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Sephiroth

08-03-2026 12:55

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In 1979, wise Brits were gathered outside the Iranian embassy in Kensington. They were singing “You can stick your Ayatollah up your arse”. Just the words tell you what the tune was. (Singing ay yai yippee yippie ay).

We knew then what we know now. No fuzz, no grey .
, except the Ayatollah’s beard.

thenry

09-03-2026 16:23

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Top Democratic senators in the United States have called for an investigation into the strike against a girls’ school in southern Iran, saying that the Pentagon must “provide clear answers” about the incident that killed at least 170 people.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/...school-in-iran

SkyNews, Tom Cheshire, smoke appears from the area Infront of the school before what is described by experts a tomahawk missile strikes, weaponry only the US have in the area. Israel don't know what was happening in the area, US blames Iran, Iran blames US.

Hugh	09-03-2026 19:29

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Good news - the war’s nearly over…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz0g...0362b9f07#post

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On the progress of the war: "I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they've got no air force. Their missiles are down to a scatter. Their drones are being blown up all over the place, including their manufacturing of drones. If you look, they have nothing left. There's nothing left in a military sense."

On original timeline for operation: "We're very far ahead of schedule... I don't know, it depends. Wrapping up is all in my mind, nobody else's."

On Iranian missiles: "They've shot everything they have to shoot, and they better not try anything cute or it's going to be the end of that country... If they do anything bad, that would [be] the end of Iran and you'd never hear the name again."

On the Strait of Hormuz: US is "thinking about taking it over" and could do "a lot".

On if he has a preferred new Iranian leader in mind: "I don't want to say anything about that but yeah, I do."

jem	09-03-2026 20:13

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36212107)

Good news - the war’s nearly over…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz0g...0362b9f07#post

Which has all the hallmarks of a “we don’t actually know what we are doing, we have no exit strategy, we have no fixed goal, we have no medium to long term plan......”

Israel, who are basically running this and have, astonishingly, managed to co-opt the US as a ‘junior partner’, will be happy once they have decided that Iran’s military plus their ability to fund and control other militias, has been sufficiently degraded as to no longer be a viable threat. Once that’s done both Israel and the US will walk away and claim victory.

Forget any rubbish about ‘liberating the Iranian people’, if the regime survives and is even more brutal to its own people, but is less than a threat to Israel, so be it - they simply won’t care!

And, of course in ten years or so, when Iran has managed to rebuild its forces, well Trump and Netanyahu will be long gone and not their problem.

thenry

10-03-2026 15:45

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HMS Dragon departs for eastern Mediterranean... Good luck lads and lasses :angel:

papa smurf

10-03-2026 15:48

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[QUOTE=thenry;36212149]HMS Dragon departs for eastern Mediterranean... Good luck lads and lasses :angel:

it'll probably break down on the way :)

Carth

10-03-2026 17:19

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According to USA sources, the war will be over before it gets past Guernsey :D

1andrew1

10-03-2026 17:56

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36212166)

According to USA sources, the war will be over before it gets past Guernsey :D

It will be over in 24 hours. Sorry, wrong war!

Hugh	10-03-2026 17:59

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36212166)

According to USA sources, the war will be over before it gets past Guernsey :D

Depends who's talking - Prez or SoW ;)

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“We have Only Just Begun to Fight,” the Department of War declared on social media Monday, just before Trump told CBS News that the war was “very complete.”

Carth

10-03-2026 18:34

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When he says "We have Only Just Begun to Fight" does he mean the USA and Iran, or the Presidential Advisors against Trump :D

Hugh	10-03-2026 18:43

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In today’s game of Make Millions With Market Manipulation:

1. Energy Secretary posts that a tanker has been safely escorted through Hormuz.
2. Oil price falls 10%, friends buy.
3. Energy Secretary deletes post.
4. Oil price rises 12%, friends richer.

Thank you for playing, see you all tomorrow.

or

1. Oil price spikes, friends sell.
2. Announce war is over before market closes.
3. Oil price crashes, friends buy.
4. Announce war is NOT over after market closes.
5. Return to Step 1

h/t @newseye.bsky.social

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36212175)

When he says "We have Only Just Begun to Fight" does he mean the USA and Iran, or the Presidential Advisors against Trump :D

He meant to say drink, not fight...

Hugh	11-03-2026 09:32

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Regarding the current Strait of Hormuz issues, this popped up on one of my socials, and I found it quite amusing…

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...4&d=1773225125

Sephiroth

11-03-2026 09:43

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Que?

Chris

11-03-2026 11:23

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These guys, I think

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...1&d=1773259107

Hugh	11-03-2026 13:19

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Carth

11-03-2026 15:16

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right . . that explains everything . . .

*me wanders off to grab another Brandy*

Sephiroth

11-03-2026 16:19

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I'll just remind peops of the thread title:

Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Israel was attacked by a brutal Hamas with 1200 people murdered.

Israel is regularly attacked by Hezbollah, killing Israeli citizens.

Israel has been threatened with obliteration by Iran, who (Iran) has just demonstrated its potential ability to do so.

So, War.

1andrew1

11-03-2026 18:52

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36212210)

An alien reading this might not realise that over 70,000 Palestinians had been killed since the despicable attacks by Hamas on 7 October 2023. Accurate summaries need balance.

Sephiroth

11-03-2026 19:07

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A strange "balance", Andrew. The Gazan casualties, however horrible, are a direct consequence of the merciless attack on Israel by Hamas.

With Israel's very existence threatened by Iran, it cannot be right that a "balance" has to be found so that Hamas & Iran can now the attrition point when Israel will stop its attack.

None of you on the Forum who are criticising Israel for overkill seem to understand how Hamas/Iran work when it comes to Israel and its existence.

thenry

12-03-2026 16:13

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36212091)

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The US was "likely" responsible, NBC said, quoting an American official and three sources familiar with the findings of a preliminary US military investigation into the incident.

Why was the school hit?

The munition did not go off target, but rather hit the school because old intelligence showed it to be an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) base, the four sources said.

The school is next to an IRGC site.

https://news.sky.com/story/what-we-k...trike-13518642

Eye in the sky surely spotted young children no :confused:

Hugh	12-03-2026 16:31

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It wasn’t launched from a drone - the tomahawk probably was sub or ship launched.

thenry

12-03-2026 16:51

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Do they not have eye in the sky anything to do with targets?

Hugh	12-03-2026 17:56

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36212260)

Do they not have eye in the sky anything to do with targets?

AWACs are for radar tracking, drones (usually Reapers) are the "eyes in the sky", and they are unlikely to be delivering the ordnance at the moment.

thenry

12-03-2026 18:00

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What about satellites, do they feed live imaginary?

jem	12-03-2026 18:10

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It would appear that the US were using outdated targeting data. As far as they were concerned the building was part of an IRG complex but was actually sold-off / let go in 2016 and said buildings fenced off from the IRG complex and repurposed into a school.

Alas the Pentagon didn't seem to be aware of this, which is a failure of intelligence or communication.

Yes, in war, mistakes happen, but it’s not a good look for the US is it?

Dingbat

12-03-2026 18:12

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It appears that they used to have Intelligence Officers who would have most likely seen that it was a school and no longer part of a military installation.

Unfortunately, they were all sacked.

.

Hugh	12-03-2026 18:51

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36212267)

What about satellites, do they feed live imaginary?

Not really

https://ongeo-intelligence.com/blog/...l-time-options

TV and films exaggerate for dramatic effect what really happens, and if attacks were happening at multiple targets at the same time (which they were), it would be problematic to choose which to focus on.

Hugh	14-03-2026 17:48

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thenry

14-03-2026 17:50

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Flip flop

Hugh	14-03-2026 19:22

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One week apart…

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...5&d=1773519706

Hugh	14-03-2026 20:59

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36212435)

Flip flop

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2026/03/5.jpg

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https://abcnews.com/Politics/hegseth...y?id=131036790

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"The only thing prohibiting transit in the strait right now is Iran shooting at shipping. It is open for transit should Iran not do that.

This person is in charge of the most powerful military in the world…

https://media1.tenor.com/m/KUY-ngxS_...upid-burns.gif

Hugh	15-03-2026 10:42

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My nephew, who is a geologist who has worked for Shell for 15 years in the oil exploration division, sent me this from one of his Socials - he said it’s an accurate summation of how the oil industry works.

Not a short read, but I found it informative…

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Alright, let me put my old reservoir engineer hat back on for a minute, because when I hear politicians and television talking heads explaining how oil markets respond to something like the strike on Kharg Island, I can practically hear every drilling superintendent, completions engineer, and pipeline scheduler in Texas muttering the same thing: that’s not how any of this works. From the outside this looks simple. America hits a strategic oil location, Iran threatens the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices jump, and according to the cable news experts American producers immediately crank up drilling and save the world with a heroic wave of new barrels. It makes a great television story. It also has very little to do with how oil production actually happens.

First, understand what Kharg Island is. It isn’t just another island in the Persian Gulf. It is the loading dock for most of Iran’s oil exports, with roughly ninety percent of their crude moving through that terminal before heading toward Asian markets. The interesting detail in the strike reports is that the military infrastructure around the island was hit but the oil loading facilities themselves were left standing. To people outside the industry that seems odd. To anyone who understands oil logistics it makes perfect sense, because you don’t have to destroy an oil terminal to stop exports. You only have to make insurers nervous. The most powerful choke point in global oil trade today is not a navy or a missile battery, it is a room full of insurance underwriters in London deciding whether a tanker is insurable. Tankers carry war-risk insurance, and the moment missiles start flying around loading terminals those insurers either jack up premiums to absurd levels or stop writing policies entirely. Once that happens ships stop sailing because no bank, charter company, or shipping operator will send a hundred-million-dollar vessel into a combat zone uninsured. The terminal can be sitting there perfectly intact, tanks full of crude and loading arms ready, and nothing moves because tankers are anchored offshore waiting for insurance clearance. You’ve effectively choked off exports without lighting a single storage tank on fire.

Now let’s talk about the next part television always gets wrong. The moment oil prices spike, commentators start saying American producers will just drill more wells. I spent decades working reservoir engineering and production, and drilling programs are not decided by one exciting week of oil prices. Wells get drilled when companies believe prices will stay high long enough for those wells to make money. That means sustained prices, forward contracts, pipeline capacity, rigs, frac crews, casing and tubing, water handling, and somewhere to sell the oil once it comes out of the ground. Oil wells are not lemonade stands you open because it’s a hot afternoon. Even in the Permian Basin, where development moves faster than almost anywhere else on Earth, there are still physics and logistics involved. A horizontal well with a ten to twelve thousand foot lateral takes a couple of weeks to drill, then it waits for completion crews, then the frac takes another week or so, then flowback, then tie-in to gathering lines and pipelines. If everything goes smoothly you might see first production in a month or two, and that assumes rigs are already contracted, pipe is available, frac crews exist, pipelines have space, and someone has agreed to buy the oil. Scaling production across a basin takes months of planning and billions in capital. Companies do that when they believe the price environment is durable, not because oil spiked for two weeks during a geopolitical crisis. Oil markets respond to expectations, not headlines.

Meanwhile the insurance market can do something much faster and far more powerful. By making tanker voyages risky or uninsurable it can reduce global oil flows almost overnight without firing another shot. That brings us back to Kharg Island. By striking military infrastructure around Iran’s main export terminal while leaving the oil facilities intact, the move sends a very specific signal: the oil lifeline is still there, but the risk around it just went through the roof. That pressures Iran’s revenue without immediately destroying global supply and injects uncertainty into oil markets, which pushes prices higher. The irony is that oil markets are resilient. If disruptions last long enough, supply eventually reroutes. More crude flows from the Americas, Africa, and the North Atlantic, shipping routes get longer, tanker rates rise, and drilling programs eventually expand. But none of that happens overnight. Reservoirs don’t care about political speeches, steel pipe doesn’t appear because a senator demanded it, and drilling rigs don’t teleport into place because gasoline prices jumped on Tuesday. Oil production runs on geology, engineering, capital cycles, and logistics. The insurance market, on the other hand, runs on fear, and right now fear is doing exactly what missiles alone often cannot: slowing the flow of oil.

~ Kat Romenesko

TheDaddy

15-03-2026 12:30

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36212466)

Getting a very real understanding of how this buffoon bankrupted 7 casinos and just about everything else he touched

1andrew1

18-03-2026 17:21

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Some significant escalation from Israel here - the first strike on Iran's energy infrastructure and one shared with Qatar.

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Explained: Why Israeli strikes on world's largest gas field mark an escalation

As we reported at 13:18, South Pars, the world's largest natural gas field, has been hit by Israeli strikes.

What happened? Iran's Fars news agency reported that gas tanks and parts of a refinery have been hit, though workers were evacuated.

A fire broke out at the facility as well, though it is under control, as the semi-official Tasnim Iranian news agency reports.

Iranian *gas flows to Iraq were *halted, a *senior Iraqi official told Reuters.

Why is the gas field so important? As the biggest known gas field, South Pars covers about 9,700 square kilometres in the Persian Gulf and is estimated to hold about 51 trillion cubic metres of gas, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Ownership of the field is split between Iran and Qatar. The larger Qatari side was discovered first, in 1971.

Why is this a major escalation? This notably marks the first reported strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure in the Gulf during the war. Moreover, it targets a facility shared with Qatar.

https://news.sky.com/story/iran-war-...-news-13509565

Hugh	18-03-2026 20:10

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https://wapo.st/4byxTSv

Tulsi Gabbards’s (Director of National Intelligence) testimony to a Senate hearing today

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Strikingly, in her opening statement she departed from prepared remarks — published ahead of Wednesday’s hearing — outlining the intelligence community’s assessment of Iran’s nuclear capability. As she spoke to lawmakers, Gabbard said that after the U.S. military bombed Iran’s nuclear sites over the summer, Tehran was “trying to recover” from the “severe damage” caused by the operation. 

According to her written statement, Gabbard was expected to say that the Iranians had made “no efforts” since the U.S. bombing of their nuclear facilities “to try to rebuild their enrichment capability.” That statement appeared to undercut assertions made by the administration, which has cited Iran’s nuclear program as one reason President Donald Trump felt an imperative to start the war.

When Sen. Mark R. Warner (Virginia), the committee’s top Democrat, asked Gabbard why she deviated from her written remarks, she told him that she had skipped some portions as “the time was running long.

” Warner then accused her of having chosen “to omit the parts that contradict the president.”

 Under questioning from Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia), Gabbard acknowledged later that her written remarks do reflect the intelligence community’s assessment, though she declined to say directly whether Iran had posed an “imminent nuclear threat” as the Trump administration has claimed.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36212655)

Some significant escalation from Israel here - the first strike on Iran's energy infrastructure and one shared with Qatar.

https://news.sky.com/story/iran-war-...-news-13509565

And Iran is striking back at other Gulf States oil and gas facilities…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c24d...d65e4dd44#post

Dingbat

18-03-2026 20:50

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36212661)

And Iran is striking back at other Gulf States oil and gas facilities…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c24d...d65e4dd44#post

All that money they gave Trump and his family, as well as an airplane, and this is how they get repaid.

Sephiroth

18-03-2026 21:56

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Originally Posted by Dingbat (Post 36212667)

All that money they gave Trump and his family, as well as an airplane, and this is how they get repaid.

Good one!

Hugh	19-03-2026 07:19

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papa smurf

19-03-2026 07:56

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36212682)

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...0&d=1773907816

A big thank donny you from the rest of the world for opening your orange gob and spooking the markets yet again and driving up prices oorah usa usa :dunce:

Hugh	19-03-2026 08:00

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36212685)

A big thank donny you from the rest of the world for opening your orange gob and spooking the markets yet again and driving up prices oorah usa usa :dunce:

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Pric...Collapses.html

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A month ago, any analyst suggesting international oil prices could soar all the way to $200 per barrel would have been laughed out of the studio. Now, some are beginning to acknowledge that this is a real possibility, and with good reason.

Oil and fuel exports from the Middle East stood at 25.13 million barrels daily in February, Reuters reported this month, citing data from Kpler. By mid-March, this had plummeted by close to two-thirds, to 9.71 million barrels a day. Vortexa has even more worrying figures, putting the February daily average at 26.1 million barrels of crude and fuels, and the mid—March average at just 7.5 million barrels daily.

Yet even worse than daily shipments is the situation in production. Everyone in the Middle East is cutting oil production—and those wells take a while to restart. The reason they are cutting is that storage capacity is limited—and some of those “export” barrels are actually going on tankers for storage rather than shipment to clients. A fifth of global oil, in other words, is severely disrupted, and even if the bombs stop flying tomorrow, it will take a while for things to get back to normal.

Iraq has reportedly curbed oil production by some 2.9 million barrels daily, ING commodity strategists said in a note earlier today. In Saudi Arabia, the cuts are to the tune of between 2 million barrels daily and 2.5 million barrels daily. The UAE has reduced production by 1.5 million bpd, and Kuwait has slashed output by a reported 1.3 million barrels daily. That makes a total of over 7 million barrels daily gone.

For context, the International Energy Agency had predicted the oil market would this year be in a surplus of around 3.7 million barrels daily. Not only is that now gone—if it was ever here at all—but there is more supply frozen because of the crisis. Indeed, the IEA itself estimates shut-in production at 10 million barrels daily.

What all this means is that there is no physical oil to respond to demand. And when physical supply is tight, prices fly high and take a while to go back down if the situation normalizes, even accounting for the destruction in demand that high oil prices would inevitably cause.

“We’re very much in the $150 range but I don’t think it’s ridiculous at all to [suggest] $200. It would be very fair given we are basically having a crisis-a-day right now equivalent to supply outages,” Onyx Capital Group CEO Greg Newman told CNBC this week, noting that the Middle Eastern oil benchmark had already hit $150 per barrel amid the supply squeeze.

1andrew1

19-03-2026 08:08

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36212685)

A big thank donny you from the rest of the world for opening your orange gob and spooking the markets yet again and driving up prices oorah usa usa :dunce:

Mad Net is surely to blame for escalating the war by attacking the gas field in the first place. And Trump aided and abetted him by not preventing him.

Chris

19-03-2026 08:26

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36212687)

I'm no scientist. But surely if you bomb the Iran-Qatar South Pars gas field in the intensity Trump's described, the damage doesn't respect national boundaries and Qatar will suffer lost production and likely far worse?

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Mad Net is surely to blame for escalating the war by attacking the gas field in the first place. And Trump aided and abetted him by not preventing him.

There’s about 100 miles of water between Qatar and Iran. Just because they’re drilling gas at either end of the same field doesn’t mean an attack on one will affect the other.

Carth

19-03-2026 08:46

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I'm fast becoming less and less interested in the affairs of a World dominated by madmen and money makers.

I have exactly zero influence on anything happening on the World stage (unless I secretly build a nuclear enrichment thingy in the garden shed) and, like many millions more, just get dragged along, paying more and more for less and less.

I'm probably very close to the stage where I want some idiot to press the big red button :mis:

Hugh	19-03-2026 09:19

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Hugh	19-03-2026 12:25

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36212693)

I'm fast becoming less and less interested in the affairs of a World dominated by madmen and money makers.

I have exactly zero influence on anything happening on the World stage (unless I secretly build a nuclear enrichment thingy in the garden shed) and, like many millions more, just get dragged along, paying more and more for less and less.

I'm probably very close to the stage where I want some idiot to press the big red button :mis:

You’re not your usual happy-go-lucky optimistic cheery ray of sunshine; what’s up - Scunthorpe still on their 42 year losing streak?

Carth

19-03-2026 14:08

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36212709)

You’re not your usual happy-go-lucky optimistic cheery ray of sunshine; what’s up - Scunthorpe still on their 42 year losing streak?

Dunno mate, just fed up of it all I guess. Try to save a quid or two and some nutter starts another war and everything goes mammaries skyward.

Is there a website out there that advertises damp, dark isolated Caves for sale?
Am I allowed I burn peat for heat and cooking?
If I bought a dozen solar powered garden lights, how long would they shine for if I used them indoors at night?
Should I start hoarding tine of beans and soup?

p.s. - Scunny? not my team, my bunch of lame, half arsed layabouts are languishing mid table in League one (after 2 mind numbing relegations) . . although they have fluked yet another Wembley appearance.

Chris

19-03-2026 14:49

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Don’t hold back there … just say what you mean :erm: :D

Carth

19-03-2026 15:56

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36212713)

Don’t hold back there … just say what you mean :erm: :D

Always been my problem . . well, not exactly my problem . . but hasn't helped at times, too damn straight for my own good :D

oh heck, now I've gone and posted a smiley face oops:

1andrew1

19-03-2026 20:47

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36212689)

There’s about 100 miles of water between Qatar and Iran. Just because they’re drilling gas at either end of the same field doesn’t mean an attack on one will affect the other.

But if he "blows up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field" that includes Qatar's part? And even if you avoided Qatar's part, surely there would be some leaks, etc?

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36212712)

At this stage, I would like to ask this forum's brave Trump supporters to step forwards and provide some soothing words for Carth.

thenry

19-03-2026 20:57

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Trumps better than Kamala Harris.

Paul	20-03-2026 03:13

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36212741)

Trumps better than Kamala Harris.

Random post.
In what way is he better ?

Dude111

20-03-2026 03:55

Trump Insults NATO,Japan,South Korea,and Australia for not joining Iran War

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US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that most of the United States’ NATO allies have told Washington they do not want to be involved in its military operation in Iran, according to a post on Truth Social. He said this was despite allied agreement that Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.

Trump criticised NATO as a “oneway street” where the US spends “hundreds of billions of dollars per year protecting these same countries,” but receives little in return in a time of need. He said the United States had achieved major military success against Iran’s forces and, as a result, “we no longer ‘need,’ or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID,” adding that the US does not need help from Japan, Australia or South Korea either.

What a stupid bloody moron!!

http://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/s...415-2026-03-17

Hugh	20-03-2026 07:23

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Yesterday Pentagon press briefing

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“Iran’s air defenses [are] flattened,” Hegseth said

Also yesterday

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USAF F-35 Lands After Taking Fire Over Iran; Pilot Stable

Carth

20-03-2026 09:09

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Conclusion:

Somewhere on a high rooftop in Iran, there's a bloke (or a woman, or a confused) that has a very very strong catapult and amazing aim.
There's also no shortage of ammunition laying around.

thenry

20-03-2026 09:23

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36212738)

At this stage, I would like to ask this forum's brave Trump supporters to step forwards and provide some soothing words for Carth.

Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36212741)

Trumps better than Kamala Harris.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36212747)

Random post.
In what way is he better ?

Random :confused:

In every way possible :D

1andrew1

20-03-2026 09:36

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36212747)

Random post.
In what way is he better ?

Better golf handicap?

Hugh	20-03-2026 10:04

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36212755)

Better golf handicap?

Spends more on Depends?

TheDaddy

20-03-2026 11:43

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36212741)

Trumps better than Kamala Harris.

Yeah imagine how much worse things would be under her, mildly interested to know how you think he's better but won't expect a rational answer

thenry

20-03-2026 11:49

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36212761)

Yeah imagine how much worse things would be under her, mildly interested to know how you think he's better but won't expect a rational answer

:no: I just don't like her. The thought of her asking whether I'm ok would make my blood boil. Fuel pricing near enough doubled under Biden. More of the same :no:

Hugh	20-03-2026 13:27

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36212762)

:no: I just don't like her. The thought of her asking whether I'm ok would make my blood boil. Fuel pricing near enough doubled under Biden. More of the same :no:

Why would she ask if you’re OK?

thenry

20-03-2026 13:47

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36212767)

Why would she ask if you’re OK?

It was one of the things she said during her campaign. Don't you have good memory or something :confused:

Hugh	20-03-2026 14:12

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36212768)

It was one of the things she said during her campaign. Don't you have good memory or something :confused:

I can honestly say that during her campaign she never once asked me if I was OK, so, my memory is fine, thank you for asking…

---------- Post added at 15:12 ---------- Previous post was at 15:03 ----------

h/t @kenwhite

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What’s the difference between Iran and Vietnam?

Trump had a plan to get out of Vietnam.

Paul	20-03-2026 17:40

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36212762)

:no: I just don't like her.

So ... Trump is better in every way simply because you dont like Harris ? Ok .. :erm:

Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36212762)

Fuel pricing near enough doubled under Biden. More of the same :no:

You mean like its near enough doubling now, under Trump. :dozey:

1andrew1

20-03-2026 20:30

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36212767)

Why would she ask if you’re OK?

Because the person's not ok if they thought that Biden was responsible for the increase in oil prices.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier...-bidens-fault/

Hugh	20-03-2026 20:52

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36212781)

Because the person's not ok if they thought that Biden was responsible for the increase in oil prices.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier...-bidens-fault/

And if that person lives in the UK and is not affected by that?

1andrew1

20-03-2026 21:01

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36212782)

And if that person lives in the UK and is not affected by that?

Then they're ok but energy prices tend to change globally not nationally.

Hugh	20-03-2026 23:26

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36212784)

Then they're ok but energy prices tend to change globally not nationally.

You’re stretching now - fuel prices didn’t double in the U.K., and most of the increases here were due to Putin, not Biden…

Not sure what point of the Trump-loving, Kamala/Ukraine-hating poster you’re defending here…

Hugh	21-03-2026 07:33

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https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...2&d=1774081640

Funnily enough, the Strait of Hormuz didn’t previously need to be "guarded and policed".

So, pretty much the old "I broke it, your problem now" approach…

papa smurf

21-03-2026 07:51

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36212794)

That's a pretty long winded way of saying we can't beat Iran so we are running away oohra usa usa bigliest military in the bigly world

time to do the funky chicken :dunce:

Dingbat

21-03-2026 08:33

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36212795)

That's a pretty long winded way of saying we can't beat Iran so we are running away oohra usa usa bigliest military in the bigly world

time to do the funky chicken :dunce:

TACO time already?

1andrew1

21-03-2026 09:40

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36212788)

None of the above. Petrol prices didn't double in the US either and went up globally. Biden didn't invade any countries thereby pushing up prices. Trump and Putin on the other hand did. And US and UK consumers are literally paying the price.

Hugh	21-03-2026 12:29

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36212798)

I misinterpreted your post - apologies.

Hugh	21-03-2026 16:02

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https://wapo.st/4dk7hXZ

Quote:

Trump administration lifts sanctions on millions of barrels of Iranian oil

As oil prices soar, the Treasury Department has lifted sanctions on Iranian crude already loaded onto vessels — giving Iran’s war effort against the U.S. a boost.

As the cost of oil continues to soar, the Treasury Department on Friday lifted sanctions on 140 million barrels of Iranian crude already loaded onto vessels, which the Trump administration says will help ease prices — but which is also likely to provide revenue for Iran’s war effort.

The order to “unsanction” the oil comes as President Donald Trump’s war in Iran has triggered a global energy crunch, with the price of oil soaring more than 50 percent since the U.S. attacked Iran late last month.

“Today, the Department of the Treasury is issuing a narrowly tailored, short-term authorization permitting the sale of Iranian oil currently stranded at sea,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote Friday night on X. “By temporarily unlocking this existing supply for the world, the United States will quickly bring approximately 140 million barrels of oil to global markets, expanding the amount of worldwide energy and helping to relieve the temporary pressures on supply caused by Iran

Carth

21-03-2026 17:15

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

I suppose it doesn't matter which Countries those oil laden tankers discharge at, considering it's all going into the 'Global Market' . . or is it?

Hugh	21-03-2026 17:29

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36212813)

I suppose it doesn't matter which Countries those oil laden tankers discharge at, considering it's all going into the 'Global Market' . . or is it?

Well, previously Iran were selling the oil at a discount to China, but now they can sell it at inflated markets rates to other countries…

Carth

21-03-2026 19:58

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36212817)

Well, previously Iran were selling the oil at a discount to China, but now they can sell it at inflated markets rates to other countries…

Does this mean the only winner here could be . . . Iran?

:D

jem	21-03-2026 21:42

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36212842)

Does this mean the only winner here could be . . . Iran?

:D

It could certainly be so; the problem is that the Israel/US coalition seem to have no idea as to what their ultimate aims are. If indeed they are the same, which I doubt.

Trump, apparently the consummate businessman, has been bought; lock, stock and barrel by Israel - and Americans have died in furtherance of Israeli’s (short term) interests.

1andrew1

21-03-2026 22:48

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36212842)

Does this mean the only winner here could be . . . Iran?

:D

:D:D:D
I think Russia too as Trump is not restricting its oil sales any more.

papa smurf

22-03-2026 10:11

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36212850)

:D:D:D
I think Russia too as Trump is not restricting its oil sales any more.

well you have to look after your friends ;)

Carth

22-03-2026 10:21

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

I guess it all shows that however loudly people cry and complain about fossil fuels and the environment, how many advances we make in 'greener' technology and power production, we are still almost solely reliant on trillions of barrels of the black stuff being pumped out of the ground every day . . and hoping it reaches where it's needed.

Hugh	22-03-2026 10:59

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36212858)

Or...

It shows that we need to lessen our dependency on it, as twice in the last five years the world has been vastly disrupted by idiots starting totally unnecessary wars, so if we were to move to a situation when the next idiot comes along to FAFO, we have other options (nuclear, renewable, more gas and oil reserves storage).

(and we need to decouple the price of gas from the final price of energy generation)

Carth

22-03-2026 11:46

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

We seem to be well behind everyone else, especially in the area of storage.
The UK doesn't seem to plan ahead very well, probably the crystal ball needs a good polish ;)

1andrew1

22-03-2026 12:06

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36212861)

We seem to be well behind everyone else, especially in the area of storage.
The UK doesn't seem to plan ahead very well, probably the crystal ball needs a good polish ;)

We're number two in Europe after Germany for battery storage. I think it's gas storage we're weak on.
https://electricalreview.co.uk/2026/...ttery-storage/

Hugh	22-03-2026 13:26

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36212862)

We're number two in Europe after Germany for battery storage. I think it's gas storage we're weak on.
https://electricalreview.co.uk/2026/...ttery-storage/

That would follow on from the closure of the Centrica-owned Rough storage facility, which provided 70% of the UK gas storage capacity for more than 30 years before it shut in 2017, following a government decision not to subsidise the costly maintenance and upgrades needed to keep the site going.

Carth

22-03-2026 15:25

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

just think of the profit Centrica could now be making if they'd kept it open :D

Hugh	22-03-2026 18:53

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Interesting* article in this week’s Economist

https://archive.ph/Q7nm0

Quote:

The Economist calculated how long normalisation would take if the war ended today. Even if Iran accedes to Donald Trump’s threat on March 21st to unblock the strait within 48 hours or face strikes on its power plants, a big “if”, global oil and gas markets would remain undersupplied for months, hurting the world economy.

For energy markets to right themselves once Hormuz reopens, three things need to happen. First, Gulf producers must restore output to pre-war levels. Second, ships must ferry that output to refiners abroad. And third, those refiners must process it into usable fuel. Each stage of this industrial relay takes time…

… Even if Donald Trump and Iran reached a deal to stop fighting tomorrow, it would thus be another four months before markets regained some semblance of normality. Producers elsewhere cannot crank up output fast enough to recover past losses. The result is to shave off some 3% of planned global oil production this year. Every month Ras Laffan stays shut, the world loses around 7m tonnes of lng—nearly 2% of projected annual supply. And full capacity will, owing to the latest strikes, be lower than before. The upshot is that production will fall 4% short of demand this year even if Qatar started pumping what it can today.

The implications are stark. Global crude stocks, on course to end March in the bottom third of their historical range, will also keep dwindling for weeks after Hormuz reopens. As countries with thin buffers run out, they could trigger bouts of panic-buying and price spikes. Bidding wars for lng are equally likely.

The last cargoes from Qatar to leave before Hormuz closed will reach Asia and Europe in days, says Ashley Sherman of Vortexa, a ship-tracker. After that, buyers must seek supplies elsewhere or go without, jeopardising the restocking of reserves for winter.

Oil and gas traders are still banking on a spring miracle. The world is praying for one. But even if Mr Trump and Iran’s ayatollahs grant this wish, the logistics of oil and gas will not be easily appeased. Energy markets will be living with the war’s fallout well into northern winter.

*as in "Ach du Scheiße!"

Paul	22-03-2026 20:04

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36212870)

just think of the profit Centrica could now be making if they'd kept it open :D

It is open, on a smaller scale, and by all accounts, even that isnt being fully utilized atm.

RichardCoulter

22-03-2026 22:56

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Israel has claimed that Iran has the capability to launch a missile on London. I hope this is them just trying to stir things up as, if they did, the fallout doesn't bear thinking about.

1andrew1

22-03-2026 23:18

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36212880)

Israel has claimed that Iran has the capability to launch a missile on London. I hope this is them just trying to stir things up as, if they did, the fallout doesn't bear thinking about.

I wonder if Alastair "Dodgy Dossier" Campbell's report-writing skills are in demand at the moment? ;)

Hugh	23-03-2026 07:57

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https://wapo.st/40Jq2wn

Quote:

Israelis said securing the strait for energy shipments could become the war’s main goal now that regime change and ending Iran’s ability to obtain a nuclear weapon seem out of reach.

A surge of additional U.S. forces to the Middle East and President Donald Trump’s threat to “obliterate” Iran’s energy infrastructure have set the stage for what U.S. and Israeli security officials increasingly see as the war’s possible endgame: a battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz and key energy installations.

Reopening the strait — a critical conduit for global energy supplies — has emerged as perhaps the paramount objective of a war that security officials now believe is unlikely to achieve goals that briefly seemed possible at the outset of the U.S.-Israeli military operation, including overthrowing Iran’s theocratic regime and putting a nuclear weapon permanently out of Tehran’s reach.

Instead, breaking Iran’s stranglehold on the strait could enable Trump to wind down the war while claiming victory, halt an expanding global energy crisis and deprive Iran of a potent deterrent against future strikes — which senior Israeli officials described as inevitable if Tehran resumes ballistic missile production or moves to develop a nuclear weapon.

In Israel, Trump’s online threats have raised expectations that a new phase of the war could soon get underway with the arrival of additional U.S. firepower.

A contingent of 4,500 U.S. sailors and Marines is heading to the Middle East, including an infantry battalion landing team backed by helicopters, F-35 fighter jets and armored landing vehicles. The Pentagon also sped up the deployment of a similar unit, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, from San Diego, defense officials said last week.

“Those Marines aren’t coming for decoration,” said an Israeli official, one of several who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military and intelligence issues.

In summary, the current main aim of the war is to get back to the position we were in before the USA and Israel started the war four weeks ago…

Hugh	25-03-2026 09:54

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https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...2&d=1774436025

Hugh	27-03-2026 13:10

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It’s the poor bloody US military* I feel sorry for - imagine having someone with the attention span of a hyperactive raccoon on meth in charge of your fate…

https://www.ms.now/news/trump-iran-w...e-house-divide

Quote:

Nearly one month after the U.S. began strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump is sending thousands of troops to the Middle East to potentially fight in a war he said he has “already won.”

That contradiction has frustrated some senior White House aides and outside allies, three of whom spoke to MS NOW about the president’s public messaging. They described it as confusing, internally inconsistent and increasingly detached from battlefield reality.

Trump calling the war already won is “mostly hyperbole,” said a senior White House official granted anonymity to speak candidly about the administration’s thinking. “It’s part [of Trump] just wanting to declare victory and move on.”

That impulse, the official said, has become more pronounced in recent days.

“[Trump] is getting a little bored with Iran,” the official said. “Not that he regrets it or something — he’s just bored and wants to move on.”

A second White House official who was granted anonymity for the same reason said that Trump has begun to “move on” from the conflict and has started shifting conversations and personal focus toward the economy, domestic issues and the upcoming midterm elections.

The White House’s public communications have suggested a similar detachment, presenting the conflict less as an ongoing war with human lives at stake and more as a cultural moment that generates online content.

*also the civilians being bombed by the US military

Carth

27-03-2026 13:28

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Yep, he's managed to screw the World nicely and is now moving on to his next venture . . which apparently is going to be mass tomato farming on the dark side of the moon :erm:

Hugh	30-03-2026 12:22

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Strange how it’s usually just before the Markets open, isn’t it?

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...0&d=1774873256

papa smurf

30-03-2026 13:33

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36213173)

Strange how it’s usually just before the Markets open, isn’t it?

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...0&d=1774873256

it's a definite pattern of market manipulation

thenry

31-03-2026 16:46

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

It's definitely Iran using the Gulf hostage. Good to see someone standing up to them for the sake of a few pennies.

Itshim

31-03-2026 17:49

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36213204)

It's definitely Iran using the Gulf hostage. Good to see someone standing up to them for the sake of a few pennies.

What the heck did the world think would happen :confused:

Hugh	31-03-2026 18:14

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36213204)

It's definitely Iran using the Gulf hostage. Good to see someone standing up to them for the sake of a few pennies.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36213208)

What the heck did the world think would happen :confused:

The World knew what would happen, which is why they didn’t attack Iran.

Trump isn’t standing up to anyone - he set the house on fire, now he’s complaining that all the countries he’s continuously insulted and slapped tariffs on won’t help him put it out…

thenry

31-03-2026 18:26

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

The world knew Iran would continuously attack Israel, which is borderline terrorism on their part.

So because Trump isn't being heard to straighten the strait he has set fire and now has no clue even though he's said he'll attack Iran further if no deal is reached. Ok.

Paul	31-03-2026 23:33

Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

I have no idea what your point is :confused:

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