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I'm not sure it was a political own goal.  I think the main reason for this attack was to so the Iranian government could maintain credibility with the Iranian population.  After Israel's attack on the embassy in Syria, or the consulate building next to the embassy I should say, the Iranian regime would have lost all credibility at home had it done nothing.  So it launched this very publicized attack on Israel, and despite most missiles being shot down it did manage to hit the very military base from which Israel launched the attack on the embassy/consulate.  
News reports in Iran are, as you'd expect, exaggerating the damage caused in Israel enormously, suggesting the base has been completely destroyed and so on.  So far, as a domestic PR operation, it seems to have been a success and the Iranian regime are saying they are satisfied with what occurred and their retaliation is complete. 
Unfortunately despite most of the world urging Israel to do nothing in response..... it's likely that there is a very serious response coming Iran's way.  

Well, you made me Google Ben Shapiro a while back and ever since then I see his opinions everywhere. Even when his points are valid they come from a horrid place. Ignorance was bliss. 
So may this Matt Walsh fella haunt you forever. 

Yup. I can't escape them when I go on. Can't figure out whether it's because the algorithm is deliberately pushing it, or because I stupidly engage by looking at all the morons in the comments, which makes it think I'm interested in that content.

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Maaaaat Daaaamon

In case you didn't know, there's a very NSFW version of the puppet sex scene. 

I listen to the podcast 'a Muslim and a Jew Go There' with Sayeeda Warsi and David Baddiel. 
She agrees with you that there's no better time to talk about a two state solution. The world has neglected this conflict for too long. 
You're probably right. I just don't trust the world (USA) to do what needs to be done. They already seem to be banging their war drums at Iran for daring to consider "a right to self defence". Likewise, Iran will continue to arm anyone willing to take the fight to Israel. I'm not sure they'll do anything directly but they will always threaten Israel. 
A Palestinian State coming out of this? I can't see how Israel or America could allow it. I'm not even sure they should now. That's what I mean by too late/too early. This state would be funded and motivated to attack Israel. It's fecked. 

If we're to expect the unexpected from Israel then we should be getting some honesty, evidence, accountability and de-escalation. 

That fairly sums it up.  Iran does not desire a regional war, at least not at this time, or they would have attacked with much more intensity, of which they are fully capable along with their allies, Hezbollah, Iraqi militias and Houthi.  Israeli forces would run out of anti missile, drone capabilities long before Iran and their helpers would run out of drones and missiles.  In just this limited attack Israel needed help from USA, Britain, Jordan etc, they do not come out looking strong, no matter how western media will try to spin it.  Iran easily exposed Israeli weaknesses and thereby made their point, satisfying their local supporters and others. 
IMO Palestinians are the excuse Iran needs to confront their main rivals, Israel and USA in a controlled manner.  Palestinians really are friendless, abused by all, mere pawns in a greater game of regional influence.

Looks like it really was "Operation Shoot Down These Drones We Launched So We Can Save Face By Seemingly Retaliating For Damascus And We'll Call It Quits".

In The Night Garden - snuggled with my first daughter
Ben and Holly's little Kingdom - snuggled with second daughter
Match of The Day
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Oh.....
d'oh
 
https://www.planetf1.com/features/japanese-gp-data-mclaren-crucial-error-fernando-alonso-smart-tactics
 

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It certainly seems like a mountain to climb, but the West (or the sympathisers therein) can't give up now. We can't just throw our hands in the air and say, 'it's too hard' as in some ways that lack of determination is what empowers Netanyahu.
It's also not lost on me that the assassinations on Iranian soil might be another twisted device to curry favour with the US at a time where relations are more strained than at any time I can recall. The enemy of my enemy etc.
I'm not convinced either that any Palestinian state would immediately look to attack Israel again. I think the Palestinians will feel they have suffered enough for their allegiance to Hamas, but I concede that the Israelis could quite easily instigate further conflict. 

I listen to the podcast 'a Muslim and a Jew Go There' with Sayeeda Warsi and David Baddiel. 
She agrees with you that there's no better time to talk about a two state solution. The world has neglected this conflict for too long. 
You're probably right. I just don't trust the world (USA) to do what needs to be done. They already seem to be banging their war drums at Iran for daring to consider "a right to self defence". Likewise, Iran will continue to arm anyone willing to take the fight to Israel. I'm not sure they'll do anything directly but they will always threaten Israel. 
A Palestinian State coming out of this? I can't see how Israel or America could allow it. I'm not even sure they should now. That's what I mean by too late/too early. This state would be funded and motivated to attack Israel. It's fecked. 

It’s getting that way most places nowadays 🤷🏻‍♂️

Is it as big of a dump as it seems to some of us living here? Lived here all my life and it just seems to be getting worse! 
Derbyshire - beautiful. Derby though, looking forward to escaping. 

aka cheating.....

This leaving your leg in the way to make it look like a trip is everything that is wrong with football.

Must be careful here, there is a saying that "familiarity breeds contempt" and that there is a natural human tendency to focus on the negative and the most negative things stand out and become salient in our minds, then we find ourselves unknowingly overlooking the positive.
I do see a lot of this country on my travels and there are some places that I don't care for, Derby is not one of them - it's one of the better ones. Nowhere is perfect and any complaint you might have about the place could be made for any other place and often is worse. And those places might not have the Peaks on their doorstep. 
I would happily live in Derby if circumstances called for it. 

Hardly a big achievement then.  It's only a 30 minute bus ride from Nottingham, innit?  👀

No apology required mate, I think you're just vocalising some of the same concerns many of us share. When you look at the 'tactics' employed by the IDF one might think that the raising of Gaza was done with the specific intention of making any return as challenging as possible. As it is, it's a bloody mess, quite literally.
That said, I'm not sure I share your view about calls for a Palestinian state being poorly timed. For me, it's now or never. Pressure must be brought to bear IMO. Likewise, irrespective of how enormous the task might seem to us, I doubt the Palestinians themselves view it that way, but before any of these notions become salient, we need to see a lasting truce and I concede that this may yet prove a massive hurdle.
On a brighter note, Blighty has at least played a minor role in the purportedly largest aid airdrop to date. Bombing the Yemen one week, aid work the next. Life in the RAF is nothing if not diverse 😑

Ben Whittaker, I don't think the way he fights and who he's fighting is investment for future opponents. 
Can't really explain what it is that don't sit right. It's not that the showing off is disrespectful. It's that it flatters his performance. I think he's done nothing more than you'd expect from an Olympic champion (silver?). Perhaps unfair but I'd be wanting to see him really finishing the job when he's ready rather than toying with his food.
Maybe unfair. Just remember Josh Kelly looked like a world beater with that kind of Olympic style of point scoring. Then you meet guys who will come through you and you have to be able to punish them.
Whittaker seems to be similar. Fur coat, no knickers type thing. 
Harsh for 7 from 7? It should be 7 quick KOs imo and if it's gone the distance then it should be to a durable come forward opponent and it's against those you'd want to see him working harder instead of running off dancing? 

I can't even begin to imagine what a Palestinian State would look like. Not now. 
The west would demand a hand in who leads it. Palestinians would reject that. They already see the leadership in West Bank as a weak compromised government. The whole point is that Palestinians demand self determination. Would the West also deal with the extremists in Israel (which, despite the media shift, goes further than Netenyahu)? No. "Israel is a democracy". 
If the West allowed the Palestinians the freedom to elect their leadership... we could be talking anything from a power vacuum within Palestine to a leadership emerging that would bring us back to war again. Never going to happen as you can see from the opposition view in Australia 
We are just stuck in the mindset that Israel has the absolute right to defend itself by whatever means, to elect Zionist leaders and that it's up to the Palestinians to somehow wave it's right of self defence (trust that the Int community will defend them) and elect a suitable leadership.
The West says Israel has moral superiority over all the Middle East. It can not be an arbiter of peace from that position. 
Even now, they stand beside Netenyahu. They can't talk about a Palestinian State until they're prepared to tackle the Apartheid and belligerent State. They can't even stop sending weapons never mind apply international pressure.
Apologies for cynical rant. It's just the calls for a Palestinian State are too late or too early. There couldn't be a worse time