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Benjamin Netanyahu is one of the greatest leaders of our time.
He warned everyone Iran was developing capabilities that would enable them to target Europe and Americans.
For nearly two decades, they refused to this.
Today, he's been proven right.
I suspect the British government will send him their gratitude, and an apology?
Baruch HaShem, the truth always prevails!
Sky News@SkyNews
"We have not been, and we continue not to be involved in offensive action." Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has reiterated the government's defensive support in the Middle East and the need for a swift resolution to avoid a wider conflict. trib.al/1H4Yv2V 📺 Sky 501
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this poor woman was put on anti-psychotics because she kept saying there was a man in her loft. one problem: there actually was a man secretly living in her loft
this is a plot to a horror novel i’m horrified lbc.co.uk/article/man-hi…
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WE’RE LOOKING TOWARD IT… MOST DON’T EVEN KNOW
There’s a region in our sky where stars are forming right now.
It’s called the Hourglass Nebula — and it sits in the direction of the Milky Way’s core.
Not empty space.
Active.
👇 Ever looked up and thought about what’s actually out there?
📸-Hubble
#MrMBB333 #Space #MilkyWay
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I'm getting really pissed off with all the Americanisms that are creeping their way into British society. It's a dog LEAD, no you can't pet my dog, you can PAT it, and no, you can't get a coffee, not unless you're going to go around the counter and make it yourself.
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This post and graphic depict just a portion of the exceptionally difficult military task of conducting a ground operation at KHARG Island.
It is a virtual impossibility for the USS Tripoli or USS Boxer groups to transit the Gulf of Oman, pass through the Strait of Hormuz, and pass through the Persian Gulf to get to KHARG. They would almost certainly be damaged or destroyed long before arriving, having to pass thru the hundreds of miles of the gauntlet of death of Iranian shore batteries, and several categories of missiles, which could be launched from anywhere in Iran to reach the island.
That leaves only helicopter or Osprey tilt rotor aircraft to insert troops, and that means even more dangerous path to get in, and a virtual impossibility to keep sustained over time.
There is therefore nothing to gain, a great deal to lose, and in all likelihood, would result in dead marines or soldiers, and hand a foolish victory to the Irania forces.
God help us if we make such a foolish attempt.
Matt Bracken@Matt_Bracken48
Will somebody please explain to me how, with the Strait of Hormuz a no-go-zone for the U.S. Navy, and our warships driven out of the Persian Gulf, we can support a USMC amphibious landing on Kharg Island, 750 miles from the eastern tip of Oman?🧵 Is the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group going to storm into the Persian Gulf, where our Burke-class destroyers won't go? Obviously not. This idea is insane. How about by helo and tilt-rotor? Out of range. What if they stage in Kuwait or Saudi Arabia for helo and Osprey lifts across the Gulf? Russia and China will tell Iran where to aim their drones and missiles while the force is assembling. Maybe a mass paradrop? Straight into an "Alamo" siege. Great idea. Not. What if the Marines just capture some of those "small" islands in the Strait of Hormuz? Qeshm is bigger than Okinawa. Larak is bigger than Iwo Jima. Any idea how many Marines and Soldiers it took to conquer just those 2 islands, at what cost in KIA and WIA? I keep reading absolute MORONS on X telling how some A-10s are "softening up" an area larger than South Vietnam, so that a few thousand Marines can attack and hold . . . what? It's as if space aliens studying only still images had no sense of scale of earth creatures, and thought a mouse could eat an elephant. It boggles my mind.
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@matoxley It's easy to assume safety is the main priority. Read the court judgment in Byrne v Motorsport Vision and you'll see it's not as professional sometimes as it ought to be.
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@kelvmackenzie It's only Guildford. Will probably cause £25m of improvements.
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@DachshundColin I doubt Tom even understands what all that waffle he typed means. Be damned if I do, either.
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A pint of Guinness is much improved by a very heaping dessert spoon, or two, of Golden Syrup.
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@PaulNuki Hard to find the words. So much damage to us all, for a war with no objective other than harm for harm's sake. Hopefully this will help cement Trump losing Congress.
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@WalshFreedom @AIPAC Who cares where the funding comes from? It's an Israeli lobbyist and US citizens should be aware that US politicians are being funded specifically to further the interests of Israel, which sometimes may conflict with the interests of America.
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Everytime I bring up @AIPAC, I’m bombarded by people who attack AIPAC by claiming it’s a “foreign” lobby or it’s an agency within the Israeli government that must register as a “foreign” agent. ALL of that is false. All of it. AIPAC is an American organization, representing millions of American citizens, and it’s 💯 funded by American citizens.
Look, I support AIPAC, you’ve got every right to oppose AIPAC, but at least be factual about what the organization actually is.
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@AutoPap 47. I like it, on the outside at least.
Apart from the fake Hofmeister kink. That's horrible detail.
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@adamcooperF1 @AstonMartinF1 Smells like one of those leaks designed to flush out some action. Perhaps Stroll becoming impatient waiting for an answer from Wheatley/Audi?
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Is Jonathan Wheatley really on his way from Audi to @AstonMartinF1? Hearing contrasting views tonight, but there could be some logic to such a move:
crash.net/f1/news/109160…
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@gsmales I guess it's one way to make an average car incredibly expensive to run, service and fix.
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Thursday’s used car spot is this 2004 Volkswagen Passat 4.0 W8 Estate. Producing 275bhp, these could cruise at 155mph, although 0-60 was relatively slow at 7.5 seconds. A real sleeper.
#Volkswagen #VW #ClassicCars #ModernClassics #2000s
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@TheBishF1 @sepangcircuit Was one of the toughest for the drivers physically. High heat and humidity.
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#OnThisDay 21 years ago took place the 2005 #MalaysianGP, won by Alonso (Renault). I miss Sepang & reckon it’s underestimated. This pic shows why: Heidfeld, Montoya, Massa & Schumacher running side-by-side through one of the circuit’s distinctively wide turns #OnThisDay in 2005.
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@FirstSquawk Why would you kill him? Was he armed? Was he a combatant? What justification was there to target him?
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@admcollingwood This was always my Brexit conundrum. As a trading bloc it makes sense. A collective with common standards and low friction trade. Even movement of people.
But as a governmental vehicle, useless! 27 member states all with differing priorities. Couldn't choose a chocolate bar.
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A strategically-minded EU would be using every last ounce of its power and diplomatic cachet to bring this war to a halt. We are seeing the destruction of the EU economy happen before our eyes, and yet the EU is silent, inert, impotent. Do they have eyes? Or brains?
OSINTtechnical@Osinttechnical
Iran’s strike last night wiped out 17% of Qatar’s natural gas export capacity, repairs are expected to take three to five years -Reuters (Based prewar market estimates, Iran managed to destroy ~3.5% of global LNG capacity in a single strike.)
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