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I don't either if I'm honest. I imagine there would be extremely heavy losses for the Americans and DT seems to only want to pick fights in places where he thinks it's going to be an easy win, with little risk. If he really believed Iran posed some thought of imminent threat of developing a nuclear weapon - or that it was some sort of existential threat to the US, we'd have had boots on the ground by now. But he doesn't. So we won't. That's my guess anyway.

Are you saying that because the US was part of the D-Day landings in 1944 - they're not allowed to criticise elements of the US administration 82 years later? PS - there were no US soldiers in the Gold, Sword or Juno landings. Gold and Sword was us Brits. Juno was largely Canadians.

I was listening to the former allied commander of NATO forces in Europe talk about this yesterday. He reckoned the US would need somewhere between 800,000 and a million troops on the ground to achieve a full scale ground invasion. I just can't see it.

Stuff like this really gets on my tits. I'd give it a vanishingly small possibility that ZP sat there individually looking at each picture and what was written on each person's t-shirt before he shared this on. It's not even particularly obvious on the image I've seen. That said. The easiest thing to do would have been to have look directly down the camera on Newsnight (which I haven't seen) and apologise directly to NF - which might have taken the sting out of everything. Doubling down (if that's what he's done) is a daft move. I saw one high ranking Reform politician claim that this was an 'incitement to commit murder'. Absolute batshit that doesn't do anybody any favours. And I say this as a fan of neither ZP or NF.

I liked this bit about the US carrying on in a similar fashion until France "renounces their condescending and disrespectful rhetoric" Imagine that. Someone in high office using condescending and disrespectful rhetoric 🤣

😁😁 - thanks mate

Ha ha - I was trying to post with no spoilers! 😁

Mine's not you see. It's awful. My Tik Tok one is usually just funny stuff.

My trouble is that I argue with racists and conspiracy theorists - so Facebook thinks I must like racists and conspiracy theorists and gives me more of it. It's my own fault for interacting with them. But my algorithm is a cesspit now!

And people who refer to Donald Trump as 'The Don' in a non-ironic way 😁

Unfortunately - this is probably the case. It matters less what you actually achieved these days - and more how it's perceived on social media. The flip side to that is - there's a huge number of people who can't reason past what party someone represents. There's at least as many wind up merchants behind anonymous accounts. And at least as many bots too. A platform like Facebook is unrecognisable to the fun way to keep in touch with friends and family it used to be. It's a horrible company - with a despicable algorithm.

He's managed to stick himself in the middle of an escalation trap. He's now only got two real options. Capitulate or put boots on the ground. And the second option would likely mean horrific losses to an extent that the US public wouldn't accept. He's fucked this up so badly it'a untrue. Still - go the Don! 🙄

I think this another part of the early charm offensive. Solving a problem that doesn't need solving in my opinion. Plus everyone will be getting up for a piss every 5 minutes! Given the collective state of our prostates! 🤣

🤣🤣 Back in the glory days when things were a laugh. I miss those times!

Is there no contact me button or anything? I think it would be funny to bombard him with queries 😁 Obviously need to check that's alright with @bolty58 and @BobyBrno first though! 😉😁

This is the AI singularity thought experiment that I was talking about the other day essentially. A self learning programme which iterates itself automatically. The theory goes that it could reach a critical mass where it improves itself exponentially - and iterations that used to take weeks and months could take milliseconds - meaning it could get out of control very quickly. It could become almost godlike compared to our tiny chimp brains in the blink of an eye. Basically it could become Sluffy 😊 PS - good to catch up with you mate and see you Thursday!

Shall we all sign up for the site and wind him up? 🤣

So many memorable quotes from that show. It's up there with Alan Partridge for me! 😁

Not my fault if you don't understand cultural reference points old bean! 😁

They're extremely versatile! 😁

It's only a matter of time mate! 😁 Don't eat this. Don't eat that. You're only eating those mung beans because you're a communist. That type of thing! 😉

Alright then Mary fucking Whitehouse. I'll check in with the taste police before I 'like' anything in future 😉

You're very much mistaken and have a much poorer grasp on reality than you assume. My 'political leanings' have absolutely nothing to do with my sense of humour. I just find certain dark humour amusing. If that offends you - then there's not much to be said apart from, maybe try to be a bit less sensitive? It's a football forum. We tend to have a bit more leeway here. That's why I post on here. Or at least - that's why I did. It seems to be becoming more pathetic by the day on here though, unfortunately. I have noticed noted that in your world - outrage can only be faux when it's someone else doing it. When it's one of you lot it tends to be characterised as 'righteous indignation' or 'a fishing trip' instead doesn't it? Weird that 😁

Improved a bit in the second