Pre-match: The inevitable war with Iran

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  1. Mani

    Mani BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 1, 2004
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    Nat'l Team:
    Iran
  2. +PL+

    +PL+ Member+

    Jun 22, 2015
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    Funny Iranian Aftabeh Toilet Pitcher Segregated but Equal.jpg Iranian missiles are so precise it can calibrate the destination from outer space. A signal will be sent from imam Khomeini space center in Semnan province to Iranian international scape station on moon. Signal will travel back to earth and enter Jamkaran well in Qom, after a while final signal will be sent to the missile to find the target. For moving Target these process will be constantly repeated. Precision of Iranian missiles is half a inch.

    Latest Iranian missile is called Aftabeh Shash Ghasem. This is fully steel (it also come in brass and plastic), it has self guiding, radar scaping, heat chasing mechanism more advanced compared to latest Russian and American rockets. Its fire power is compare to Russian Topol missile. It is Iranian strategic assest.

    Antique-Rare-Persian-Qajar-Water-Jug-Ewer-Aftabeh.jpg images (2).jpeg
     
  3. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

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    Is Trump applying for a grant with the Ministry of Silly Walks?
     
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  4. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
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    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
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    I have followed this account for months - at first I thought it was kind of an interesting conspiracy attempt to astro-turf a twitter account.

    Also you have to be really careful about diagnosis by video

    All that said it is pretty clear that not only has Trump degenerated to pure word salad in the last 2 years, he now routinely slurs or butchers words. He was not like this in 2016 if you check back the tape.

    Also - there do seem to be some very odd mobility issues.

    Looking ahead to the 2020 race, these factors are going to severely limit his campaigning - especially his inability to do media.
     
  5. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
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    A few journos do comment on it on Twitter but it doesn't seem to get TV play
     
  6. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    By a 52% to 34% margin, a poll has Americans calling the assassination "reckless." There is a time and place to garner votes by wagging the dog, but not now, and not with this guy.
     
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  7. superdave

    superdave Member+

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    Maybe.

    Or maybe he's betting on that 34% being the right kind of people in the right states.
     
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  8. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

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    "Americans by more than 2-1 say the killing of Soleimani has made the US less safe, a nationwide USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds"
     
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  9. dapip

    dapip Member+

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    No 8-D chess here.

    He was talked into it by the last person to enter the room that day. That for most of his cult, the decision was the right one, is not the result of a careful analysis, but another proof of their derangement. Yeah, it will possible increase their excitement by election day, but there's no real focus on that at this point, and probably it won't be at any time from here to November.
     
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  10. ceezmad

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  11. diablodelsol

    diablodelsol Member+

    Jan 10, 2001
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    I’d buy one.
     
  12. luftmensch

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    Worth watching just for "He is brainless!!!"
     
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  13. diablodelsol

    diablodelsol Member+

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    New Jersey
    I’ll preface my comment by admitting my bias that had this whole thing happened under the Obama administration(or a Hillary admin) I’d likely believe this.

    But sadly I am now way more inclined to believe whatever the Iranian investigation determines.
    https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/iran-plane-crash-investigation/index.html

    edit: since the link doesn’t tell you anything without clicking on it (as opposed to the tweet) - we’re now claiming the plane was shot down by Iran.
     
  14. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

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    We as in the US government are making that claim?

    Or we shut it down?

    Because we have shot down an Iranian civilian airplane before.


    Ok so the news are saying that pehaps the Iranian defenses shut it down with an SA-15 Anti aircraft missile.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ely-shot-down-iran-missile-report/4419263002/
     
  15. Timon19

    Timon19 Member+

    Jun 2, 2007
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    I'm pretty confused why the "London-based information firm" that was identified in the story was referred to as IHS Markit, rather than the much more well-known (to the "industry") subsidiary Jane's Information Group. If it is Jane's that identified the SA-15 parts, I'm much less skeptical of the notion that it was shot down (though it's still pretty improbable IMO, since I can't imagine who benefits from shooting down a Ukrainian airliner). Also a consideration: how much is Jane's in the pocket of the USG? My initial thought is "not much", as they have always seemed an independent clearing house on white-world information on military equipment.
     
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  16. ceezmad

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    I assume if it was shutdown it was perhaps a mistake.

    I did used to love the Jane's defense weekly magazines back in the days.
     
  17. Timon19

    Timon19 Member+

    Jun 2, 2007
    Akron, OH
    "Shot down".

    "Shutdown" is something you do to your Windows machine when it pisses you off for the 11th time in the day.
     
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  18. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
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  19. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

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    Hillary, to cover up the Ukraine coverup.
     
  20. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Whats with all the watering cans?
     
  21. Cris 09

    Cris 09 Trololololo

    Nov 30, 2004
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    The plane did not shoot itself...
     
  22. Robert Borden

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    https://www.cp24.com/news/trudeau-s...obe-as-reports-point-finger-at-iran-1.4760032
    • Iran's civil aviation authority says it has invited Canadian investigators from the Transportation Safety Board to join a growing team probing the crash.
    • Several of the 176 victims on board Flight PS752 that crashed outside Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport Wednesday lived in Ottawa.
    *Iran already said they aren`t handing the black boxes over to either the US or Boeing
     
  23. VFish

    VFish Member+

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    "My bad, I get one mulligan right? I am new to this job. - Iranian General Esmail Ghaani
     
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  24. celito

    celito Moderator
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    Feb 28, 2005
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    The US Navy shot down a commercial Iranian plane in the 80s. They said it was an accident.
     
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  25. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

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    Makes us even with Iran with "accidentally" shot-down civilian airliners.



    edit: Great minds and all :) PS I love the avatar, I have Geoff as my Google avatar
     

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