Adam Higgitt

btw, Israel is believed to possess ​tactical nukes, neutron bombs and even suitcase devices. It can launch strategic nukes by submarine.

If you want to panic about a belligerent Middle East regime's nuclear capability, panic about an Israeli government in the midst of a unrestrained killing rage.

Israel's vow to eliminate any new head of state of Iran is a recipe for state failure and even more chaos.

Israel is by far the greatest impediment to peace in the Middle East. It is a nuclear-tipped, genocidal rogue state.

Also that.

Blame Iran's travails on the 1953 British/US engineered coup if you want. It was a major factor leading to the '79 revolution.

But the coup didn't dictate the second Pahlavi Shah would be so awful, nor that students could overthrow his regime.

Nor that a theocracy would succeed it. And endure.

Yeah, but one that typifies the whole approach.

It's not that they are incapable of fabricating a causus belli, sticking to it and getting some allies along for cover.

It's that they don't see the point when they can just do what they want and nobody can stop them.

It's a definition of despotism.

The movement of refugees is trivial in volume ought to pose no real consequences for a mature, well-run state like the UK.

The volume of legal migration, by contrast, continues to represent a significant demographic phenenemon and should properly be the focus of this debate.

That's what I think.

This war on Iran is a case study in an administration that believes it has the means - and therefore the moral authority - to do whatever it wants.

It could have assembled a case, enlisted allies, stuck to a script.

But it can't be bothered, because it feels that to all be unnecessary.

On reflection, one would fill a swamp to the bank and not the brim.

Plus, you are now required to be in favor of foreign wars and flaky on the Second Amendment.

And when it comes to the swamp, it turns out the thing you *really* wanted to do was fill it right to the brim.

So confusing.

As reluctant as I am to do so, it is intellectually dishonest not to acknowledge that that the adbduction of Nicolās Maduro and the attempted decapitation of the Mullahs both sit firmly in the the "Trump is not a Russian stooge" column.

I point out that the official position of His Majesty's Opposition is:

1) yup. We're totally up for this.
2) legality is for sissies.

As the PM noted, moments like this are the proving of a Leader of the Opposition.

And Kemi Badenoch has proved how deep she is in Trump's pocket.

Raiding your life savings is such a Golden Age thing to do.

YouTube video by Political CUSTARD YUCK! Tommy 10 Name's Meets Russell Brand And Treats Him Like A Martyr, Victimised Over His Views!

Say what you like about Russell Brand but to go from anarcho-syndicalist to neo-Nazi bootlicker in, what, 10 years is a political journey of almost complete breadth.

Even Oswald Moseley only managed boring old democratic socialism to fascism in a decade.

Trump stated something he couldn't stand behind (we'll use the base without Spain's permission) followed by a threat he couldn't enact (we'll blockade Spanish trade) so now - of course - the next step is lying about Spain caving.

Only the Spanish government having a Twitter account foiled the plan.

This is correct. Article 5 enshrines the principle of collective self-dedence.

It does not require NATO members to join in the prosecution of a war.

Also: claiming Iran was about to attack won't wash. Even if it were true, it didn't happen.

Spain's Sánchez says 'no to the war' in Iran despite Trump's trade threat Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says Spain has rejected the U.S. and Israel’s attacks on Iran, even after Washington threatened trade punishment in response.

Trump thinks he can solo-embargo Spain like he's picking a fight on Truth Social. Newsflash: Spain is in the EU. They trade as a bloc. To "cut off" Spain, he'd have to embargo 27 countries at once. Good luck crashing the global economy over a parking spot for bombers. 🙄🇪🇺

apnews.com/article/iran...

U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflict—and 9000
miles from North America—makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

I've seen a couple of Republicans today assert that the War Powers Act is unconstitutional. One added that this was also the opinion of past presidents.

That's nice, bit it's like me arguing I shouldn't pay taxes because I believe them to be unconstitutional.

Unless SCOTUS says it is, it ain't.

YouTube video by Really American MAGA Couple FINDS OUT After Getting KICKED OUT!

You'll have to remind me of the part of the constitution that endows all citizens with the inalienable right to buy a smoothie.

So?

Err...the US can't cut trade with Spain. Or implement trade policies aimed at hurting Spain.

I mean, it *can* - but it would have to cut trade with the whole of the EU (customs union, see?)

I was thinking how surprising it is to see so many Japanese people visiting a gallery full of Japanese artifacts in London.

But then I thought if I was in Tokyo and its national museum had a highly regarded display of British exhibits, I'd be there like a shot.

So not surprising. As you were.

Astounding "flame pot" (ironically, the form was intended to resemble a wave) from the Jōmon people of Japan. On display at the British Museum.

This pot is 5,000 years old - or as old as Stonehenge - but the Jōmon are thought to have fired pottery as long ago as 16,000 BC.

They also invented soup.

True fact: one of Achaemenid King Xerxes I's ambitions was to grow a beard as long as that of his Dad's.

Will the United States get beaten by Iran, a militarily weaker nation?

Nah. The real debate in America is between people who know Trump is evil and say so, and the people (like Laura!) who know Trump is corrupt and evil and lie about it for personal profit.

While the McDonald’s CEO gets roasted for his awkward burger taste test...

McDonald’s is among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

And McDonald's CEO recently raked in $18.2M — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

That should leave a bad taste in your mouth.

I'm not a Beltway insider, but I have a hunch that deposing the Clintons may not have been 100% successful in defecting Epstein files fallout toward the Democrats.

Markwayne Mullin is so stupid it’s embarrassing even to listen to him talking.

I don’t think America would be in a war with Iraq if Trump woke up in a slightly different mood a few days ago.