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Lifelong socialist and Europhile. Septuagenarian. Atheist. Mrs Smeders. 4 kids. 1 grandson. 3 dogs. Like ice cream muchly. Opinions are my own. Am I bovvered though. Am I though. Really, am I.

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US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’

Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war

One soldier was told that ‘President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran',

04.03.2026 05:37 — 👍 19    🔁 12    💬 4    📌 0
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Trump rebukes Starmer again for not letting US attack Iran from UK bases US president criticises prime minister for third time 24 hours, describing him as ‘not Churchill’ over initial refusal

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

04.03.2026 00:50 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

US strikes on Iran triggered by Israel’s plan to launch attack, Rubio says.

So.....if Israel had not attacked, the US would not have either?

This is all Bshit. It now looks like the US is saying they were drawn into war, but it wasn't their fault.

Comfort to the parents of the fallen. ✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️

03.03.2026 15:54 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I listened to 170 hours of Joe Rogan’s podcast – trust me, he hasn’t turned against Trump | Michael Marshall The world’s most popular podcaster seemingly disapproving of ICE does not mean he has soured from the administration

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

03.03.2026 15:49 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump has cornered himself with his war in Iran | Sidney Blumenthal The president needs a quick win to avoid a quagmire – but he needs a long war to justify potential emergency powers

Trump has trapped himself in his war with Iran by announcing that his intention is regime change. That objective is linked to his most urgent objective at home. Pursuing regime change in Iran, he is attempting to stop regime change through the midterm elections.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

03.03.2026 15:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

US DOJ drops legal case against law firms that stood up to Trump’s executive orders

Case involved Trump orders targeting major law firms for representing clients or causes the president did not like

03.03.2026 15:38 — 👍 164    🔁 44    💬 13    📌 3
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Trump rebukes Starmer over UK refusal to back strikes on Iran US president says ‘relationship is not what it was’ after PM defends decision not to allow use of British bases

Starmer said, the UK did not believe in “regime change from the skies” and defended his decision not to allow the use of British bases to conduct the strikes.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

03.03.2026 15:34 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Trump rebukes Starmer over UK refusal to back strikes on Iran

US president says ‘relationship is not what it was’ after PM defends decision not to allow use of British bases

03.03.2026 15:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Minab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guide A strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh school during the US-Israeli bombing campaign killed up to 168 people. The Guardian has pieced together the incident and its aftermath using verified footage and images f...

Minab school bombing.

The missile hit during the school’s morning session in Minab, southern Iran, demolishing its concrete building and killing dozens of seven to 12-year-old girls.
Colourful backpacks covered with blood and concrete dust sit among the ruins.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

03.03.2026 15:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fire at US embassy in Riyadh after drone strike; state department urges all Americans to leave Middle East

03.03.2026 02:55 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

DeSantis spent $1.2m per day to open and operate ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

After spending taxpayers’ money, Florida governor will be left holding bill for $608m promised by Trump administration

A switch in position by Donald Trump’s administration now to leave Florida on the hook for the $608m

02.03.2026 23:24 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Republican Ryan Zinke to step down as US congressman

02.03.2026 23:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Six US service members have now been killed in the US military operations against Iran, the US Central Command said on Monday afternoon.

02.03.2026 23:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Starmer had done it again.

He invited a convicted rapist and a paedophile to a state visit to the UK.

Now, he is enabling that same convict rage an illegal war on Iran in which war crimes are being committed.

Schools are being targeted. Many children are being slaughtered

All cos he is spineless

02.03.2026 23:15 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Senator Mark Warner,on the intelligence committeesaid there was no imminent threat from Iran to the United States before the bombing campaign
If a threat to Israel is now to be considered equivalent to an imminent threat to the United States, then the Trump administration is “in uncharted territory”

02.03.2026 23:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Trump is disappointed with Keir Starmer”

Trump has just spent the last 12 months taking the piss out of our war dead, threatening to collapse NATO, aiding and abetting Russian aggression, and angling to invade a European country’s sovereign territory.

And he wants us to help?

He’s off his tits.

02.03.2026 11:25 — 👍 1365    🔁 194    💬 89    📌 12
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Bleat bleat bleat.

The big BULLY is always fu..in bleating.

02.03.2026 18:36 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

GOOD.

02.03.2026 18:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The BBC are lazy.

If they have Farage on a program, they only have to get him to the studio.
He and his big mouth will do the rest, and they can just sit back.

02.03.2026 18:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Sad, But True........
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02.03.2026 09:39 — 👍 609    🔁 283    💬 28    📌 17
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Nobel Peace Prize, my ass

02.03.2026 15:24 — 👍 5103    🔁 1851    💬 295    📌 125
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Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey:

"Tax exiles like Isabel Oakeshott and washed up old footballers who mock ordinary people who stay in the UK and pay our taxes... As we protect them, it's only right for tax exiles to start paying taxes to fund our armed forces, just like the rest of us".

02.03.2026 16:11 — 👍 3652    🔁 1010    💬 144    📌 134
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who made this

02.03.2026 14:51 — 👍 11219    🔁 5125    💬 491    📌 468

“We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end – and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into,” he said.

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02.03.2026 17:51 — 👍 59    🔁 7    💬 4    📌 0

In his election night victory speech in November 2024, Trump told his supporters: “I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars.” Two months later, in his inaugural address, he went even further in trying to establish himself as a global peacemaker......

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02.03.2026 17:51 — 👍 404    🔁 94    💬 51    📌 6

A fourth American service member has been killed in the US military operations against Iran, the US Central Command said on Monday.

The announcement comes one day after the military confirmed the deaths of three US service members on Sunday.

02.03.2026 17:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Scotland becomes first UK country to legalise water cremations Hydrolysis uses alkaline and water to break down body in a few hours and is part of demand for more sustainable funerals

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

02.03.2026 17:38 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Private jet prices soar as wealthy scramble to leave Dubai.

JetVip, a Muscat-based private jet brokerage, told the Guardian that a flight to Istanbul on a Nextant – one of the smallest jets available – now cost about €85,000 (£74,000)

Wow. They may have to start paying taxes. Greedy basturds.

02.03.2026 17:35 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Conflict deepens across Middle East – in pictures Violence spreads to Lebanon, Dubai, Kuwait and in areas hosting US army bases amid Israel-US strikes on Iran

Conflict deepens across the Middle East – in pictures

Violence spreads to Lebanon, Dubai, Kuwait and in areas hosting US army bases amid Israel-US strikes on Iran

www.theguardian.com/world/galler...

02.03.2026 17:27 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0