitics.
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
Trump doesn’t want a long war, although Netanyahu possibly does.
He might get one anyway if they keep pinging drones at the Gulf States. Before it was limited to the threat to Israel - now it's a whole bunch of allies and some of the most important oil exporters in the world.
May be Trump just wants to destroy Iran, blockade the Middle East and then pump baby pump to the world
Screw over everyone
Trump believes his own propaganda. He thinks he can get a quick win over Iran like he (thinks he) got over Venezuela, and also Netanyahu is good at manipulating him. Remember that story before the bombing started about Witkoff saying Trump didn’t understand why Iran hadn’t capitulated? Trump has a very simple understanding of geopolitics.
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
Trump doesn’t want a long war, although Netanyahu possibly does.
He might get one anyway if they keep pinging drones at the Gulf States. Before it was limited to the threat to Israel - now it's a whole bunch of allies and some of the most important oil exporters in the world.
May be Trump just wants to destroy Iran, blockade the Middle East and then pump baby pump to the world
Screw over everyone
Trump believes his own propaganda. He thinks he can get a quick win over Iran like he (thinks he) got over Venezuela, and also Netanyahu is good at manipulating him. Remember that story before the bombing started about Witkoff saying Trump didn’t understand why Iran hadn’t capitulated? Trump has a very simple understanding of geopolitics.
He already has a quick win.
Hopefully it can become a fuller one.
Is Epstein sat behind Netanyahu pulling his strings.
He certainly seems to get anything he wants of Starmer.
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
Trump doesn’t want a long war, although Netanyahu possibly does.
He might get one anyway if they keep pinging drones at the Gulf States. Before it was limited to the threat to Israel - now it's a whole bunch of allies and some of the most important oil exporters in the world.
May be Trump just wants to destroy Iran, blockade the Middle East and then pump baby pump to the world
Screw over everyone
Trump believes his own propaganda. He thinks he can get a quick win over Iran like he (thinks he) got over Venezuela, and also Netanyahu is good at manipulating him. Remember that story before the bombing started about Witkoff saying Trump didn’t understand why Iran hadn’t capitulated? Trump has a very simple understanding of geopolitics.
He already has a quick win.
Hopefully it can become a fuller one.
Winning a battle is not the same as winning a war.
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
Trump doesn’t want a long war, although Netanyahu possibly does.
He might get one anyway if they keep pinging drones at the Gulf States. Before it was limited to the threat to Israel - now it's a whole bunch of allies and some of the most important oil exporters in the world.
May be Trump just wants to destroy Iran, blockade the Middle East and then pump baby pump to the world
Screw over everyone
Trump believes his own propaganda. He thinks he can get a quick win over Iran like he (thinks he) got over Venezuela, and also Netanyahu is good at manipulating him. Remember that story before the bombing started about Witkoff saying Trump didn’t understand why Iran hadn’t capitulated? Trump has a very simple understanding of geopolitics.
He already has a quick win.
Hopefully it can become a fuller one.
Is Epstein sat behind Netanyahu pulling his strings.
He certainly seems to get anything he wants of Starmer.
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
Trump doesn’t want a long war, although Netanyahu possibly does.
He might get one anyway if they keep pinging drones at the Gulf States. Before it was limited to the threat to Israel - now it's a whole bunch of allies and some of the most important oil exporters in the world.
May be Trump just wants to destroy Iran, blockade the Middle East and then pump baby pump to the world
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
Trump doesn’t want a long war, although Netanyahu possibly does.
He might get one anyway if they keep pinging drones at the Gulf States. Before it was limited to the threat to Israel - now it's a whole bunch of allies and some of the most important oil exporters in the world.
May be Trump just wants to destroy Iran, blockade the Middle East and then pump baby pump to the world
Screw over everyone
Trump believes his own propaganda. He thinks he can get a quick win over Iran like he (thinks he) got over Venezuela, and also Netanyahu is good at manipulating him. Remember that story before the bombing started about Witkoff saying Trump didn’t understand why Iran hadn’t capitulated? Trump has a very simple understanding of geopolitics.
He already has a quick win.
Hopefully it can become a fuller one.
Is Epstein sat behind Netanyahu pulling his strings.
He certainly seems to get anything he wants of Starmer.
You’re not ok are you hun. I’m sure your political tendencies will find an equally anti-western murderer to pin your hopes on.
Iran at the UN thanks Russia and China for their support !!!!
This is also unwittingly helpful. So they’re helping His Majesty’s Treasury by putting millionaires off hot footing it to Dubai to enjoy their money amongst the influencers and crypto bros. And now they’re helping to persuade Trump and his mates that maybe, just maybe, Russia isn’t America’s friend after all.
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
Trump doesn’t want a long war, although Netanyahu possibly does.
He might get one anyway if they keep pinging drones at the Gulf States. Before it was limited to the threat to Israel - now it's a whole bunch of allies and some of the most important oil exporters in the world.
May be Trump just wants to destroy Iran, blockade the Middle East and then pump baby pump to the world
Screw over everyone
Now the murdeous Ayotollah is dead…are u ok hun?
I've never supported the Ayotollah as you well know.
I've made it clean Netanyahu is as evil and bad and needs eradicating too
The democratically elected leader of a free democracy, or the authoritarian dictator?
Yeah that's the same.
The democratically elected leader of a free Country who like Adolph Hitler commuted war crimes.
Netanyahu is a cancer on the Jewish state and the majority of Israelis want him out.
War keeps him out of jail
Let him call election, you know and I know he'll lose.
What war crimes?
Fighting a just war is not a crime. The deaths are thanks to Hamas.
Not like slaughtering your own civilians in cold blood.
There will be an election in Israel this year and I hope he loses, and I hope his successor is just as forceful at fighting any enemies.
Proportionality is a key underpinning of a just war. Israel’s response in Gaza was not proportional no matter how horrific the losses.
Yes it was. It was required to defeat Hamas.
Proportionality is about necessity, not a 1:1 ratio.
Until Hamas surrendered, defeating them was necessary.
Who said anything about 1:1? I can’t be arsed to dig out my thesis on just war, so this is what Google tells me:
Key Aspects of Proportionality:
Jus ad Bellum (Resort to War): The overall evil or destruction caused by the war must not exceed the good to be achieved or the wrong to be righted.
Jus in Bello (Conduct in War): Individual military acts must avoid causing incidental loss of civilian life or damage to civilian objects that is excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated.
Goal: To limit damage by ensuring that the scale of violence is not disproportionate to the objectives, aiming to avoid "bombing into the Stone Age" when a limited, less destructive action can achieve the goal.
Israel was justified ad Bellum, but their behaviour in bello was unacceptable. For example machine-gunning ambulances is typically regarded as inappropriate
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
Trump doesn’t want a long war, although Netanyahu possibly does.
He might get one anyway if they keep pinging drones at the Gulf States. Before it was limited to the threat to Israel - now it's a whole bunch of allies and some of the most important oil exporters in the world.
May be Trump just wants to destroy Iran, blockade the Middle East and then pump baby pump to the world
Screw over everyone
Now the murdeous Ayotollah is dead…are u ok hun?
I've never supported the Ayotollah as you well know.
I've made it clean Netanyahu is as evil and bad and needs eradicating too
But you’re sad though. And you’re an anti-democrat, with quite nasty facist tendencies so we can safely hope you retire to whatever Labour bot-farm you came from.
just feels like at every layer of the security/military/diplomatic washington circular world they passed on a note from their desk saying - no way, don't do it, christ, madness, play it safe, what if...
Whoever was invited to the meeting but mysteriously didn't show up should probably get out of the country just to be safe. A senior US defense official tells me that the US government agrees with the Israeli assessment that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, along with 5-10 other top Iranian leaders who were all meeting at a compound in Tehran Saturday morning. The top IRGC commander also killed.
Iran at the UN thanks Russia and China for their support !!!!
This is also unwittingly helpful. So they’re helping His Majesty’s Treasury by putting millionaires off hot footing it to Dubai to enjoy their money amongst the influencers and crypto bros. And now they’re helping to persuade Trump and his mates that maybe, just maybe, Russia isn’t America’s friend after all.
Dubai bros are probably not going to hotfoot it back to blighty if the region destabilised, they'll find another place.
The democratically elected leader of a free democracy, or the authoritarian dictator?
Yeah that's the same.
The democratically elected leader of a free Country who like Adolph Hitler commuted war crimes.
Netanyahu is a cancer on the Jewish state and the majority of Israelis want him out.
War keeps him out of jail
Let him call election, you know and I know he'll lose.
What war crimes?
Fighting a just war is not a crime. The deaths are thanks to Hamas.
Not like slaughtering your own civilians in cold blood.
There will be an election in Israel this year and I hope he loses, and I hope his successor is just as forceful at fighting any enemies.
Proportionality is a key underpinning of a just war. Israel’s response in Gaza was not proportional no matter how horrific the losses.
Yes it was. It was required to defeat Hamas.
Proportionality is about necessity, not a 1:1 ratio.
Until Hamas surrendered, defeating them was necessary.
It was collective punishment of a 2m population for an atrocity that most of them were wholly innocent of.
It was war.
Just saying "it was war" doesn't justify the conduct of it. There'd be no such thing as war crimes if it did.
Well exactly. One hardly needs to be in the crowd of people objecting to any Israeli retaliation to think not every action is justified in reaction to an atrocity. Leaving aside any moral questions there are practical reasons too.
Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian Assuming Ayatollah Khamenei is Dead, now comes the complicated part.
Does the U.S. allow his son/deputy to take power (as they did in Venezuela last month)?
Does the U.S. leave a power vacuum (as they did in Iraq)?
Does the U.S. occupy the country for a decade to stabilize it (as they did in Germany/Japan)?
Option 3 definitely won’t happen . The Revolutionary Guard seem to want to put one of their own in quickly to take over as leader.
It’s a complicated set up in Iran with the guard and the normal army . If the regime is to collapse it needs to happen quickly whilst there’s a vacuum in the leadership .
Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian Assuming Ayatollah Khamenei is Dead, now comes the complicated part.
Does the U.S. allow his son/deputy to take power (as they did in Venezuela last month)?
Does the U.S. leave a power vacuum (as they did in Iraq)?
Does the U.S. occupy the country for a decade to stabilize it (as they did in Germany/Japan)?
It looks like it will be the first.
If the Iranian regime is sensible, they'll at least try and give the appearance of radical change - new guy wears a suit, signs a deal and introduces some performative liberalisations. Give Trump a win and encourage him to call it all off.
Meanwhile, one for Leon, from the Guardian: A North Carolina man has challenged anyone on earth to disprove his claim of having the world’s smallest penis as he advocates against body shaming and aims to raise awareness about the medical condition known as micropenis.
“ Starmer survives for the time being. But now that he has lost his chief of staff and other key confidantes, those who understand the byzantine machinations of the Labour Party say he is at the mercy of the “soft left” (not to be confused, presumably, with the crunchy left, the salted caramel left and the smooth hazelnut praline left).”
just feels like at every layer of the security/military/diplomatic washington circular world they passed on a note from their desk saying - no way, don't do it, christ, madness, play it safe, what if...
...and then it reached the King of Dementia.
The CIA apparently thinks he'll be replaced with an IRGC hardliner.
We've seen story after story being leaked where essentially the military and intelligence community are saying "it can get worse" but Trump needs an easy "win" to shut up the press for a while.
just feels like at every layer of the security/military/diplomatic washington circular world they passed on a note from their desk saying - no way, don't do it, christ, madness, play it safe, what if...
...and then it reached the King of Dementia.
The CIA apparently thinks he'll be replaced with an IRGC hardliner.
We've seen story after story being leaked where essentially the military and intelligence community are saying "it can get worse" but Trump needs an easy "win" to shut up the press for a while.
It is a win, no matter what.
Hopefully this leads to freedom. If a new dictator arises who is worse, then we should seek another win and eliminate him too.
Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian Assuming Ayatollah Khamenei is Dead, now comes the complicated part.
Does the U.S. allow his son/deputy to take power (as they did in Venezuela last month)?
Does the U.S. leave a power vacuum (as they did in Iraq)?
Does the U.S. occupy the country for a decade to stabilize it (as they did in Germany/Japan)?
It looks like it will be the first.
If the Iranian regime is sensible, they'll at least try and give the appearance of radical change - new guy wears a suit, signs a deal and introduces some performative liberalisations.
just feels like at every layer of the security/military/diplomatic washington circular world they passed on a note from their desk saying - no way, don't do it, christ, madness, play it safe, what if...
...and then it reached the King of Dementia.
The CIA apparently thinks he'll be replaced with an IRGC hardliner.
We've seen story after story being leaked where essentially the military and intelligence community are saying "it can get worse" but Trump needs an easy "win" to shut up the press for a while.
It is a win, no matter what.
Hopefully this leads to freedom. If a new dictator arises who is worse, then we should seek another win and eliminate him too.
I hope that Israel and the US have been arming rebels in theast few weeks since the protests. The people of Iran need the tools to over throw what remains of the regime and disband the IRGC.
I hope that Israel and the US have been arming rebels in theast few weeks since the protests. The people of Iran need the tools to over throw what remains of the regime and disband the IRGC.
They have cranes, and they have ropes. Put them to good use.
An Iranian drone has just hit Dubai International Airport.
That's just fucking stupid and beyond self-defeating.
The Gulf Kingdoms want to do business, and this is bad for business. What's left of the Iranian Regime is just signing its own death warrant.
Are you really surprised that they fire back when attacked?
You are Vladimir Putin and I claim my £5
I don't think the resident guests at the Fairmont were the ones launching the missiles.
Hitting Dubai/Bahrain/Qatar civilian targets is a bad strategy and also demonstrates that no one left in the command has a clue.
The Iranians are reacting to the assassination of their head of state and senior leadership. I don't think they will be restrained this time, they've a limited window to strike the US assets and allies in the region.
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
AI thinks they have 80,000 Shaheds with potential production of 100,000 per year. If it really is the IRGC taking over and they are going full death cult, it's going to take an epic and sustained air campaign over months to suppress them. Hamas still exists in Gaza after 2.5 years, 70,000 dead and 80% of buildings damaged or destroyed. Iran has 50x the population, 4,000x the land area.
Trump doesn’t want a long war, although Netanyahu possibly does.
He might get one anyway if they keep pinging drones at the Gulf States. Before it was limited to the threat to Israel - now it's a whole bunch of allies and some of the most important oil exporters in the world.
May be Trump just wants to destroy Iran, blockade the Middle East and then pump baby pump to the world
Screw over everyone
Saudi will take one for the team - and "pump 3m extra barrels a day, if we must..."
- Venezuela - head of the snake cut off, oil revenues going to Trump Swiss bank account
- Iran - head of the snake cut off, oil revenues soon to be going to Trump Swiss bank account
- Cuba - economy has crashed, no oil, desperate to become the 51st state and get oil supplied from some dodgy Swiss trust middlemen.
All he needs now is for Russia to cut off the head of the snake, and Trump can get the shadow oil fleet to fly a Trump flag and divert funds to the Trump Swiss bank accounts AND get the Ukrainians to send a "peace dividend" to the Trump Swiss bank account....
Unusually lefty polling. That’s RefCon 42%, LLG 47%. Which somewhat undermines the bloc idea and suggests Green and Reform are perhaps part of the same “let’s just spin the wheel” voter tendency.
'Andy Burnham would forge an alliance with the Green Party and rip up the first-past-the-post electoral system if he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister, supporters of the Manchester mayor have said.
Labour's devastating defeat in Thursday's Gorton and Denton by-election has left his leadership rivals circling ominously, with Mr Burnham the favourite among both Labour voters and the wider electorate – even though he is not an MP...The research, by polling expert and former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft, rates Mr Burnham as the 'best Prime Minister' among the Labour leadership contenders, on 27 per cent, ahead of Ed Miliband on 8 per cent, and Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting both on 6 per cent.
It also indicates that a coalition between Labour, the Liberal Democrats and Zack Polanski's Greens would beat a Tory/Reform UK coalition by 43 per cent to 33 per cent.
It is understood that Mr Burnham is trying to persuade Marie Rimmer, the veteran Labour MP for St Helens South and Whiston, to stand aside to let him return to the Commons...Separately, there are claims that former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has privately told Mr Burnham that she would not put herself forward for the leadership role if he was a candidate.
However, she is said to be ready to do so to stop Health Secretary Wes Streeting getting the job if a contest began before Mr Burnham could return to the Commons.
Most Labour MPs believe that Sir Keir will not face a leadership challenge until after the May local elections.
Last night, Mr Burnham said the claims about him were 'made up'.
Interesting poll and taken post the Green win in the Gorton and Denton by election.
Nowcast gives Reform 202 MPs, Conservatives 130, Greens 83, Labour 73 and LDs 68 and SNP 45 on those numbers.
So most likely a hung parliament and Reform minority government led by Farage but with Kemi Leader of the Opposition and the Greens overtaking Labour as the main party of the left and replacing the LDs as the main third party as well https://electionmaps.uk/nowcast/custom
Trump and Netenyahu couldn’t give a fig about the Iranian civilians . They’d happily make a deal with a weakened Iran as the bodies pile up in the streets .
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Any form of the support you suggests opens up to attack.
Starmer is smart he won't authorise without the law being on his side.
I really wish he would be politically wise. Put Farage and Badenoch on the spot. Unite the centre left against war.
If oil rich Arab states who are being attacked want to join ins let them.
Our European, NATO and Commonwealth allies back Starmer he backs them.
Why do the Tories always want war, let's never forget more Tories backed Blair than Labour.. Its bloodlust.
Not our war. But
Labour busy hiding their sleaze under the war in the middle east
Rather like the trend of European businesses listing in the US has taken a hit since the Trump admin started interfering in the oil, defence and most recently AI industries.
Aren't you a Feb 29 th?
IMO this is now a full blooded war and we're going to see attacks like this for months. The Israelis do not show restraint when attacking civilian infrastructure do you think the Iranians will?
The Iranian regime faces an existential threat. They are going to attack anything and anyone they can.
https://x.com/royalintel_/status/2027863854873485422
Proportionality is about necessity, not a 1:1 ratio.
Until Hamas surrendered, defeating them was necessary.
So, like 12 hours after he told Iranians to "take over your government", and eight hours after he called the Washington Post and said his goal is "freedom for the people", Trump now says maybe we can bring this thing to an inconclusive end in two or three days
https://x.com/glcarlstrom/status/2027834286540198240?s=20
https://theglobaleye.it/2026/02/24/isis-teaching-recruits-how-to-use-ai-responsibly/
Better link: https://www.politico.eu/article/isis-teaching-recruits-how-to-use-ai-responsibly/
Screw over everyone
The famous Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai was just hit by an Iranian drone/missile.
The hotel is on fire.
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The primary U.S. military base in the UAE is Al Dhafra Air Base, which hosts the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing. This base supports various operations, including reconnaissance and aerial refueling, and plays a crucial role in U.S. military activities in the region.
Hopefully it can become a fuller one.
https://x.com/willkremer/status/2027839697364410741?s=46&t=CW4pL-mMpTqsJXCdjW0Z6Q
https://x.com/Ukraine/status/2027866821085352116
nothing beats the death of a dictator 🥳
Never get what you want.
He certainly seems to get anything he wants of Starmer.
@McFaul
I was against this war against Iran.
Now that it’s happening, I hope it leads to democratic regime change.
I’m elated that Khamenei is gone.
https://x.com/McFaul/status/2027864067881517121
https://x.com/kos_data/status/2027859074625229213
The villa of former communist leader Enver Hoxha was set on fire by Albanian protesters.
The villa had been turned into a space for foreign artists at the initiative of the Socialist government.
I mean come on. It's only been 24 hours.
I've made it clean Netanyahu is as evil and bad and needs eradicating too
Key Aspects of Proportionality:
Jus ad Bellum (Resort to War): The overall evil or destruction caused by the war must not exceed the good to be achieved or the wrong to be righted.
Jus in Bello (Conduct in War): Individual military acts must avoid causing incidental loss of civilian life or damage to civilian objects that is excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated.
Goal: To limit damage by ensuring that the scale of violence is not disproportionate to the objectives, aiming to avoid "bombing into the Stone Age" when a limited, less destructive action can achieve the goal.
Israel was justified ad Bellum, but their behaviour in bello was unacceptable. For example machine-gunning ambulances is typically regarded as inappropriate
Spencer Hakimian
@SpencerHakimian
Assuming Ayatollah Khamenei is Dead, now comes the complicated part.
Does the U.S. allow his son/deputy to take power (as they did in Venezuela last month)?
Does the U.S. leave a power vacuum (as they did in Iraq)?
Does the U.S. occupy the country for a decade to stabilize it (as they did in Germany/Japan)?
https://youtu.be/ctbOiR4S_vw?si=0lTpxxjmpgqSqbwn
...and then it reached the King of Dementia.
A senior US defense official tells me that the US government agrees with the Israeli assessment that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, along with 5-10 other top Iranian leaders who were all meeting at a compound in Tehran Saturday morning. The top IRGC commander also killed.
Multiple sources tell me that the timeline for the strike had to be moved up based on intelligence and this “target of opportunity.”
https://nitter.poast.org/JenGriffinFNC/status/2027840955684933873#m
It’s a complicated set up in Iran with the guard and the normal army . If the regime is to collapse it needs to happen quickly whilst there’s a vacuum in the leadership .
I think everyone should be on the new server now. Any problems, feel free to email me. It's my username... at Google's famous email service.
None of this would have happened if they had a Teams meeting instead.
https://nitter.poast.org/yuanyi_z/status/2027843398145642960#m
https://x.com/FaytuksNetwork/status/2027872435496792325?s=20
https://lordashcroftpolls.com/2026/02/the-left-at-each-others-throats-disdain-for-the-failed-tories-in-reform-but-can-resurgent-kemi-take-advantage/
Ref 22 (-3)
Con 20 (-1)
Grn 19 (+1)
Lab 17 (-1)
LD 11 (=)
If my calcs are correct from the tables
People here were mouthing off about "2 million dead", instead we got a death toll a tiny percentage of that.
A death toll lower than we inflicted in Iraq.
Well done Israel. Good job.
“ Starmer survives for the time being. But now that he has lost his chief of staff and other key confidantes, those who understand the byzantine machinations of the Labour Party say he is at the mercy of the “soft left” (not to be confused, presumably, with the crunchy left, the salted caramel left and the smooth hazelnut praline left).”
Getting Cloudflare and Vanilla happy again was the hard part.
We've seen story after story being leaked where essentially the military and intelligence community are saying "it can get worse" but Trump needs an easy "win" to shut up the press for a while.
Hopefully this leads to freedom. If a new dictator arises who is worse, then we should seek another win and eliminate him too.
@MOSSADil
Poll: Should President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu receive the Nobel Peace Prize for eliminating Khamenei?
Yes
77.8%
No
18.1%
Not Sure
4.1%
5,008 votes"
https://x.com/MOSSADil/status/2027874226787463418
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2027887906350657700
Tories will lead the polls by the end of this year consistently IMHO.
- Venezuela - head of the snake cut off, oil revenues going to Trump Swiss bank account
- Iran - head of the snake cut off, oil revenues soon to be going to Trump Swiss bank account
- Cuba - economy has crashed, no oil, desperate to become the 51st state and get oil supplied from some dodgy Swiss trust middlemen.
All he needs now is for Russia to cut off the head of the snake, and Trump can get the shadow oil fleet to fly a Trump flag and divert funds to the Trump Swiss bank accounts AND get the Ukrainians to send a "peace dividend" to the Trump Swiss bank account....
Green 20
Ref 19
Con 19
Lab 16
LD 11
Which tees up a nice Kemi vs Greens decision come the next election....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6q0l9e7plo
"Minister Josh Simons resigns after Labour Together claims"
"Hey terrorist: terrorise THIS!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDCylwb2dHk
Labour's devastating defeat in Thursday's Gorton and Denton by-election has left his leadership rivals circling ominously, with Mr Burnham the favourite among both Labour voters and the wider electorate – even though he is not an MP...The research, by polling expert and former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft, rates Mr Burnham as the 'best Prime Minister' among the Labour leadership contenders, on 27 per cent, ahead of Ed Miliband on 8 per cent, and Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting both on 6 per cent.
It also indicates that a coalition between Labour, the Liberal Democrats and Zack Polanski's Greens would beat a Tory/Reform UK coalition by 43 per cent to 33 per cent.
It is understood that Mr Burnham is trying to persuade Marie Rimmer, the veteran Labour MP for St Helens South and Whiston, to stand aside to let him return to the Commons...Separately, there are claims that former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has privately told Mr Burnham that she would not put herself forward for the leadership role if he was a candidate.
However, she is said to be ready to do so to stop Health Secretary Wes Streeting getting the job if a contest began before Mr Burnham could return to the Commons.
Most Labour MPs believe that Sir Keir will not face a leadership challenge until after the May local elections.
Last night, Mr Burnham said the claims about him were 'made up'.
But a Green Party spokesman welcomed his support for PR, adding: 'It is the best thing for representative democracy, even if Labour are coming to it now to protect themselves against annihilation in the 2029 General Election.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15602455/Andy-Burnham-cut-deal-Polanski-Manchester-mayor-tops-poll-replace-PM.html
Nowcast gives Reform 202 MPs, Conservatives 130, Greens 83, Labour 73 and LDs 68 and SNP 45 on those numbers.
So most likely a hung parliament and Reform minority government led by Farage but with Kemi Leader of the Opposition and the Greens overtaking Labour as the main party of the left and replacing the LDs as the main third party as well
https://electionmaps.uk/nowcast/custom