it's a lot easier to desert your ship if you can swim

[abelard]

i'm ded keen on this nuclear button says stalinmer...

i 'promise; i'll press it if i want to

i'm no woose like corvid

[Pancho]

Post by abelard
i'm ded keen on this nuclear button says stalinmer...
i 'promise; i'll press it if i want to
i'm no woose like corvid

I see Genocide Joe is taunting Iran. Trying to get them to respond to
Israel blowing up their embassy. Presumably to divert the world's
attention from Gaza.

A pragmatic response from Iran would be to withdraw from the
Non-Proliferation Treaty, and develop a Nuclear defence. They could
argue that this was reasonable given the UN, and others, had made no
effort to defend the peace, or protect them against Israel's aggression.

[abelard]

Post by Pancho

Post by abelard
i'm ded keen on this nuclear button says stalinmer...
i 'promise; i'll press it if i want to
i'm no woose like corvid

I see Genocide Joe is taunting Iran.

1)he's got an election to lose
2) imv 'leaders' want war...better take down the mad mulllahs while
that is realatively easy
3)iran is a pipsqueak at present

Post by Pancho
Trying to get them to respond to
Israel blowing up their embassy. Presumably to divert the world's
attention from Gaza.
A pragmatic response from Iran would be to withdraw from the
Non-Proliferation Treaty, and develop a Nuclear defence. They could
argue that this was reasonable given the UN, and others, had made no
effort to defend the peace, or protect them against Israel's aggression.

[Pancho]

Post by abelard

Post by Pancho

Post by abelard
i'm ded keen on this nuclear button says stalinmer...
i 'promise; i'll press it if i want to
i'm no woose like corvid

I see Genocide Joe is taunting Iran.

1)he's got an election to lose

Yes, for Joe, Iran is a much better enemy than Palestinians.

Post by abelard
2) imv 'leaders' want war...better take down the mad mulllahs while
that is realatively easy

I don't think they can take down the mad mullahs. The end game will
always be Iran withdrawing from the Non-Proliferation Treaty, like North
Korea. I also don't think they are mad, just corrupt, sociopaths.

Although to be fair, an Iranian friend did say the Iranian spokesman on
Al Jazeera sounded unhinged, a zealot. I'm still amazed how these mad
idiots get into positions of power, in all countries.

Post by abelard
3)iran is a pipsqueak at present

Not really. Iran is developing into a major weapons exporter. There is a
suspicion that Iranian weapons are more pragmatic than western vanity
projects. Much like Israeli weapons used to be pragmatic.

Having said all that, the Iranian attack does seem counterproductive.
They were winning the propaganda war, which is what really counts.

Perhaps the Iranian leadership is as weak as Netanyahu. i.e. To stay in
power they have to mount strategically stupid attacks in order to curry
favour with an overly proud, but stupid mob.