US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

Would you just stop.

That's convenient to wait years for an opinion if Trump destroys the power plants tomorrow.

That you can’t conceive of an Israel that doesn’t have a permanent Jewish majority, enforced by ethnic cleansing and genocide is your issue.

That people can’t imagine an Israel with equal rights for all. Equal rights to return for all, not just those of a particular religion.
Does Northern Ireland have a right to have a permanent Protestant majority? A Protestant country for a Protestant people?

Israel can exist without Zionism just as Northern Ireland can exist without unionism.

iran insists straits are open just simply an insurance issue preventing traffic not sure will that be enough for trump

they have also added financial entities to threat list ::

Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker, threatened financial entities that fund the US military in a Sunday social media post.

“Alongside military bases, those financial entities that finance the US military budget are legitimate targets,” he wrote. “US treasury bonds are soaked in Iranians’ blood. Purchase them, and you purchase a strike on your HQ and assets.”

He warned: “We monitor your portfolios. This is your final notice.”

at this rate trump will have to walk away or go all in and call the iranian clerics bluffs

I see you have no moved onto explaining away war crimes

Absolute nonsense. Of course it’s a war crime if he bombs the power stations and it doesn’t takes years to work out that fact. Pure nonsense.

It may benefit certain people in the US, but the average Joe? No.

Well, why do you bother?

You're dealing with some people who are only here to score some imaginary points. You know who they are. You'll get no actual honest discussion from them and, frankly, scoring points is all they are interested in.

The ignore button, while far from perfect, is still a much better option.

Since we all know that they only thing that ever reigns Trump in is the stock market taking this is an interesting theory about what might happen tomorrow:

Montevideo was not a port that had any prior agreement with the Germans in WWII. It was merely a port belonging to a country that wasn't part of the war and therefore not subject to attack by the allies. If the port was was allowing German vessels to refit and refuel with equipment and resources by prior arrangement, then the British would have been within their rights to attack the Graf Spee while she was in port and also the port itself.

Repairs to the Graf Spee were undertaken by what the Germans could do with the resources they had aboard and they were told by the Uruguayan government that they had just 72 hours in which to complete them (if I recall correctly it was supposed to be 24). After which time they had to leave port.

We, on the the other hand, have agreements with the US since 2002 that allow their aircraft to land at Shannon. It is not the same thing.

Added for clarity…

As part of the agreement with the US, their military aircraft can land and refuel as long as they are not being used in active ops in a shooting war, nor are they allowed to carry munitions. However, it is extremely difficult for us to keep tabs on that and if another nation who is at war with the US at a given time were to track aircraft leaving Shannon for targets in their country, they could be within their rights in attacking the airport and any US aircraft that use it.

When have I pretended to care about international law? I find the concept hilarious tbh.

Ive stated several times my opinion is one of complete objectivity.

We went to war to achieve peace!

Washington's Treasury Secretary says the US may need to "escalate" its attacks against Iran to be able to wind down the war, now in its fourth week

If these reports are true then Iraq may make progress towards getting its sovereignty and oil resources back? It wasn't long ago when Trump was telling them who could not be Prime Minister.

The United States and NATO have sought a temporary ceasefire in Iraq to facilitate their withdrawal, according to Iraqi resistance factions.

Abu Mahdi al-Jaafari, spokesperson for the Awliyaa Al-Dam Brigades, said Washington and NATO requested mediation through the Iraqi government “to obtain a temporary 24-hour truce from the resistance factions, with the aim of completing the withdrawal of their forces from the Victory base in Baghdad towards Turkey.”

He added that several factions agreed to the truce under strict conditions, including that “the Popular Mobilization Forces’ positions extending from Samarra to Karbala not be targeted,” warning that any violation “will be met with a strong response.”

Al-Jaafari also noted that NATO aircraft were unable to land at the base due to the intensity of ongoing attacks, stating that “NATO S-30 aircraft failed to land inside Victory base due to the intensity of the fire targeting the base.”

The Iraqi resistance indicated that sustained attacks had significantly reduced the US military presence.