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If I was a muslamic chipping in a cool billion for a place I would be seriously wanting my money back now. Trump you air thief give it them back or face the consequneces. This is your last warning.

Good - message expanded so it's not a one word reply so it's not a low value post. Something I would never do.

I'll buy that. Where is 6 fingered Netanhayu btw ?

Time to pay the DaneGeld to the Mullahs. You know it makes sense.

In a sane,truthful,logical world ruled by law and reason. yes. Can we have that one back please ?

Bidens Robopen is probably in some cupboard of the White House they could program that and get it whirring away 24/7 for a few weeks.

The UK should cut a deal with Iran - oil flows freely in return for the removal of US bases from UK. Yankees go home. The King can go on his trip in April and hand him the letter .

This is starting to smell a lot like a forever war starting in the Middle East of all places not some inconseqential country far away inspired by Isreal/Netanhayu and the idiot in the White House. Some spectacular videos on X of the islamic Resistance in Iraq using cheap fpv frones on a US air base - real Ukraine war vibes and not a drone net in place. Zelenskiy has offered help but Trump turned him down. Probably because he is the smartest general who ever lived. Yeah.

Meanwhile many years ago in a parallel universe bone spurs nepo baby sucks up to daddy after getting spanked for being unruly and going to college. Spot the difference.

For some reason this reminds me of the classic scene in Full Metal Jacket "get some" - welcome to the Nam I'm too short for this sh"t.

Are we in some weird dream brought on my eating too much cheese ? Tell me it's not real and I hope countries start to pull out of the World Cup now - not least the danger it might face for supporters and their teams.

Trump told Starmer to FO when he said he had won it - nothing left to bomb and now he wants our ship (singular!). Mr President and your puppettmaster made this cake now you can force it into your fetid little gob and if you win it it you will be truly King of the Jews and you can go there and be wafted on the choir of angels to heaven and make sure your ears are well protected. In my lifteime I probably hated Nixon the worse - but now he seems like a Statesman of the highest ordure. You sir are a criminal purilent,obsese, corpulent mass of narcisistic badly fake tanned spoilt child needs probably with a nappy on to handle the fall out of a body rejecting itself. Go and troll Maduro in prison and admire your panda like tan in the mirror. ps. Starmer has said he is sending drones - he might if you are lucky include some Lego and crayons for you on and where is Netanhayu ?

He doesn't want to engage directly with me for some reason so does it tangentially. I'll answer she's a Bishop involved in sheperding her flock and adminstrating the Diocese - with all the goodwill in the world it would be surprising if she was an expert on the current Iranian regime in detail except to condemn it and hope for a better Iran. As a Christian she will beleive in the Christ's message of forgiveness and redemption and slow to anger rather than snark and I for one will join her in her assumed position. Amen.

The notorious Nazi magazine edited by Julius Streicher. Der .....

Or I prefer the poetry of Claude; "Empire" - Philip Larkin Style Poem They like to say we ran it, but that's rot— Four thousand civil servants, mostly Scots, Administered the theft. Perfidious? What A polite way to describe the bleeding clots Who found, once rid of those damned Colonials (The troublesome New World rabble, good riddance), That profits multiplied. The memorials Don't mention this: divide and rule. The differenceBetween collaboration and conquest? None. Just make the local princes rich as Croesus, Watch them sell their people by the ton. Mohammedan friends—oh yes, they helped us fleece us Our moral betters. Opium down Chinese throats At gunpoint. "Free trade," they called it. Christ. The Raj, the loot, the ledgers, the banknotes— All built on making sure the conquered priced Their dignity below our profit margin. And now we sit in semis, wondering why The world won't let us forget. The bargain Was simple: help us rob them, or you die. Don't talk to me of what we gave them—trains, The rule of law, the English tongue. What price Did they pay? Ask the bones beneath the plains, The starved Bengalis. Empire wasn't nice. It was four thousand Scotsmen with a ledger And backing from whoever'd sell their own. Perfidious? Too kind. We were the dredger, Scooping wealth from marrow, blood, and bone. They'll tell you it was glorious. Don't believe them. It was accountancy with bayonets. And tea.

I meant to say (thanks Gemini !) this; To rewrite this more clearly and accurately, we have to move away from the hyper-cynical tone and address the historical mechanisms of the British Empire with more nuance. Here is a more balanced and readable summary: The Mechanics of the British EmpireThe British Empire, at its height, exerted control over vast territories with a surprisingly small number of British administrators. However, this was only possible because they relied heavily on existing local hierarchies, indigenous military forces, and a massive naval presence rather than just 4,000 civil servants. Key Historical Realities: Administration: While the number of British officials was small, the Empire relied on thousands of local intermediaries, clerks, and soldiers to function. It was a collaborative—and often coerced—effort between British leadership and local elites. Economic Strategy: After the loss of the American colonies, the British shifted their focus toward trade-based imperialism in Asia and Africa. The wealth generated by this system was significant, but it was built on extractive trade policies, often enforced by military power. "Divide and Rule": This was a documented colonial tactic. By exploiting existing religious, ethnic, or political divisions within a region, the British could prevent colonial subjects from forming a unified front against them. The Opium Trade: Britain’s involvement in the opium trade with China is a historical fact. The British government fought two wars against the Qing Dynasty to maintain the right to import opium, prioritizing commercial interests over the catastrophic social costs to the Chinese population. Geopolitical Intelligence: The British were sophisticated in their use of intelligence and cultural study to navigate foreign lands. This included gathering information on Islamic societies and other major cultural blocs to better manage, influence, or destabilize local governance in their favor. SummaryRather than being the result of a singular, monolithic strategy, the British Empire was a complex, evolving system of trade, military supremacy, and political manipulation. It was highly successful in generating wealth for Britain, but that success was consistently achieved through the exploitation of colonial populations and the aggressive use of force when diplomacy failed.

Got my crystal ball out - it's becoming clear , Tab Clear.

The British, not that I agree and it was mostly Scots anyway ran the Empire with about 4k colonial civil servants. Perfidious Albion as it were was hugely succesfull once it had rid istelf of it's troublesome colonies in the New World. DividE and rule was a great strategy that and give the ruling elite become rich as Croesus if you help otherwise we will kill you and go to war over shoving opium down the poor Chinese mouths and we had plenty of help from Mohammedon friends once we had sneaked in to Mecca and figured out how they worked.

And charging us royally for the privilege - besides which many immigrants (yes that word eh!) wanted to support their native lands in their hour of needs. Not the Micks obviously or the Hun or the Ities for the most part.

Damn I should have done a quick fact check. Will concede that one and can't be arsed to look up a relevant one. Will withdraw !

It's not just about Uncle Sam all the time. It was an Alliance.

And Uncle Joseph and his commie mates. Don't forget them they liberated Auschwitz and established the first Jewish autonnomous oblast on earth long before the Zionists did elsewhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Autonomous_Oblast

Is was a rhetorical flourish. Hitler was winning in 1940 all over the place if you remember. A war's not won until it is and all I have to do is look at Trump/Hegseth running the show with no plan , no strategy and no brains. That's all I need to know. That's it.

How the Tet Offensive going grandad ? Oh and then there was the Surge in Iraq and of course Trump who got the US out of Afghanistan. Pride comes before a fall. Welcome to Afghanistan x 10 - one more push .....the US just keep winning wars.

There's probably a lot of that but if you break ranks it's almost certain death at the moment and probably for that of your families and you have to be sure that you can bring plenty more with you more likely to be a civil war if that happens rather than some Ceascusue collapse. That tends to focus minds somewhat in extremis. China will start getting mightily pissed off if they lose half their oil supplies and will bid up what remains on the global markets pushing up the price for everyone - which is what the regime wants. They want us in the west to feel pain and we are just at the start of that. https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/38513564/uk-shoppers-empty-shelves-iran-war-drives-costs/