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jem 09-01-2026 22:29

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War
 
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36208695)
It's in the world's interest that Iran's regime is taken down. Will Trump be as good as his word?

Yes, OK, arguably right. But then what?

Suppose the US carry out a decapitation strike, kill the ‘Supreme Leader’, many if not all of the government - what do you think will happen? There is no opposition party (presumably pro-western) ready and organised to take over. Most likely the entire country will collapse into anarchy, unless the US is prepared to ‘put boots on the ground’ in large numbers and, basically take the country over and run it.

And that is easier said than done, although people may have no real love for the existing regime, they tend to resent a regime forced on them from outside. I do fear that this will make Vietnam and Iraq and Afghanistan look like a bad cold in terms of US and Iranian casualties.

Always, always have a clearly defined exit strategy, not just ‘oh this isn’t working and the polls are against us, so we are basically going to just pull out and leave chaos behind us, and naturally this wont foster a load of terrorist groups, all of which now have a hatred on the US - well it’ll be something for a future administration to deal with’.

For the US, removing the current regime in Iran is fairly easy, dealing with the consequences, isn’t. Unfortunately, I'm not convinced that the current US administration has the foresight to understand this.

thenry 09-01-2026 22:39

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War
 
Can the Arab nations step up, middle easterns ? Or will they battle in Mecca :rolleyes:

Hugh 09-01-2026 22:53

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War
 
Main clause = good question
Subordinate clause = wibble!

thenry 14-01-2026 17:29

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War
 
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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36204785)
modern society!

Football without fans is nothing. Unless it's COVID. And government action. Yet this goes amiss.

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36205041)
Maccabi Tel Aviv FC fans will not be able to buy tickets to Aston Villa match in Birmingham
The Tel Aviv side won't sell their supporters any tickets
- irrespective of whether the current ban on attendance is overturned or not.Maccabi Tel Aviv FC fans will not be able to buy tickets to Aston Villa match in Birmingham

https://news.sky.com/story/maccabi-t...match-13454141


looks like their thugs won't be meeting our thugs after all

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Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has said she no longer has confidence in the chief of West Midlands Police, following the force's decision to ban Israeli football fans from attending a game in the UK.

https://news.sky.com/story/politics-...#liveblog-body

https://news.sky.com/story/home-secr...n-ban-13493637
terrorise society :redcard:

Damien 14-01-2026 19:57

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War
 
They used a fictional match generated by an AI bot in their evidence. Little doubt he needs to go, given the other issues they had around the evidence provided to ban Maccabi fans.

thenry 16-01-2026 17:41

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War
 
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The chief constable of West Midlands Police is retiring with immediate effect, the region's crime commissioner, Simon Foster, has confirmed.

It comes amid criticism of the force's decision to ban fans of Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv from a game against Aston Villa last year.

https://news.sky.com/story/politics-...#liveblog-body
Good I guess. There were all sorts of accusations thrown around, Birmingham being of divisive social behaviours one of them.

---------- Post added at 16:41 ---------- Previous post was at 16:33 ----------

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Exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi is now speaking at a news conference in Washington.

He started out with a minute of silence "for the courageous Iranian people".

The message he conveys is that "the so-called Islamic Republic is not the government of Iran".

"This is no longer mere repression, this is foreign occupation wearing clerical robes."

He adds: "The Islamic Republic will fall - not if but when."

https://news.sky.com/story/iran-late...#liveblog-body
Horrible to see lives lost for this cause. It doesn't make it right. :no:


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