Rayvin
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I don't really think it is whataboutery. I'm questioning the use of the term concerning it's validity in his case given the lack of its use with the US. We cannot say he is one without saying that they are. It is simply not possible. As such, it is a worthless term. The Americans have made it worthless. And like i said, I agree that it isn't a vote winner to be truthful about the galling hypocrisy of the western powers. But that's only because so many people in our countries are absolute children about such things. And also, tbf, because there aren't enough people brave or strong enough to tell it like it is.
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Im not sure Trump is going to do anything. In fact I expect that Iran might actually have given them advance notice and that this was purely for domestic consumption as a way out. It's such a worthless assault that I have a hard time believing that it wasn't intentionally ineffective. Impossible to be sure with him but even if he does retaliate, I doubt the Iranians intend to do even half the things they claimed.
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The US does literally the same things. I mean the US was funding ISIS at one point. All i'm saying is that if he gets the label of terrorist then so do they. And the fact that no fucker wants to realise that reveals that it is simply a politically useful term for designating "people the US don't like" more than anything genuinely objective. Look at Syria. It's evidence he would have been a terrible PM because he would have been truthful about this point. And heaven fucking knows how dangerous it is to actually point out the hypocrisy of the West. We need leaders who are going to pretend we are righteous. Fucking hell man, you may be right about this in terms of his suitability but it's more evidence that this country and the world in general is just fucking depressing. The notion of having someone who believes in abiding by international law who urges restraint, and who is strong enough to call out bullshit by the most powerful nation on earth is terrible. Far better we have a quisling.
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Doesn't look like she'll win. And both sides need each other sadly, a new group under Starmer won't win without those who want RLB. Same vice versa obviously.
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Yeah but thats maybe where congress comes into it and tells him no, not for just some minor damage to US bases. At which point he's basically pulled off the age old "guy trying to fight and being held back by his mates" move but on an international political level I think that'll work for him domestically. He'll gain a lot of strongman political capital from it.
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Iran threatening to set Hezbollah loose on Israel if the US responds man why on earth would they want a state as ruthless as Israel involved in this too? This is all bluster IMO. They will claim internally that they won a famous victory, and hope that the Americans consider the attack so superficial that they don't bother to reply. If so, as much as I hate to say it, Trump has made a decent play out of this.
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Fox and CNN reporting it. I reckon, unless a lot more is about to come out, that this is not as significant as it originally sounded. Which makes sense when you factor in that Iran would have to be fucking mental to do this Trump has now apparently cancelled his planned TV announcement. Has Iran just trolled everyone by firing the world's least effective rockets?
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Why is that significant? Who are they? I know you posted their tweet but still. Also reports coming in that for all this sounds serious, Iran's missiles killed precisely no one. Impressive shit. Maybe that's enough to avoid a conflict...?
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It's in the UAE where the yanks are launching from is my best guess. Although i don't know why they'd telegraph it so maybe it's false info..?
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Iran has just warned that if there is any retaliation, they will destroy Dubai..
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Depends on how prepared the Americans are. Presumably Iran's plan is to kick them out of Iraq by force and then leave it there. Not sure if US forces in Iraq can repel the full might of Iran's armed forces. They're fairly serious power wise and fairly high tech. It's not like Iraq or Afghanistan. If Trump decided on this on the fly with no prep, I think Iran might actually hand them their arses. If they pre-planned it then Iran is in trouble.
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Cyber warfare incoming as well I suspect..
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UAE involved in the war then. Almost certain that we're going to be launching planes as well isn't it... Israel, Iraq.. I mean I'm not at all clear what Iraq is going to do here actually. They want rid of the Americans but do they want rid of them enough to ally with Iran? I think this is going to be a proper war tbh.
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Terrorist: A person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, for political gain. If the guy Trump assassinated is a terrorist, then the US armed forces are all terrorist organisations, and Obama was a terrorist who commissioned acts of terror against the middle east. Also, Trump is actually attempting to present himself as the textbook definition of one. I get why it's important in some ways that Corbyn pretends that the guy is a terrorist so that the braindead can avoid outrage, but I'm coming close to the limit of what I'm prepared to tolerate in terms of bullshit just to get them on board, and it's been less than a month. He's completely right about everything he says there.
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I agree, but the SJW left will not. Although I still don't see what would be wrong with Cooper other than that no one likes her for reasons that aren't immediately clear.
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The articles she has written in the guardian from time to time have been decent.
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Can Labour continue to get away with not having a female leader? I mean it's possibly getting embarrassing now. I've seen commentators on the right making the claim that Labour's commitment to positive discrimination and female shortlist has put them in a position where they have many female MPs but few actually talented ones.
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Miliband pushed to prevent our entry into Syria. I think Labour have learned. Plus Trump and the US are no longer natural allies for Labour, who will continue to look towards Europe IMO. As for Johnson, I agree. He'll take us to war.
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That's pretty grim. 3 years seems pretty light for someone prepared to act on the urge as well...?
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Brexit weakness might force their hand but under normal (non Brexit) circumstances I think they'd say no.
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Afterlife was good yeah, I enjoyed it too. Not bothered on him in general but he's gone up in my estimation between Afterlife and that speech.
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Why has Ricky Gervais upset the woke, I don't get it. I'm tempted to say that it's because the right wing enjoyed it, so now the left can't. I mean he was making fun of a bunch of famous, rich bellends. Who gives a shit. He was right anyway, they are indeed hypocrites, and they are indeed of no interest to anyone whatsoever as far as their political opinions go. EDIT - Although that impression of him is spot on
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This.
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Dalglish was a horrific manager for us. And with Liverpool the second time around. It took until Robson for us to recover from him.
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The left and centre has been beaten across the world and is now soul searching and in total retreat. Corbyn was one attempt to fight back and he failed. But this wasn't just about him and his failure in the same way that the banking crisis wasn't just about Labour back then. These are global battles now. Whoever we choose will die on the same hill as Corbyn because no one since Blair has actually understood that this isn't just about petty domestic bullshit anymore. It's internationalism versus isolationism. Whoever we choose needs to be an internationalist but needs to win while somehow appealing to the isolationist voters. I don't think anyone within Labour was capable of navigating that line with Brexit in play, but maybe without it someone can be.
