US airlines are in the process of cancelling all flights to Doha and Dubai it seems
‘They have been killing our people, blowing off their legs… Over a thousand people and hundreds of thousands throughout the Middle Eaat. ‘
Just in case you are confused, Trump is referring to Iran.
As to ‘our people’ , not sure who they are.
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Well, If they’ve destroyed Gaza with little opposition or expressed repugnance for their tactics, may as well strike while the sun’s shining.
And now Europe will get flooded with even more refugees, giving the riight even more chances to entrench themselves.
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Saves me that deep dive on middle eastern conflict history I was about to take.
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When were they signatories?
Israel has never been a signatory of the UN Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty. Never.
One of 5.
This is of course because have their own nuclear program, for over 50 years.
The only signatory to withdraw is North Korea.
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I’m a feeling a sense of Deja vu, from 2003.
Highly incompetent president then, just like now.
Hopefully Albanese isn’t a cowardly sheep like Howard.
But for all the chest thumping huff’n puff from the US over the years, they still haven’t won a war for 80 years.
Not to be confused with the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Program of Action, involving the P5+ ( UNSC Permanent Reps plus Germany and EU). It involved sanctions relief in return for Iran compliance with IAEA conditions.
US withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018
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Hooooo boy, I’ve got some bad news for you.
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Here is a list on Iranian or Iranian backed attacks on the US since 1979. (hope this an accurate list).
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Your source is a neocon think tank devoted near-entirely to promoting hostility against Iran and opposing any sort of peaceful treaty with Iran.
Hs there been any retaliation yet?
Running D for Trumpy as ever. Whatever it takes, this is an efc forum
Yes
On Israel
“Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed.
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Has Iran specifically said that their latest attacks on Israel are retaliation for the us bombing, or is that just an assumption? Cos Israel and Iran have been functionally at war since the Israeli attacks a week or two back. If Iran are claiming that their attacks on Israel are retaliation for they’d strikes, it’s actually a refusal to escalate (or an admission that escalation against the us isnt feasible for them right now). ‘My retaliation is this thing I was going to do anyway!’ Bit of face saving.
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Hey @Aceman, out of interest what sort of US contingent is at Minhad airbase? Its about 5km behind my house…
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Not many if any. I think there is more Australians there than Americans.
The US main base in the UAE is Al Dhafra
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My mistake.
I was referring to Iran, and that they were threatening to withdraw from it a couple of months ago.
I assumed they had, but it seems that never happened.
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