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Israel attack on Iran

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AGAA4 Fri 13-Jun-25 08:24:30

This is a serious situation. Netanyahu has gone against advice from the US and has attacked Iran.
Iran will retaliate and Israel has closed down today waiting for the attack.
Although the US has distanced itself from this only warning Iran not to target US bases it's inevitable that they may get pulled into this war.

Maremia Tue 17-Jun-25 11:12:53

Do we believe that there have been deaths?

AGAA4 Tue 17-Jun-25 10:44:11

Asked if the US would aid Israel he said they were doing well on their own.

Whitewavemark2 Tue 17-Jun-25 10:41:34

He left the G7 early stating he needed to deal with a ceasefire between Iran and Israel.

He later denied this.

AGAA4 Tue 17-Jun-25 10:35:45

Trump has just said he is not looking for a ceasefire. He's looking for an end. With Trump we can never be sure what he means.

David49 Tue 17-Jun-25 10:32:03

Maremia

'alleged number of dearths in Iran'? Annieb, whose data do you believe?

None of it because both sides manipulate numbers to suit their own purposes.
In the case of Israel v Iran, Iran is suffering many more losses because they have effectively no air defence, what little they had the Israelis destroyed the first day.

keepingquiet Tue 17-Jun-25 10:05:50

Grantanow

The Iranian regime is a disgusting assault on its people and was undoubtedly working in secret towards nuclear weapons. The world owes Israel gratitude for its attacks on the nuclear facilities. I hope they can be completely destroyed and that the regime will be so weakened so as to comply with being non nuclear and subject to thorough inspections. Ultimately I hope this fanatical regime will fall. Unfortunately the Iranians have little experience of democracy.

The Islamic revolution would not have happened if the US hadn't put a puppet Shah in place for the sake of influence and oil in the ME.

Similarly after Trump's election we can see that what people supported was not what they are now getting and certainly you can see how the religious far-right can fool people, and then take away their freedoms.

Anniebach Tue 17-Jun-25 10:00:00

Iran has said many times it wants to kill all Israelis,

LizzieDrip Tue 17-Jun-25 09:58:31

Netanyahu’s ‘justification’ for bombing Iran is that they are ‘on the verge’ of creating nuclear weapons.

Apparently Netanyahu has been claiming that Iran is ‘on the verge’ of creating nuclear weapons for the past 30 years!

Beginning to sound like ‘weapons of mass destruction’ to me🤔

Maremia Tue 17-Jun-25 09:45:07

'alleged number of dearths in Iran'? Annieb, whose data do you believe?

Grantanow Tue 17-Jun-25 09:32:46

The Iranian regime is a disgusting assault on its people and was undoubtedly working in secret towards nuclear weapons. The world owes Israel gratitude for its attacks on the nuclear facilities. I hope they can be completely destroyed and that the regime will be so weakened so as to comply with being non nuclear and subject to thorough inspections. Ultimately I hope this fanatical regime will fall. Unfortunately the Iranians have little experience of democracy.

keepingquiet Tue 17-Jun-25 09:25:10

AGAA4

Oreo Trump was on BBC news this morning saying "let them fight it out".

So much for ending all the wars in a couple of days...who elected this devil?

keepingquiet Tue 17-Jun-25 09:23:57

Oreo

Iran now realising they don’t have the power they imagined they had and many people there will be praying for regime change.

No, they never had the power WE imagined- propped up by Russia, which also doesn't have the power we think it has.

Create a myth- live the myth- watch the myth implode...

nanna8 Tue 17-Jun-25 09:20:02

Something awful is about to happen. I really,really pray it doesn’t involve nuclear weapons on the part of the Americans. Warning people to get out is very alarming.

ronib Tue 17-Jun-25 09:04:22

The Daily Mail has Trump joining the war against Iran ….

Anniebach Tue 17-Jun-25 08:52:21

The Guardian leading with alleged number of deaths in
Iran and a photograph of a man carrying a young girl, Hamas
has been brilliant in showing how to win the propaganda in wartime

Oreo Tue 17-Jun-25 08:41:13

Iran now realising they don’t have the power they imagined they had and many people there will be praying for regime change.

Oreo Tue 17-Jun-25 08:39:42

Anniebach

George Galloway is on top form on social media, heaven help us, Galloway, Corbyn , Owen Jones ! ! !

What a trio 😁

Oreo Tue 17-Jun-25 08:38:47

Allira

AGAA4

The title is Killing of a King and may be more than one author.
Claremont may know.
Available on Amazon and in bookshops I presume.

Paperback: £139.73 on Amazon 😯

Will be giving it a miss then😄

Anniebach Tue 17-Jun-25 06:42:47

George Galloway is on top form on social media, heaven help us, Galloway, Corbyn , Owen Jones ! ! !

Allira Mon 16-Jun-25 21:12:52

AGAA4

The title is Killing of a King and may be more than one author.
Claremont may know.
Available on Amazon and in bookshops I presume.

Paperback: £139.73 on Amazon 😯

AGAA4 Mon 16-Jun-25 20:55:01

Very interesting Claremont. What he wrote has turned out to come true.

Claremont Mon 16-Jun-25 20:10:31

Anniebach

Will you give title of book and author? thank you

Of course. I apologise. I of course intended to, but for all sorts of sad reasons, it has been very hectic here today.

www.sup.org/books/jewish-studies/assassination-yitzhak-rabin

AGAA4 Mon 16-Jun-25 20:08:44

The title is Killing of a King and may be more than one author.
Claremont may know.
Available on Amazon and in bookshops I presume.

Anniebach Mon 16-Jun-25 19:58:49

Will you give title of book and author? thank you

Claremont Mon 16-Jun-25 19:30:17

In a book written in 2000 about Rabin's murder, the author asked the question ''With the road to peace lengthy, painful, and hazardous, have the fanatics learned a lesson from the aftermath of Rabin’s murder? Will he be the last victim? Will Israeli democracy survive the agony of shrinking to the tiny size of the pre-1967 boundaries? Will Israeli society develop into a Western democratic and enlightened model, or will it become a reactionary, ethnocentric, xenophobic backwater? ''

we now know the answer. The murderer is still alive and even fathered a son in prison, and believes he is a national hero. The murder of Rabin allowed Netanyahu to become PM. Like the murder of Kennedy, many believe the murderer was just a naïve, misuesed, 'tool'.