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The IDF seem to have based their behaviour on that of the Einsatzgruppen SS death squads of the WW2. Nazis did it because they believed in the racial superiority of ‘Aryans’, Israelis in their racial superiority over Arabs and show no compassion or of having learned anything from the Holocaust.

Remember it’s Reform 2025 LTD. What other party is a commercial entity.

Would that be a “special military operation” dictator code for an unprovoked attack without declaring war, as in “a day of infamy”.

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He should be sued by DreamWorks Animation as it’s plagiarised from Lord Farquaad’s speech in Shrek, “Some of you will die, but that’s a sacrifice I am willing to make”

Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...

Unbelievable. King Charles is STILL set to fly to the US to celebrate with Trump in April. With everything Trump is saying and doing right now - and the hate and chaos he's spreading - this trip must be cancelled. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

‘Rules of engagement’ if adhered to by both sides would mean in the unlikely event that a plane was downed the pilot would become a POW as in WW2 rather than just shot. Of course Israel gets around this by calling anybody opposed to their hegemony ‘terrorists’ and shows zero respect to captives.

Well done Paul, haven’t seen one for 8 years.

We’ve seen this in Gaza, the levelling of towns and cities with no compassion for the people who live there because they are not bowing down to Israel’s hegemony. I’ve no time for the theocracy in Iran but the current regime in Israel’s foreign policy is bombing with no regard for collateral deaths.

The attack on Pearl Harbour was described as ‘A day of infamy’ by President Roosevelt because it was carried out before a declaration of war . Sadly neither Trump nor Netanyahu have let morality guide their actions.

He can’t understand how shocking it is that he is talking about the U.S. deciding who gets to lead another country and you can only presume that any leader that doesn’t suit will be killed by an Israeli missile strike.

Hegseth couldn’t speak the truth if his life depended on it.

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I’m sure he would, he’d be on the front line, if it wasn’t for the nasty bone spurs he’s inherited.

Like Putin he doesn’t call it a war it’s a “special military operation”. Like Lord Farquaad said “Some of you may die but it is a sacrifice I am willing to make”.

“Congress was notified” says it all. A dictator is a ruler who makes all decisions without consulting the people.

Wow! Powerful words and an excellent way to equate peaceful progress with rampant militarism. Renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War and then waging unprovoked wars on countries not attacking the U.S. is at the expense of improving life for ordinary Americans.

Great to get a heads up on Goldcliff, thanks. Great blog and photos as always.

Blue skies over Goldcliff A photography blog focused on Gwent wildlife and landscapes. Drones, Astro, Dwarf Labs 3 Nikon and Olympus cameras.

Lovely bit of sunshine at Goldcliff this morning.
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Thanks mate! 👍

😂, or as Lord Farquhaad said -

Good point, however right now I’m more concerned about the sanity of Trump than the Iranians. If we classed all the clerics in Iran as insane, rather than just disgusting misogynistic oppressors, I can’t ever see a scenario when enough would unite and agree to sacrifice their population by suicide.

I thought America was the ‘Land of the Free’ not a place where a dictator can demand citizens comply with his every whim. He’s obviously been impressed by his visits to North Korea and seen the way the Great Leader dominates his subjects. I hope the checks and balances start to kick in soon.

They don’t have the infrastructure to shoot down planes dropping bombs in their own airspace but somehow have intercontinental ballistic missiles?

The flimsy pretext for this war, Iran being close to producing a nuclear weapon, is arrant nonsense. Trump cancelled the inspection programme which monitored their progress but even if they did have a nuclear weapon the reality of mutually assured destruction still applies it still couldn’t be used

To be honest if there was ‘family voting’ (a new term for me) it is much more likely to be by the wrong-uns who support reform than decent people who are looking for a fairer country.

A female Kestrel, taken at Pilning Wetlands the other day, whilst checking out the Hooded Merganser #UKBirding

A nice rarity at Pilning Wetland this morning, and a lifer for us, this female Hooded Merganser

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