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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    My argument is that Israel likely has a right of self defence in attacking Iran's military infrastructure because: - pretty much everyone accepts that Iran is ultimately behind the intelligence, resources and weaponry that was required for Hamas to pull off the Oct 7th attack - That Iran is...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Looks like the government are going to u-turn on abolishing the non-dom status and a bunch of other measures to stem the 2025 exodus in foreign investment and increase in borrowing that puts Reeves in danger of having to announce further tax rises or spending cuts in the autumn to stick within...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Not just 3rd would becoming developed world theres been an increased "consumerisation" driven by ease of online and digital marketing and payments. Every time Sharon impulse-buys a new pair of straighteners on klarna thats keeping the factories pumping smoke out in China....
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Yep. Pretty much all problems can be put down to rapid population increases: 1) global warming/environmental destruction = too many people/too much energy consumption/too much building 2) poverty/conflict = increasing resource competition = too many people In the UK in particular: - housing...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    I don't pretend to be an "expert" in it either, although I did study public international law at university (wrote a "the law is an a*s" piece for my dissertation on the application of the principle called uti possidetis juris to the break-up of Yugoslavia that essentially ended up creating a...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Depends on your interpretation of immediate, bearing in mind once Iran has nuclear weapons capability theres essentially no going back and no combating Iran without risking mutually self assured destruction. Therefore the threat of developing a nuclear weapon may be more imminent than it ever...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Not being called out on it is relevant as international law is not like municipal law, its essentially a lose collection of agreements and established norms of behaviour between states and therefore if a state does something that most other states accept as reasonable behaviour in the...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    We are discussing international law. You're either interested in knowing about international law and its application or you can just get on with making claims such as "Israel is in clear breach of international law" with the comfort of not knowing a single paragraph of public international law.....
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    You're allowed to both pre-empt and retaliate. The use of force must be proportionate to eliminating the threat faced. Can we attack Israel as "pay back" for a perceived wrong 40+ years ago? Nope. FYI, our friends across Le Chanel were far more balls deep in terms of supplying the...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Russia is probably justified under international law in attacking us in a Proportionate manner if our supplied weapons threatened their sovereign territory - why do you think we put all the restrictions in place on Ukraine using them? "Pay back" isn't justified under international law.
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Well i think that might be the one reason why the US may get involved. Israel doesnt have conventional munitions able to penetrate Iran's deepest nuclear facilities so they may say to the tanks "either you drop one of your conventional bunker busters on them or we will drop a nuke on them"
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Why would targeting civilians in New York be justified under that reading?
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Caroline test has evolved since the 1800s. Israel actually used it before to justify pre-emptive stile on Iraqi nuclear facility in 1981.
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    There is pretty clearly laid out evidence of Iran supplying weapons to groups that ARE attacking Israel on a daily basis. Israel has been facing almost daily rocket and missile attacks from Hezbollah in Lebanon for example.
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibits use or threat of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state. Article 51 does however allow use of force by a member state in self defence. The established "Caroline Test" allows use of force in "preemptive self...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Iran has not broken international law? Are you being serious? In terms of the Israeli strikes they have an arguable case of self defence in degrading Iran's ability to manufacture and supply arms as Israel faced the Oct 7th attacks and almost daily attempted rocket and missile strikes from...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    No we don't blindly believe but we DO know: - Iran has been trying to develop nuclear weapons - That relations with Iran are at decades-long low, destroying diplomatic incentive to pause or scale back their nuclear programme - That all the support they've been giving Russia in Ukraine won't come...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Second to none doesnt mean perfect. Intelligence is not evidence, its intelligence. October 7th is an interesting one and something the Israelis need to investigate internally. Sounds like they got good intelligence that something was brewing but they just didn't act on it. On Iran being...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Think you've got to be careful here. Forget what you think of Israel v Palestine: 1) Iran developing a nuclear warhead would be a grave threat to this country and everyone in it. Similar to North Korea. 2) Not only are Iran ruled by essentially a hard-line Islamic dictatorship almost sworn to...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Part and parcel of the job. You're never going to win with the rags - club "put protections" in by getting others to do the media and he's "running scared". Best way of dealing with the media is get out there in front of them and win games. Fergie and Mourinho both loved the media and using the...
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