Politics and football - again.

[sinkov]

Spain’s bold President Pedro Sanchez commented on Trump’s ceasefire: "We will not applaud those who set the world on fire."
Spanish President Pedro Sanchez just delivered the single best response to Trump's ceasefire announcement that any leader on earth has given.
While others offered polite diplomatic nods, Sanchez went for the jugular:
"Ceasefires are always good news. Especially if they lead to a just and lasting peace. But this momentary relief cannot make us forget the chaos, the destruction, and the lives lost."
And then the line that will be remembered: "The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket."
That is the whole story of this war in one sentence.
Trump started this war without congressional authorization. He bombed schools, universities, pharmaceutical factories, vaccine research centres, a music school, and a synagogue.
He killed thousands of civilians. He sent American service members into harm's way with so little planning that their families fled Bahrain with backpacks and had to beg for toothpaste when they landed. He drove gas to $4.30 a gallon.
He cratered global markets. He threatened to destroy "a whole civilization" on social media before breakfast. He alienated every ally America has.
And now he wants credit for the ceasefire.
This is the man who declared "Power Plant Day." Who wrote "Open the ****in' Strait, you crazy *******s." Who mocked Islam on Easter morning. Who fired the Army's top general out of paranoia during a war. Whose spiritual advisers told him the bombing was fulfilling biblical prophecy.
Forty days of devastation. Thousands of people killed for nothing. Historic institutions reduced to rubble. Billions of taxpayer dollars burned.
And none of it needed to happen. Not a single day of it. The Evil Orange Emperor of the New World Order and his Polish Jewish gimp Benny the Pole chose this.
Sanchez is right. You don't get to start the fire and then take a bow for calling the fire department.

Never mind mon ami, TACO has struck again.

Iranian Nomads 0 USAF 2

Despite playing at home and fielding a crack team of world renowned camel-drivers and goat-herders, the Iranian Nomads were soundly beaten as the Donald led his team to another win, and kept a clean sheet as well.

God bless the United States of America.

[sinkov]

Spain’s bold President Pedro Sanchez commented on Trump’s ceasefire: "We will not applaud those who set the world on fire."
Spanish President Pedro Sanchez just delivered the single best response to Trump's ceasefire announcement that any leader on earth has given.
While others offered polite diplomatic nods, Sanchez went for the jugular:
"Ceasefires are always good news. Especially if they lead to a just and lasting peace. But this momentary relief cannot make us forget the chaos, the destruction, and the lives lost."
And then the line that will be remembered: "The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket."
That is the whole story of this war in one sentence.
Trump started this war without congressional authorization. He bombed schools, universities, pharmaceutical factories, vaccine research centres, a music school, and a synagogue.
He killed thousands of civilians. He sent American service members into harm's way with so little planning that their families fled Bahrain with backpacks and had to beg for toothpaste when they landed. He drove gas to $4.30 a gallon.
He cratered global markets. He threatened to destroy "a whole civilization" on social media before breakfast. He alienated every ally America has.
And now he wants credit for the ceasefire.
This is the man who declared "Power Plant Day." Who wrote "Open the ****in' Strait, you crazy *******s." Who mocked Islam on Easter morning. Who fired the Army's top general out of paranoia during a war. Whose spiritual advisers told him the bombing was fulfilling biblical prophecy.
Forty days of devastation. Thousands of people killed for nothing. Historic institutions reduced to rubble. Billions of taxpayer dollars burned.
And none of it needed to happen. Not a single day of it. The Evil Orange Emperor of the New World Order and his Polish Jewish gimp Benny the Pole chose this.
Sanchez is right. You don't get to start the fire and then take a bow for calling the fire department.

Never mind mon ami, TACO has struck again.

And no one cares if you just gob off from the sidelines like the bold Spanish President. And they were on the sidelines again during the 2nd world war as well. Who cares what the barbaric bull-murderers of Spain think, apart from you of course mon ami.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Trump’s gimp Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly objected to the “double-sided” ceasefire that the US has agreed with Iran. The Israeli prime minister said that expecting both sides to halt military operations represents a dangerous departure from his preferred model: the famous one-sided ceasefire.
In a traditional ceasefire, the other side agrees to stop firing while Israel retains the right to bomb until the enemy runs out of schools, hospitals, and other luxuries, such as food. Double-sided ceasefires risk the possibility that peace might accidentally break out on multiple fronts. Good luck trying to push ahead with the Greater Israel project during regional stability. Such circumstances might even require Israel to declare its borders.
When the double-sided ceasefire was announced, screams could be heard coming from luxury bunkers beneath Tel Aviv. The fury stemmed from the fact Israel was excluded from peace talks that were mediated by Pakistan—a national humiliation. A White House official explained that leaving Israel out of talks was “the only way to stop them from killing the Iranian negotiators.”
The US desperately needed a deal because its ground and air operations failed—and even the biggest warmongers were growing uneasy about escalation. Trump had threatened to send Iran “back to the stone age” until lawyers advised him that wiping out “an entire civilisation” might lead to one or two legal issues. Trump was going to push ahead anyway, but his own military said: “Sorry, we don’t fancy being liberators anymore”.
Suddenly, Trump found himself agreeing to Tehran’s ten-point plan that included lifting sanctions, paying compensation, and allowing Iran to charge tolls in the Strait of Hormuz. The proposals Trump had previously said were so unacceptable, he had to go on a month-long bombing rampage, seemed a lot more palatable, once he realised that all of his Gulf military bases were gone.
Obviously, Trump is a skilled negotiator, and he gained a lot from the deal, such as, um… a two-week pause, and some helpful traffic management in the Strait. Trump boasted that America had met or exceeded all military objectives, while Netanyahu announced that Iran no longer poses an existential threat to Israel. This means the search is now on for the next existential threat, hopefully in Turkey. Every Muslim country needs to get its share of liberation bombs at some point.
The only winner from the ceasefire seems to be Iran because Israel is now fighting the war it started alone. It either has to come up with a convincing false flag, or take such a pounding that other nations feel sorry for it and come to its rescue. Neither option seems likely, but it hasn’t occurred to Israel that it could just stop bombing everyone in sight.
I’m not sure you understand the Israeli psyche, but the IDF finds an apartment building in Beirut as irresistible as Trump finds a 13-year-old on Epstein Island. They just can’t stop themselves, like an alcoholic who keeps drinking throughout late stage cirrhosis, knowing it could kill them.
Within hours of the ceasefire, IDF bomb-aholics launched what they called their largest coordinated strike on Lebanon in the current conflict. Over 100 targets were hit in just ten minutes, killing at least 250 and wounding more than 1,000. They didn’t even bother to give evacuation orders because they wanted to maximise casualties. People in Lebanon are calling the attack their 9/11.
In a joint clarification, Trump and Netanyahu confirmed the ceasefire “does not include Lebanon,” but Pakistan’s Prime Minister insisted the deal explicitly covers “a ceasefire everywhere, including Lebanon.” Clearly, Pakistan is being unfair because you can’t just leave Israel with no one to bomb.
Disappointingly, Prime Minister Starmer walked into an antisemitism storm after suggesting the ceasefire really should apply to Lebanon. He is expected to offer his resignation soon. The BBC was more cautious, opening its Lebanon coverage with the words “Israel says…” and reading out an Israeli government press release, just to be on the safe side.
Everyone’s biggest fear now is that Iran might launch an unprovoked retaliation, but at least this would give Trump the excuse to escalate. In his latest Truth Social post, the president again hinted at nukes if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened, but don’t worry, the BBC assures us that ordinary Iranians are happy for their country to become an irradiated wasteland. So happy, in fact, they would build a Trump statue in the centre of the crater where Tehran used to be.
My mate in Sterling, Virginia says he expects the Trump Empire State Building to be taking card payments soon. Likewise use your debit/credit card to sail past the Trump Statue of Liberty.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

And no one cares if you just gob off from the sidelines like the bold Spanish President. And they were on the sidelines again during the 2nd world war as well. Who cares what the barbaric bull-murderers of Spain think, apart from you of course mon ami.

My uncle died in the Spanish Civil War fighting fascists and right wing whack jobs like you sinkov.

I suppose you would support 91 million Iranians being nuked because that is what the Evil Emperor of the New World Order has threatened.

[sinkov]

My uncle died in the Spanish Civil War fighting fascists and right wing whack jobs like you sinkov.

A good man your uncle mon ami, he had the courage and conviction to stand up, fight and die for what he believed in. I'd have made a beeline for the other side, maybe even searching out the anarchists of the Durutti Column, or maybe not, Vinni Reilly wouldn't have been around then, so I probably would never have even heard of them.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

LIVE – Updated at 05:45

US president Donald Trump has said the US will “finish” the war if talks with Iran collapse, as senior delegations from both sides arrive in Pakistan for high-stakes negotiations.

Trump told reporters on Friday that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen “fairly soon – with or without” Iran’s cooperation, adding: “If it doesn’t, we’ll be able to finish it off one way or the other.”

My neighbours neutered Tomcat has bigger cojones than TACO.

[ClaretinBudapest]

Trump has no option but to capitulate.He has achieved nothing except slaughter thousands of innocent people, spend billions of US taxpayers dollars and create the biggest economic crisis that the world has seen-which is only just starting to unfold-since 1929.
The Ayatollah has been replaced by a more determined Ayatollah whose entire family was murdered by Trump and Netanyahu.The Iranians maintain their missile arsenal and nuclear program with their enriched uranium and the Straights of Hormuz which was open is now closed with the only ships passing are ones that were not involved in the war and that pay a 2 million dollar toll which will be used for reparations.16 US bases have been obliterated and Iran insists they will not be allowed back to threaten them.Israel by all acounts has been severely bombed and Hesbollah are winning in Southern Lebanon.
What a win for Trump and his boss in Tel Aviv.All so Netanyahu does not go to prison and/or revealing Trumps party pics and videos.
Trump launched the war to distract from the Epstein files and now the Epstein files are being revisited to distract from the defeat in the war-you could not make it up.Even Melania has come out and made a speech about the Epstein victims must be heard in Congressional hearings.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

A scared and cornered madman with his grubby little orange hand on a nuclear button is the stuff of nightmares.

How could we let this happen?

[sinkov]

There really is no cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome. The war from a Lefty perspective reminds me very much of Comical Ali in Iraq, telling the world how the Yanks were being obliterated as they attempted to cross the border, whilst in the background an American tank manoeuvred ominously closer.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

There really is no cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome. The war from a Lefty perspective reminds me very much of Comical Ali in Iraq, telling the world how the Yanks were being obliterated as they attempted to cross the border, whilst in the background an American tank manoeuvred ominously closer.

It appears that the Yanks are lying through their arseholes. There was no rescue mission for a downed pilot. They lost half a dozen military aircraft and umpteen soldiers in an unsuccessful attempt to steal uranium in deepest Iran.