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Replying To TheFlaker:  "So America admit there was no strike planned by Iran and they acted because Israel were launching an attack on Iran."
Yeah, they do what the boss tells them to do.

Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1643 - 03/03/2026 11:10:45    2659697

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Replying To TheFlaker:  "So America admit there was no strike planned by Iran and they acted because Israel were launching an attack on Iran."
You couldn't make it up. The whole region is unstable now. Oil prices will skyrocket. Take a look at what the secretary of defence said yesterday….absolutely unbelievable and disgraceful.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11941 - 03/03/2026 11:23:36    2659707

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Replying To yew_tree:  "You couldn't make it up. The whole region is unstable now. Oil prices will skyrocket. Take a look at what the secretary of defence said yesterday….absolutely unbelievable and disgraceful."
Melania holding court at the UN. The Middle East in flames again...but Trump got some nice new curtains hung..

Dhia shábháil, history will not look kindly on this era - the age of stupidity.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10255 - 03/03/2026 12:14:19    2659725

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Replying To yew_tree:  "You couldn't make it up. The whole region is unstable now. Oil prices will skyrocket. Take a look at what the secretary of defence said yesterday….absolutely unbelievable and disgraceful."
Have you not noted his new title "Secretary of War"

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2119 - 03/03/2026 14:14:37    2659766

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Replying To TheFlaker:  "So America admit there was no strike planned by Iran and they acted because Israel were launching an attack on Iran."
Only time i've ever agreed with you!

Trump was elected in 2016 on promise to stop following Bush, Clinton, Obama into these stupid adventures.

This one potentially the worst of all.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4044 - 03/03/2026 16:51:44    2659803

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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "Only time i've ever agreed with you!

Trump was elected in 2016 on promise to stop following Bush, Clinton, Obama into these stupid adventures.

This one potentially the worst of all."
You and I don't often agree either Barney, but I agree that this one has the potential to bring the world to its knees

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2119 - 03/03/2026 17:08:45    2659806

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It seems as if POTUS is making up his narrative to reflect the train of events. Reactive in that he is trying to turn everything so that he looks good. He just contradicted Rubio on the initial sequencing of the commencement of hostilities. He now says that he influenced Israel to get stuck in. Rubio painstakingly laid out a different version last night. That one didn't suit POTUS as it took the "limelight" away from him. It's important to spin it so that it looks as you are in charge, even if it's obvious you aren't.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2119 - 03/03/2026 17:22:56    2659809

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Replying To Lockjaw:  "Melania holding court at the UN. The Middle East in flames again...but Trump got some nice new curtains hung..

Dhia shábháil, history will not look kindly on this era - the age of stupidity."
It's like an episode of South Park. Latest this evening sees Trump making fun of Starmer (who I'm
No fan of but you can't have one leader mocking an ally).

Starmer should fire back…"I may be no Churchill but your ain't no Obama"

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11941 - 03/03/2026 19:05:50    2659821

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Replying To yew_tree:  "It's like an episode of South Park. Latest this evening sees Trump making fun of Starmer (who I'm
No fan of but you can't have one leader mocking an ally).

Starmer should fire back…"I may be no Churchill but your ain't no Obama""
Or Eisenhower. See now he is claiming that everything is "knocked out in Iran". If that is correct, who is spraying drones and missiles all over the Middle East. Question is, how detached from reality is this man ?

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2119 - 03/03/2026 22:02:31    2659830

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Replying To Freethinker:  "You and I don't often agree either Barney, but I agree that this one has the potential to bring the world to its knees"
The world has already being brought to its knees even the non beleivers, curtesy of BN, this current project is to make sure it stays on its knees.

supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3377 - 04/03/2026 02:15:05    2659852

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The Gulf states will surely be lobbying very strongky for this to end soon. On one hand, they're probably losing billions by the day by the fact that their oil isn't getting out to market.
On the other, their capabilities to intercept Iranian ballistics will be depleting by the day. They cost a lot more than what Iran are firing into the sky.
So the current sitaution can't go on indefinitely.

You just don't know with Trump. He could wrap it all up by lunchtime, and claim "victory" by the fact that he took out Khameini. Or he could order troops in on the ground (unlikely I know) but would any of you be all that shocked if he did?

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10255 - 04/03/2026 09:18:06    2659873

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Replying To Lockjaw:  "The Gulf states will surely be lobbying very strongky for this to end soon. On one hand, they're probably losing billions by the day by the fact that their oil isn't getting out to market.
On the other, their capabilities to intercept Iranian ballistics will be depleting by the day. They cost a lot more than what Iran are firing into the sky.
So the current sitaution can't go on indefinitely.

You just don't know with Trump. He could wrap it all up by lunchtime, and claim "victory" by the fact that he took out Khameini. Or he could order troops in on the ground (unlikely I know) but would any of you be all that shocked if he did?"
He'll do whatever Netanyahu orders him to do.

Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 399 - 04/03/2026 11:19:04    2659888

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No sign of the Trump trolls.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8785 - 04/03/2026 11:33:05    2659890

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Replying To TheFlaker:  "No sign of the Trump trolls."
Don't worry, they will be on trying to spin this. What's this about Ecuador ??

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2119 - 04/03/2026 11:55:46    2659897

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I heard trump the other day rambling about lovely curtains.drapes and about the great ballroom he was building..I'm gone way beyond taking anything he says serious anymore.
This was in the middle of a war in middle east that he decided he was going to start.
Does anyone know what Israel have on him cos he seems to agree with anything they decide..he goes off then and slags any leader or country who don't support him..just when we say things can't get worse,the man causes chaos everywhere.

CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2656 - 04/03/2026 12:10:47    2659903

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Replying To yew_tree:  "It's like an episode of South Park. Latest this evening sees Trump making fun of Starmer (who I'm
No fan of but you can't have one leader mocking an ally).

Starmer should fire back…"I may be no Churchill but your ain't no Obama""
Churchill served in several wars, even resigned a desk job to serve on the front in WW1. Completely different type of man to Trump.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18642 - 04/03/2026 12:31:38    2659908

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Replying To Viking66:  "Churchill served in several wars, even resigned a desk job to serve on the front in WW1. Completely different type of man to Trump."
Don't forget that Churchill was never a friend of Ireland. Long before Dev decided to stay "neutral" in WW2.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 2119 - 04/03/2026 13:17:39    2659927

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Replying To galwayford:  "Rugby has a major problem with high tackles and concussion issues. Not good for young people to be tackling. Hurling is also very physical. Rugby has a lot of issues too. It is way too physical and badly reffed in my view, at club level."
Article out WADA related saying that drug testing of rugby players dropped over 6fold in South Africa between 2015 and 2024. Close to 800 tests in 2015 dropping to 127 tests in recent times. Despite the reduced testing, SA still had the highest volume of 'reactors' for any single rugby nation in the time frame.........oh and two World Cup wins in the period as well!!

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4593 - 04/03/2026 14:43:51    2659964

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Replying To Freethinker:  "Don't forget that Churchill was never a friend of Ireland. Long before Dev decided to stay "neutral" in WW2."
Not just as bad as Cromwell, but definitely in the same bracket.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18642 - 04/03/2026 15:18:41    2659975

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "Article out WADA related saying that drug testing of rugby players dropped over 6fold in South Africa between 2015 and 2024. Close to 800 tests in 2015 dropping to 127 tests in recent times. Despite the reduced testing, SA still had the highest volume of 'reactors' for any single rugby nation in the time frame.........oh and two World Cup wins in the period as well!!"
South Africa has always been a joke for testing. Crazy what goes on at schools level there.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8785 - 04/03/2026 15:30:35    2659977

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