US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

A European force just needs to be stronger than Russia without the US support and i think it is that now, and only because Russia is historically weak.

Hopefully NATO does not get sucked into the fight with Iran.

@kowloon

you are thinking of a different aircraft carrier, USS Truman.

USS Ford? Has it even arrived in the area yet? They did announce that the USS Lincoln was attacked hence the need to move it further off shore.

Ouch, that is going to damage both parties.

Trump has largely ignored Congress when making decisions. He has actively defied them by not spending money appropriated by Congress. The Appropriations Clause of the Constitution says that the Congress appropriates spending. Since Nixon, who violated this, Presidents need Congressional permission under the 1974 Impoundments Control Act to not spend appropriated money. He has not asked for it. Russ Vought , the CBI, publicly said that the administration considers the I.C.A. to be unconstitutional, despite SCOTUS always upholding it.

I would say Israel has crushed Hamas and Hezbollah pretty effectively. Has it wiped them out? No. Has it greatly weakened both organisations? Yes. Were numerous war crimes committed along the way? Also yes.

Israel and US could do similar to Iranian military if they decide. Look how many top people they've already eliminated.

Can Iran do any serious damage to Israeli or US military? No.

Can Iran do big economic damage? Yes.

It's not that hard to see the difference between what cards each side can play with

But do you think the Americans would just accept that? Far more likely Trump would say "you stop all attacks by midnight tonight or else we wipe Teheran off the face of the earth".

Didn't he once say "What's the point in having nukes if we can't use them?"

Would the US military refuse such an order? Or even just total destruction of the city with "conventional" weapons? I doubt it. And Israel would surely be delighted to help out

But it wasn’t attacked like the conspiracy theorists were claiming

It’s sitting in the bay in Split, Croatia with loads of photos coming out today and no visible external damage from missiles etc

seriously ? BBC journalists have been giving out about him for ages.do your research. Choose your source. Do you deny he wrote a book glorifying mossad terrorism in which he admits close collaboration with Mossad? Do you deny that BBC journalists have been speaking out against him whitewashing Israeli war crimes? Are you aware of this background - a former CIA agent in the propaganda unit. He has a framed letter from Nethanhanyu in his office praising his activities next to photos of him meeting with Mark Regev and a Mossad commander.

Tell me again how this BBC editor is not biased - he's a israeli plant

Oh and you'll be fully aware that the UK high court ruled in favour of 'Owen bloody Jones' in the libel case.

Beer and posting dont go together.