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BBC reporter in Doha: "I feel like I've used the word unpredictable so much in last week, but when I'm preparing to let you know that the Iranian president has apologised to his neighbours and said no more attacks, and then you hear a siren moments later, I think it's a real example of that...

Adenauer was a statesman. If you remember this speech with very un-Adenauer language, please point to a source because I don't believe that Adenauer said what you remember. Are Jews over-represented in finance in the City of London? I have never tried looking up the numbers but I think that is...

I am no expert but I don't think that will happen. I guess that a powerful internal group will be needed to dislodge the incumbent theocratic dictators and the IRGC.

I think that had Iran got close to creating a nuke it would have been attacked as it has been in the last year. Had it shut down its enrichment programme, I don't think it would have been subject to major attack as it is experiencing now. Israel clearly has a policy of aggression through the...

Others suggest Hezbollah from Lebanon. I go along with that. The number of missiles being launched by Iran is said to be falling every day, presumably through launch sites being hit. Stopping drone launches will be far more difficult, I imagine.

I don't know so I'm asking in case someone can answer... Civil aero-engine OEM's used to run performance improvement packages whereby every few years an engine PIP would be released, perhaps improving engine performance by 1%-2%. Perhaps they still do. Do military engine OEM's not offer such...

There is a risk that Iran could get nukes from North Korea. I have to ask, though, why has Iran not already done that? If Pakistan is not able to attack Israel now or in the foreseeable future, why would Israel want to attack it?

Shameful. Governments everywhere should have condemned the Oct 7 Hamas massacre and the following wholesale slaughter and destruction in Gaza. Many condemned the former; fewer condemned the latter. Western governments took no real action against Israel killing tens of thousands of civilians...

I think that SAAB recently put paid to speculation that an EJ200 version of Gripen would be offered. In retrospect it might have been a good idea for India to have chosen EJ200 for its Tejas Mk2 proposal around 2010 and Turkiye similarly for Hurjet. However, having 4 countries able to block...

I think Iran has had a policy of aggression since the republic was founded. It was attacked in the hope of ending that aggression, wasn't it? Killed thousands of its own citizens for religious reasons when first founded Wants to destroy the US Wants to destroy Israel Wants to develop nuclear...

https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1156514/AD-Ports-Group-controlled-feeder-boxship-hit-by-projectile-in-Strait-of-Hormuz So Iran is not just targeting tankers. Short of Iran's government being replaced by a less belligerent one, Is there any way to stop Iran attacking ships in the Gulf?

If you live in the UK you should also be aware of the weekly demonstrations in London against the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. The British people are inclined to protest when they become aware of unacceptable action being taken against people in other parts of the world.

BBC TV news reports that a ballistic missile heading for Turkiye has been intercepted and destroyed.

It would be interesting to know how many 'draft dodgers' are in Ukraine and how many are in other countries. A side effect of the Iran war/conflict/special operation is that it may give Russia the opportunity to increase crude sales. I hear that a large number of shadow fleet tankers were...

Regarding the school bombing that killed 150 or more schoolgirls, it is Just my impression but I perceive little outrage in England through watching the BBC TV news and Channel 4 news, another channel respected for its news coverage. The popular press may report the story with outrage but I...

Bad for Russia. I wonder how many Ukraine recruited and lost over the same period. I wonder because the data are not released, are they? It is not very useful to know how badly Russia is suffering while not knowing how badly Ukraine is suffering.

BBC TV news reports that Iran threatens to set fire to vessels attempting to pass through the straits of Hormuz. I wonder if the regime has signed its own death warrant.

What Russian/Iranian AD (not strike) assets could reach Kuwait? I ask because I do not know.

BBC reports suspected drone attack against Akrotiri, Cyprus. This may provoke British strikes aiming to neutralise the threat.

Are you living in some long lost past?