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Now we know for sure we should not be in the Iran war.

(115 Posts)
Whitewavemark2 Tue 10-Mar-26 08:29:31

Tony Blair has said that the U.K. should have gone into the war with the USA on day 1.

Oreo Tue 10-Mar-26 12:53:42

Galaxy

Well yes people shouting nazis at the wrong people. Same old same old.

Isn’t it just.
There are Muslims in the UK who support the Ayatollah’s regime in Iran ( quite why they are here then I can’t imagine) and also those who support any Muslims in the world no matter who and what they do, and whose default position is to hate and target Jews.The Police need to get on this type of thing right away.

Galaxy Tue 10-Mar-26 12:37:24

Well yes people shouting nazis at the wrong people. Same old same old.

AGAA4 Tue 10-Mar-26 12:33:23

My son.has just texted me from.Manchester. An Israeli building has been covered in red paint. Police everywhere
My DDs next door neighbour has had JEW written across his driveway.
She is very upset and helped him clean it.
This has to be a backlash against this war.

Chocolatelovinggran Tue 10-Mar-26 12:16:41

My stance exactly, butterandjam.

butterandjam Tue 10-Mar-26 12:02:39

fancythat

I presume a lot of posters on this thread originally voted for TB. I did.

I am curious to know at what point you went away from him.

So did I, twice . His first term was full of hope and achievement so I voted for him again in 2001. Never again.

He lost the plot over Afghanistan. By Iraq, I was protesting against him.

Not in my name, Bliar.

Smileless2012 Tue 10-Mar-26 12:01:53

This isn't WW2 Oreo, if it were America would have waited at least a year before joining in and not done so until one of its bases was attacked.

Oreo Tue 10-Mar-26 12:01:29

He’s put them back in their box for a good while is what has been achieved.Thankfully.

Smileless2012 Tue 10-Mar-26 11:59:42

What on earth has he achieved making the world an even more unstable and dangerous place WW to feed his ego.

Oreo Tue 10-Mar-26 11:58:52

It’s just an old quote that’s being trotted out and isn’t at all apt.
It wouldn’t have been apt in WW2 and it isn’t now.Iran is an incredibly dangerous country to both, Israel, the whole region and the West.
They absolutely need to be curbed right now.

Whitewavemark2 Tue 10-Mar-26 11:55:12

Trump is suggesting that he is going to wrap the action up.

What on earth has he achieved!!

What about Netanyahu?

AGAA4 Tue 10-Mar-26 11:52:15

I agree with your quote Smileless.

Too many fools engaging in and cheering on this senseless war.

Maremia Tue 10-Mar-26 11:49:49

Trump has made a big mistake joining Israel's war.

Maremia Tue 10-Mar-26 11:48:40

Soundbites are simply truths in precis.

Smileless2012 Tue 10-Mar-26 11:46:57

If I thought that was meaningless Oreo I wouldn't have posted it.

Whitewavemark2 Tue 10-Mar-26 11:46:07

56% of Americans oppose the war. Which will inevitably rise if it continues.

Smileless2012 Tue 10-Mar-26 11:46:01

But according to Trump their nuclear efforts/bases were dealt with in January and according to Trump at the beginning of this illegal war, it was to enable the Iranians to be freed from a brutal regime. Then it was because the USA was just two weeks away from Iran being an immediate threat.

It's difficult to know if the plan seems to be working very well if at all, when Trump can't decide what the actual plan is.

AGAA4 Tue 10-Mar-26 11:44:59

We have learned from history that the US interfering in middle east problems never ends well.
This is just one more mistake.

Oreo Tue 10-Mar-26 11:42:47

Smileless2012

'Who is the biggest fool? The fool that leads or the fool that follows'.

This is what is meaningless, not your own comments.

Oreo Tue 10-Mar-26 11:41:32

Smileless2012

Trump and Netanyahu have made a big mistake attacking Iran especially with no 'plan' apart from dropping their bombs.

The plan is to degrade their weapons and ships and aircraft, the ballistic missiles and their launching sites, their nuclear efforts/bases, assassinate as many of the top regime as they can.
The plan seems to be working very well so far.

fancythat Tue 10-Mar-26 11:40:29

Oreo

It’s scary MarthavTaurus what’s been allowed to happen to UK Navy.

I guessed the RN was in worse shape than I thought, when the BBC made a programme about it.
Something about guarding the underground cables in the North Sea against the Russians.

Recently there is a programme about stalkers.
We all know that doesnt go well in real life.

Smileless2012 Tue 10-Mar-26 11:39:46

Disagree by all means Oreo but don't refer to my opinions as meaningless because they differ from yours.

fancythat Tue 10-Mar-26 11:37:00

Oreo

Iran made a big mistake in attacking all its neighbours.

I cant get my head around that. No matter how hard I try.

fancythat Tue 10-Mar-26 11:36:25

I presume a lot of posters on this thread originally voted for TB. I did.

I am curious to know at what point you went away from him.

Oreo Tue 10-Mar-26 11:35:24

That’s just an old fashioned soundbite Smileless that suits your agenda now.
You wouldn’t have applied it for WW2 for instance so it’s meaningless.

Smileless2012 Tue 10-Mar-26 11:34:52

Trump and Netanyahu have made a big mistake attacking Iran especially with no 'plan' apart from dropping their bombs.