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Monitoring the situation in Iran

If your contention is the The Bible is an unreliable source because translations are hard, that is a bigger problem for those of faith than it is for me.
No, the contention is that you have 2000 years of scholarship that brooded over deciphered these texts but instead of reading that you read the Bible, take what is written as face value and then think you have smart arguments. I hate to break it to you, you don't.

And don't worry, no need to take it personal. I've been in the same place.
 
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Portugal is in.



Just a bit of extra context.

The Portuguese base in the Azores, a.ka. Base das Lajes, was very important during WW2 and the Cold War, due to it's position in the Atlantic.
But in recent times, it lost most of it's significance and because of that, the USA was downscaling it's presence and was about to close it down.
The Azores is one of Portugal's poorest region, because it's in the middle of the Atlantic, isolated from everything.
So the closure of the Base das Lajes, had a significant impact in the local economy.
But thanks to Spain, business is booming.

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>guy knows nothing about the bible and christianity
>let me explain to you your religion

Always the same shit. It's all so tiresome.

So much for getting my Jamon.



Portugal is in.



Good on trump. You can't reason with these far left lunatics, this sanchez dude is extremely dangerous, wolf in sheep's clothing. Portugal had the same issue a few years ago, he is now the president of the european council (!), their parties have been hijacked by far left lunatics and are pushing every single crazy anti-western sentiment policies. At least the far left lunatics have no chance to win elections, but these guys win and make coalitions with them because their parties have been taken over.
 
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All laughs until EU starts selling of US securities and trump TACOs out of his threats again like last time on greenland.
You have young girls that have a chance not to be raped and assaulted for life by men decades older, young boys used for pleasure daily, executions for protests, stoning women for speaking out, killing of gays, etc and the only thing you can do is talk trash about people and a person who actually did something?

How embarrassing to be this kind of human. Just give a little "nice" for people that may get the chance to be able to dream and be who they want to be in their lives.

I never voted for the gent, but damn this is truly some serious mental illness.

You have actual men and women going over there with the realization they may give their last measure of devotion for people that hate them, but if they get to take one free breath, it will be worth it.

Also, I'm not sure what the taco thing is, but I'm sure it is something pretty damn retarded.
 
No, the contention is that you have 2000 years of scholarship that brooded over deciphered these texts but instead of reading that you read the Bible, take what is written as face value and then think you have smart arguments. I hate to break it to you, you don't.

And don't worry, no need to take it personal. I've been in the same place.

What?
 
Well it's something at least. Although not sure how big this support is.

Now step it up please and also support defences across the Gulf.

British F-35 jets shoot down drones over Jordan, Iraq and Qatar - MoD sayspublished at 18:47
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An image of one of the F-35s shared by the Ministry of Defence
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has shared new images and video footage on its website of British F-35 jets, which it says have shot down hostile drones over Jordan, Iraq and Qatar. The MoD says it's the first time British F-35s have shot down targets during an active operation. An F-35 is a fighter jet, designed to be incredibly difficult to detect or track. UK forces are "actively defending partners across the region as part of co-ordinated defensive action", it says.
 
Sorry, I tend to write too fast. The wording is off. What I wanted to say is that you should read some of the literature surrounding the Bible, like Augustine or Aquinas. Augustine by the way, today one the best known figures in Christendom, was converted when Anselm explained to him not to take the Bible literally. Their writings are very enlightening and shaped the Church and with that more or less our modern way of life.
 
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Sanchez has his own electorate to worry about, and this isn't a popular war in Spain (or Europe for that matter). Trump's "we own Spain anyways" response is just going to make Sanchez more popular.
 
Sanchez has his own electorate to worry about, and this isn't a popular war in Spain (or Europe for that matter). Trump's "we own Spain anyways" response is just going to make Sanchez more popular.


As a spaniard I can tell you with full certainty that we will kick out that scumbag in next elections, no matter how many barbarians he imports from Africa and MEA to keep him in power. He and the Palestina crowd will be demolished one way or the other.
 
As a spaniard I can tell you with full certainty that we will kick out that scumbag in next elections, no matter how many barbarians he imports from Africa and MEA to keep him in power. He and the Palestina crowd will be demolished one way or the other.
Mayne, but a spat with an American president seen by most of the world as a bully would likely be a gift to the incumbent.
 
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Mayne, but a spat with an American president seen by most of the world as a bully would likely be a gift to the incumbent.
This is one of the major things that I don't like about Trump. Instead of going full retard on social media, just do it and have a press secretary announce it. That way you don't give them any political martyrdom.
 
I have no sympathy for Iranian leadership but i see shades of Iraq. Toppling Saddam was c the easy part and happeened quickly. It is what happened after that led to it being a disaster. No matter how many Ayatollahs you kill you cant change a culture that does not want to change
 
I have no sympathy for Iranian leadership but i see shades of Iraq. Toppling Saddam was c the easy part and happeened quickly. It is what happened after that led to it being a disaster. No matter how many Ayatollahs you kill you cant change a culture that does not want to change
The problem with Iraq was the de-Baathification. It forces a lot of commanders to escape and later they founded ISIS. With Iran, Israel and USA are essentially destroying only IRGC.

I do expect some level of fragmentation but it won't be the same situation as Iraq.
 
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The problem with Iraq was the de-Baathification. It forces a lot of commanders to escape and later they founded ISIS. With Iran, Israel and USA are essentially destroying only IRGC.

I do expect some level of fragmentation but it won't be the same situation as Iraq.

You don't think the shia population around the world won't remember them essentially killing their pope?

edit: Pope and pope's family (if real)
 
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You don't think the shia population around the world won't remember them essentially killing their pope?

edit: Pope and pope's family (if real)
Not really. If people were willing to die for him, they would not have escaped or left for other countries. Some nutjobs exist everywhere, but by and large those people, who ran away to western states and others do not want to die either. And the arab states will suppress them in ME due to shias being a minority really. Plus not every shia is the same. For example iraqi shia != iranian shia. And they don't like each other. Even within Iran, there are shias that do not like IRGC and so on. The region is a mess.
 
"The IDF is also still assessing the results of its strike targeting Iran's Assembly of Experts in Qom. There are reports that none of the 88 clerics who make up this group were in the building when it was hit. Iranian quasi-state media claims a vote for the next Supreme Leader of the country was held remotely for security reasons."

This is better than a standup show.
 
The problem with Iraq was the de-Baathification. It forces a lot of commanders to escape and later they founded ISIS. With Iran, Israel and USA are essentially destroying only IRGC.

Destroying the command and control structure and means of power projection of the IRGC is different than destroying and disarming the IRGC.
Again, we will have to see what will happen in the phase 2. If the Iranian army will act, if the kurds will act, if the population will take up arms...
 
IAF has eliminated a secret nuclear base in Teheran:
 
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