Chomper Higgot

Your whole ‘Afghanistan withdrawal’ is a deflection Jonny. And one for which you are willfully ignorant of the facts. Perhaps Biden should stay out of other lives, and not petition Israel to allow aid into Gaza and not provide weapons to the Ukranian’s in order that they can fight the illegal military invasion of their country. Thankfully he chooses otherwise. That he also doesn’t try to extort Ukraine is a bonus. Oh and Congress votes the Budget, not the President.

We’re all doomed. Perhaps that was *Hamas’ plan all along. Start a war, get large numbers of Palestinians killed in to drag in Hezbollah and Iran. Two US Navy Carrier Groups sitting off Israel are give anyone thinking about getting involved pause for thought. And pause for thought is a good thing.

You should perhaps inform yourself of the regional politics and strategic interests around both the Ukraine and Israel. You might also wish to consider which other nations are watching to see if seizing territory by illegal military invasion is something that they might get away with. The death of people in Gaza was an inevitable outcome of Hamas’ obscene terrorist attack on Israel, perhaps a desired outcome. It would not be happening if Hamas had not attacked Israel.

Or the the US could sit back and let the war in Ukraine spread to the point where the US had to once again send its youth to die in Europe. While at the same time letting other nations observe that they can take territory by illegal wars of invasion. Supporting Ukraine and Israel with military hardware is a lot more accepting to US voters than sending their sons and daughters to war. But thank you for reminding us that Putin’s propaganda is still in play.

The US Navy are sitting off the Israeli coast to deter any opportunist attacks by third nations on Israel. Their main means to do so is overwhelmingly air superiority. The US has sent two carrier groups, not land forces or marines.

Two US Navy carrier groups sitting off the coast of Israel is a very odd appeasement. Your other off topic canned rants are noted.

Of course you don’t want to discuss the timeline which provides an insight into who made what decisions and the consequences of the decisions they made.

It’s always amusing when you come on here and openly display your ignorance of the basic facts behind issues you are ranting about. https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/

Better that than American lives having to be expended later down the line after appeasement failed.

The Junta attacks while the international community is distracted elsewhere.

Cometh the hour, cometh the man. We’re the United States of America for God’s sake, the most powerful nation in the history — not in the world, in the history of the world,” “We can take care of both of these and still maintain our overall international defense.” Well said Mr President.

Thankfully Biden is being the President the US needs and stepping up his support for international allies in peril.

Where is your evidence that the vehicle that caused the Luton Car Park Fire was a diesel hybrid? “Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to an approved credible source.”

Also from the same article: “ The rapid rise is attributed to the growing presence of EVs on British roads, spanning cars, trucks, e-bikes, and electric scooters. Sarah Martin, president of Honeywell Sensing and Safety Technologies (SST), commented: “Although we are seeing a striking increase in fires related to EVs, the number is still low in relation to the total EVs in use across the UK, which exceeds 1.1 million.” The 1.1million seems to be way under the actual number, since there are approaching 500,000 e-bikes in the UK and approximately 750,000 e-scooters. Which raises another issue. Are fires caused by e-bikes, e-scooters, e-mono wheels, e-hoverboards being conflated with fires in EV motor cars/busses etc? These various forms of EVs are certainly not manufactured to the same standards. https://ebiketips.road.cc/content/news/uk-e-bike-sales-slow-due-to-cost-of-living-crisis-with-lack-of-subsidies-a-barrier-4297#:~:text=E-bike sales have tripled,estimated 155%2C000 bikes in 2022. https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-12-08/debates/185895BF-38BE-4550-A19D-7642420D3487/E-ScootersAntisocialUse#:~:text=It is estimated that there,in the years to come.

The Bedfordshire Fire Brigade official press release stated a Diesel vehicle. So do you have any factual information or statements that contradict the Fire Brigade statement? Or are you providing us with an example of gaslighting?

Without the benefit of cider, it’s easier to understand that ‘the law’ is within the terms of the BREXIT withdrawal agreement, which is itself a Treaty. The UK may not change the treaty without agreement with the other nation signatures to the treaty. The UK could of course unilaterally renege on the treaty, but those outside the rightwing lunatic fringe understand the consequences of nations reneging on treaties. Likewise the ECHR, membership of which underpins numerous treaties to which the UK is a signatory and also the cooperation between European nation courts and law enforcement and that of the UK. By example, membership of the ECHR and human rights conventions is a central to the Good Friday Agreement. The UK has had its instructions from Washington on not messing with that tinderbox. Just more examples of how Brexiteers are eager to continue to vandalize the UK’s international standing and get behind rightwing extremists within the UK Government seeking to strip rights and protections from the people of the UK.

At the very least someone underestimated Hamas. At worst they have access to very dangerous Intelligence. The whole concept of ‘an iron dome’ and ‘secure borders’ has a gaping crack in it.

Sorry you don’t like the facts.

No it is not. Now try to address the questions I ask or jog on.

Here’s a question to everyone, but particularly to @Morch because you are at least addressing issues not emotions. I think we would all agree that the success of Hamas’ obscene terrorist attack (and it was without doubt an obscenity) was due in no small part to the failure of Israeli Intelligence Services to detect the rising threat and/or Israeli Military/Political Leadership to respond to any warnings given. It is perhaps enticing to accept the argument that the Hamas attack (obscene as it was) was cunning, audacious and lucky. There are rational arguments that Israel should be cautious in its military response, particularly ground invasion, given the demonstrated failures of Israeli Intelligence. Implicit in that view is the acceptance that the success or failure of a military action is to a significant extent predetermined by the quality of the available intelligence. Which shines a spot light on the elephant in the room. Here are two questions deserving of consideration. I’m sure someone in Israel is either considering these questions or not doing their job: Q1. Was the success of the (obscene) Hamas terrorist attack predicated on accurate Intelligence available to Hamas? Q2. If so where did this accurate Intelligence come from and how did it make its way to Hamas?

Or at least have read the withdrawal agreement and tried your best to understand it.

Why would you, that was the Government’s job. Shame they didn’t read it first.

The Rwanda Agreement is for the removal of asylum seekers (actually an exchange of asylum seekers). It has absolutely nothing to do with ‘illegal immigrants’ since by condition of the agreement’s own clauses only ‘asylum seekers’ can be exchanged with Rwanda and ‘asylum seekers’ are not ‘illegal immigrants’.

There are no EU laws on the UK Stature Book, they are all UK laws. The mass repeal of those laws was one of Sunak’s quieter U-Turns, interestingly Rees-Mogg, whose mad idea it was and his chums in the ERG were also very quiet about that U-Turn. The ECHR is nothing at all to do with the EU, the UK was a founding member. Like Rees-Mogg’s ‘great repeal’ more stable heads won’t go near leaving the ECHR though Braverman says it’s in her agenda. Perhaps it would have been a good idea to have read the BREXIT withdrawal agreement before signing it into law.

Theft of which is currently the real risk.