Election Year or Fear!

[swaledale]

That is just about how I see it too.

Feels as if the world is being held to ransom by a combination of the deranged POTUS and Netanyahu who has been doing a decent impression of Ming the Merciless for the last three or four years.

Perhaps the completely disastrous scenario regarding the Strait of Hormuz wasn’t entirely predicted by Trump and his cronies, in which case their incompetence as regards military and economic strategy has been frankly astonishing.

More likely, in Netanyahu’s case, he - and his supporters - see an extension of this conflict as a means of justifying further atrocities and postponing his eventual and surely inevitable trial for war crimes.

Has there ever been a time since the end of WWII when our world leaders (the two aforementioned plus Putin) have been so incompetent and unscrupulously lacking in morality?

Trump and Netanyahu make Putin look positively sane and reasonable, which says a lot!

[SithHappens]

At least they stick to their guns (no pun) and not like Farage and Badenoch who openly called for us to support death and destruction until they changed their minds because they read the public response incorrectly. As Starmer said about them, in his position you don't get a 2nd chance when it comes to sending your forces off to war.

[SithHappens]

See Reforms strapline for the upcoming elections is Vote Reform Get Starmer Out

They have vans around with it plastered on the side. Well Farage and co's last vehicle based promise about 350 million never materialised, and i don't think it will this time.

[MadAmster]

Netanyahu is also desperate to stay in power as he is looking at losing the next elections would see him voted out and then he'd have to go to court to face the corruption charges he's keen to avoid.

[SithHappens]

Netanyahu is also desperate to stay in power as he is looking at losing the next elections would see him voted out and then he'd have to go to court to face the corruption charges he's keen to avoid.

Two men killing thousands just to save their own backside.

[ramAnag]

Trump and Netanyahu make Putin look positively sane and reasonable, which says a lot!

Think the Ukrainians might disagree, but I know what you mean. The bar is at an all time low and he’s certainly no worse. The ‘might is right’ philosophy just sees the world being run by unscrupulous bullies at the moment.

[Geoff Parkstone]

At a low point, perhaps, but an all time low? I think you need to revisit the 30s and 40s before describing Trump/Netenyahu's few weeks of rancour as "all time" low.

[SithHappens]

Its a different Era but one might say Trumps threat to kill 90 million Iranians is running Hitler close in the evil stakes.

[ramAnag]

At a low point, perhaps, but an all time low? I think you need to revisit the 30s and 40s before describing Trump/Netenyahu's few weeks of rancour as "all time" low.

Indeed, as I said, ‘since the end of WWII’…aka the 40’s and Netanyahu’s ‘rancour’ has lasted a great deal longer than a ‘few weeks’.

[SithHappens]

I suppose he has ended lots of wars, even those the countries didn't even know they were involved in.