Politics

[spike.t]

BBC live gives quite a full list of goings on in the middle East.....

Yemen's Houthis launch second missile attack on Israel and vow to continue over coming days

Israel earlier said it had intercepted a missile, as Yemen's internationally recognised government accuses Iran of "dragging" the country into the war.

www.bbc.com

 

[KJE81]

Combination of what a few people have said on here......

Jeremy Bowen: Trump is waging war based on instinct and it isn't working

One month into the conflict in Iran, Trump's gut-instinct approach is not proving effective, writes the BBC's international editor.

www.bbc.com

It will be interesting to see when "he feels in his bones"-that it is finished The war I mean, since he has allready declared victory several times by now...I assume that its the bones who are yet to say their part...

 

[Pondoro]

Spike..do you really think it matters to present facts like BBC comments to the audience here..? They will defend Trumps actions no matter how headlongly stupid he will handle the situation...

 

[Pondoro]

No matter what Jim Mattis says...I bet the geniuses here will say that winning this war is easy..

 

[spike.t]

Spike..do you really think it matters to present facts like BBC comments to the audience here..? They will defend Trumps actions no matter how headlongly stupid he will handle the situation...

Same as Dave I agree with a lot he does ...and other stuff I do wonder about.....I put it on to give a wider perspective on how everything is seen.....some BBC stuff is politically pushing an agenda...but some of their info is accurate and comes from journalists who have long-term experience of the areas and people who are the players involved....as said before I can be more right inclined than good old ghengis at times....definitely not even middle of the road ....so a lot of the stuff posted by the "liberal " ones on here I find ridiculous

 

[spike.t]

Nice free 30 round mags

 

[Tanks]

No matter what Jim Mattis says...I bet the geniuses here will say that winning this war is easy..

Mattis is as anti-Trump as one can get. I also don’t recall anyone saying winning this war is easy. One also has to define winning based on objectives.

 

[spike.t]

WOW!!!!!....one Arab not happy with the UN turds stand against israel

 

[Pondoro]

Mattis is as anti-Trump as one can get. I also don’t recall anyone saying winning this war is easy. One also has to define winning based on objectives.

You trust Trumps strategic abilities more than Mattis..??

 

[Altitude sickness]

The Mongols and Alexander the Great conquered what is now called Iran. ( Homeland of the Aryans) but even they couldn’t hold it forever.

This Cliffs Notes history lesson is interesting

 

[spike.t]

Trump news at a glance: Saudi Arabia wants US to intensify its war on Iran – its regional rival

Saudi intelligence source confirms reporting that crown prince has urged Trump to ramp up ‘historic opportunity’ to remake Middle East

www.theguardian.com

 

[Hogpatrol]

We don't have a King issue in the U.S. We have a serious mental illness problem. They seem to be concentrated in the blue cities and states. It manifests itself in these never ending protests. Unfortunately for those that have their heads screwed on straight, the afflicted still vote.

https://www.thezebra.com/resources/research/mental-health-statistics/

 

[bowjijohn]

I do get bored with left and right trying to claim the moral high ground

In international affairs (an increasingly internal affairs) there is no moral high ground

there is winning and losing

You either wish to survive or you don't

Moaning about your front row of the scrum (read Defensive line), or your quarterback (scrum half) is pointless

You have the team you have - you have the opposition you have

Trump aint perfect, but he is a fuck sight better than the alternatives in the US and Europe

 

[PARA45]

Well said!!

 

[Jeff505]

They can't possibly be holding a "no kings" rally in England, can they?!?

Oh, the irony and utter incompetence of the left.

Good observation. We have an official “No kings” day in the USA, it’s celebrated on July 4th. The buffoonery that took place yesterday needs a name that is still available, what about “Cry-baby day”.

 

[fourfive8]

You trust Trumps strategic abilities more than Mattis..??

Says CNN informed Norseman, eh? Keep to tending your fjord and dreaming of buried longboats

 

[PARA45]

 

[Brent in Az]

Spike..do you really think it matters to present facts like BBC comments to the audience here..? They will defend Trumps actions no matter how headlongly stupid he will handle the situation...

BBC and facts?.....LOL

The BBC is almost as biased and misleading as CNN

 

[bowjijohn]

BBC and facts?.....LOL

The BBC is almost as biased and misleading as CNN

I do not know about CNN

However the BBC is not a trusted source of fact or news

Sadly - if we don't pay for it we can go the jail

It is colloquially known as the Botty Bashers Club

 

[PARA45]

I hope voters remember this.