Iran Watch

[The Mindsweep]

Is it time?

[Chicken Dhansak]

Very dangerous country. Notice they don't do their fighting they get others to do it for them. It now looks like the USA and the UK are going to take on the Houti rebels. Good luck with tjat.

[Proposition Joe]

Notice they don't do their fighting they get others to do it for them.

More in common with the US than the Americans would care to admit.

[LittleMate]

Notice they don't do their fighting they get others to do it for them.

More in common with the US than the Americans would care to admit.

And the Chinese; And the Russians. They are all at it.

[Hoover Attack]

Ah, US and UK have elections this year.

[Dunners]

LOL. That's going to be the tankie/crank default "hot take", isn't it?

[Long slender neck]

Who the hell are these Yemen guys?

[Daily Express bot]

Who the hell are these Yemen guys?

Iran’s Fall Guys

[Proposition Joe]

Who the hell are these Yemen guys?

Missed opportunity for a "Houthi hell are these Yemen guys?" gag there.

[Monkey Boy]

Who the hell are these Yemen guys?

Missed opportunity for a "Houthi hell are these Yemen guys?" gay there.

Morning tuffers

[Hoover Attack]

Who the hell are these Yemen guys?

Missed opportunity for a "Houthi hell are these Yemen guys?" gay there.

Predictive text defaults to gay on your phone?

[Dunners]

Who the hell are these Yemen guys?

The third front in what is emerging to be a global conflict.

[Proposition Joe]

Who the hell are these Yemen guys?

Missed opportunity for a "Houthi hell are these Yemen guys?" gay there.

Predictive text defaults to gay on your phone?

So it would seem.

[Proposition Joe]

Weirdly, after the above LOLsome typo, I checked my phone settings and the keyboard is set up to "English (LGBTQI+)" as default rather than "English (UK)". Have changed it now but Samsung's woke agenda is going too far.

[Dunners]

The fourth front?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... n-pakistan

[RedDwarf 1881]

Ah, US and UK have elections this year.

Well lucky them then that the Houthis decided to attack international shipping.

[Hoover Attack]

The fourth front?

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/i ... n-pakistan

Link isn’t working for me mate.

Can you just do your usual c and p please?

[Currywurst and Chips]

Iran dropping bombs in Syria, Iraq and Pakistan in the space of a week

Calls for an Iranian ceasefire will be deafening before long

[Proposition Joe]

What's the goal for Iran going after 'Israelis' in Kurdistan and IS in Syria and Pakistan? Is the latter at least nominally under the guise of retribution for the bomb attack last month? Or just doing some maximum chaos for LOLs?

[Mick McQuaid]

Iran dropping bombs in Syria, Iraq and Pakistan in the space of a week

Calls for an Iranian ceasefire will be deafening before long

Yes, an exact analogy for why people protest in this country about Israel, I'm sick of politicians constantly saying that we stand side by side with Iran.

[Currywurst and Chips]

Iran dropping bombs in Syria, Iraq and Pakistan in the space of a week

Calls for an Iranian ceasefire will be deafening before long

Yes, an exact analogy for why people protest in this country about Israel, I'm sick of politicians constantly saying that we stand side by side with Iran.

Or hosting talk shows on their state propaganda network

[Mick McQuaid]

I don't think I'm booked for that.

[Hoover Attack]

Iran dropping bombs in Syria, Iraq and Pakistan in the space of a week

Calls for an Iranian ceasefire will be deafening before long

Yes, an exact analogy for why people protest in this country about Israel, I'm sick of politicians constantly saying that we stand side by side with Iran.

Don't fall for his whataboutterry.

[Dunners]

What's the goal for Iran going after 'Israelis' in Kurdistan and IS in Syria and Pakistan? Is the latter at least nominally under the guise of retribution for the bomb attack last month? Or just doing some maximum chaos for LOLs?

It's all about testing and stretching the US security guarantee. The US is a (sort of) security partner for Pakistan, and is already trying to support Ukraine, Israel and Egypt (the latter being the actual target of attacks on maritime shipping in the red Sea).

Interestingly, yesterday North Korea announced it would no longer pursue reconciliation with the South. Instead, it will rewrite its constitution to declare the South as a permanent adversary. The US is also a security guarantor for South Korea.

It's increasingly looking like there is a coordinated sequence of events being orchestrated by Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. An escalation of tensions with China following the Taiwanese elections is now expected and will just add to the headache.

Despite what the cranks may believe, the US (and allies) are desperate to avoid any direct military conflict with any of these states. But the axis of resistance/evil (depending on your viewpoint) appears to be forcing things to a head whereby the US will have to decide on whether it goes for war (in which case we're all f*cked) or retreats back into it's pre-WW2 state of relative isolation (in which case, we're also f*cked).

[Hoover Attack]

Can everyone just stop picking on the poor old U S of A, FFS?