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Off Topic Donald and the Iranians

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  1. Libby

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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48714414

    Things escalating between the US and Iran with Trump saying he changed his mind on strikes ten minutes before they went ahead.

    Where is this one gonna end up doing we think? Is it just dick waving really with Trump's election campaign coming up or a genuine concern?

    Any chance we'll get dragged into it?
     
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    They've been building up to this for ages and they'll definitely try to go through with it.
    America always re-elects during a war, apparently. Israel and Saudi also approve, IIRC.
    Nice distraction during the election run-up and our American-born, American-funded PM will oblige.
     
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  3. Sucky

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    If the lizard people want a war they'll get a war.

    They always do
     
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    Libby starting Politics threads FFS

    The Politics thread isn't just for Brexit talk

    That's an urban myth
     
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    P.s like the Iranians give a **** about what some Orange faced fat bastard thinks
     
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    Trump is a prick. A war with Iran would be a huge mistake and the US would get their arses handed to them in the region.
     
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    What’s a few lives when there’s an election to win?
     
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  8. Tel (they/them)

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    I agree it’d be a mistake for sure, there’s just nothing worth going to war with them for, unless they keep provoking. Saying they’d get their arses handed to them is ridiculous though, Iran is a dustbowl inside a week if it goes full-scale.
     
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    Trump wants a second term and he’ll sacrifice a **** load of lives to get it, who knows when Boris gets elected trump might ask him to send out some bullet fodder.

    Oh just to make this very clear I’m not disrespecting troops, I’m ****ing disrespecting certain people in power.
     
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    No point spending $1Tn on a fighter jet and not trying it out is there?
     
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    It’s nothing more than dick waving. If the US commit to conflict with Iran it’d be huge, they’ve no intention imho, this is nothing more than posturing that suits Trumps domestic and Middle East agendas.
     
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    I wouldn’t put anything past Trump, but it would be nonsensical to engage in conflict. I’m sure Israel wouldn’t mind if it kicked off though.
     
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    This.

    It's the same as N Korea when him and the little fat one teased. I'd bet my last penny that no strikes were called off as they were never going to happen.
     
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    I hope iran win
     
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    Jeremy Corbyn would move our armed forces to the Iranian border to fight the US.
     
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    Israel will be desperate for the Sherman’s to do their dirty work in the region, same as ever. But even the US have always backed off Iran when push came to shove.

    They’d be committing to a massive and costly conflict on a flimsy basis. Trump can get his rating boost by simply waving his dick at them, he doesn’t need to have a shot fired.
     
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    Blame Brexit
     
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    That was years ago now:bandit:
     
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    Jeremy Corbyn wouldn't have any forces to move <whistle>
     
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