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As you said the whole of UK Column was well worth watching.

I saw that Sunak clip earlier on and yes he definitely looked uncomfortable even down to that weird way his eyes kept focused on just the one spot all of the time.

Blue heavens, Kirby and Cameron could do a double act in praising how Israel defended itself " Israels superiority". 😂 Actually they both had a slightly strained look to them.

Prof Marandi, how does that man keep going, I watched several interviews of him yesterday and by the time he appeared on Electronic Intifada last night, he'd had only a couple of hours sleeps in 24 hrs but had that wonderful cheeky look that said he was well happy with Iran's response.

The most wonderful video I saw of the missiles was where you could hear the Palestinians whistling and cheering them on.

Billions spent by the West to shoot them down, only millions spent by Iran to send them. Probably wicked of me but I enjoyed every video I saw from different angles of Iran sending them and firmly warning the West and Israel that where they had not responded to prior attacks so the focus could remain on Gaza, it would no longer be so restrained in the future.

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Thanks for the report. Sunak, "To protect civilians...Iran determined to sow discontent and destabilize", like Blinken, what a joke, six month ongoing, from the axis of genocide. The target airport was struck- hello.

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Taveloteh mobarak! KHOSH BAHALAT!!! Happy Now Ruz, too! I could not stop grinning and cheering. The Western legacy press is pathetic.

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I'm still grinning. Did you hear Iran speak at the UN on Sunday? He called out US, UK and France, then in his own way called out the UN for shielding Israel. Then about Gaza obviously.

I see stupid Saudi are admitting they too were in on the defense of Israel along with Jordan. Whoopsie.

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Most math and science started in Iran and Europe "borrowed" it. Iranian students who come to the US who are just average math and science students in Iran have to start courses at the third-year level. Math and science majors coming as first-year college students have to start at first year grad course level. Plus I think strategy is something that is just part of the culture. In the US only a tiny minority of students even know how to play chess. I doubt video games help Western kids in strategy skills.

I guess high tech has its limits! I didn't watch the whole UN proceedings. Had to run into town. But I will today. I love racism (and sexism) as an inadvertent tool. I encourage them. They totally weaken and blind bullies. So if the West wants to continue in their racist views, let them knock themselves out! All the better for the Middle Eastern resistance groups. I thought the conceptualization of that so-called "attack" was brilliant. What surprised me was that Israel et al. did not understand how much they were giving away. Surely they're more sophisticated than that? And would have anticipated that?

Don't you just LOVE hubris?

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Yes most of "civilisations" achievements started in that area, I only use "" because it's hard to see a lot of that in Western leaders. I had a friend from Iran and was really sad when after five years he was glad to return to Iran, so I learnt a lot about Iran from him, I mean daily life, culture and everything, I think we got on so well because I was already aware about where most of our learning came from. We kept kept in touch but sadly he passed away in 2013.

I have to admit I only listened to Iran's speech and Russia's. I can't abide the tripe our lot come out with. OpenMindedThinker put up a video with a lot of Cameron hogwash talking today and sad to say I had to stop the video because no matter how much I moved it forward it was still him and his utter lies make me feel physically sick.

So I found another one with over an hour of Prof Marandi talking so he could soothe my stomach. So much better than listening to Cameron repeatedly saying Iran failed! It was a beautiful response to Israel, the attack I mean and no I honestly don't think my government knows sophistication. Hell, it was so wonderful listening to the Palestinians in Gaza cheering and whistling them on.

Sadly the settlers attacked West Bank earlier on, burning out forty homes, such a sad sight . Hopefully they left the Palestinians alone after that.

I'm fine with hubris but depends whose talking. 😂

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Decided I can LOVE hubris as much as you do as long as I can look at it from the Greek Tragedy way, you know, excessive pride or defiance of the gods,.........leading to nemesis.

Now don't you just LOVE the last three words.

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I used to have two Pyrenees: We named the male Cerberus and the female Nemesis.

There was a ludicrous story on msn today:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iranian-activist-and-lawyer-calls-out-supporters-of-islamic-republic-you-are-no-friend-to-the-iranian-people/vi-BB1lFq7Z?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=1f559078cc894a3eb12f224f309dcbf9&ei=15

This young woman is actually named Elica Modjtahedzadeh and her father is a conservative, and apparently favored by the government. But another Iranian expat, Samira Mohyeddin, took umbrage. Elica is possibly a double-agent, working with the IDF. It's very confusing. There is a portion of Iranian society in exile who are coming out very pro-Israeli. Most of them are supporters of the Shah. Bizarre. Maybe they don't know that the Iran-Iraq War that went on for eight years and destroyed an entire generation of young men was a conspiracy between the US and Israel hatched by Israel. Israel has been doing all sorts of things in the shade to try and turn Iran into a failed state.

But as I went from one link to another, I found a web-site you might enjoy, if you don't already know it, called "Chai and Conversation", run by Leyla Shams. I haven't checked out their language program but they have interviews with Iranian expats that are pretty funny and instructive of what's really going on there now. I have been laughing most of the day because of the one I listened to with Samira Mohyeddin. There's some focus on culture that might interest you. I don't think I'd agree with everything Samira says if I went back, but I certainly do understand her POV! She's very funny. And more Iranian than she knows. In my opinion, they bond through conflict and Iranian women are a gas.

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Cerberus and Nemesis, I love that.

Yuk! That link. What a way to start the day, a paid actress to stir discontent and saying the usual lies, like every female is walking around covered from the top of the head to the floor.

She's the sort that would say "and they took babies out of their incubators and threw them on the floor " Does she conveniently forget about the high numbers of females that attend university in Iran, in fact I think at the moment it's higher than males.

Yes I agree that Israel is behind the wars in that part of the world but I never forget who are the main puppet masters of Israel, Rothschild's and that my friend means England. Everyone points to America and I don't know if to laugh or cringe . Like I always say, England have or more used to have the art of being behind so much trouble in the world and whistling innocently. These last few years the mask has slipped a bit though not enough.

Same with Ukraine. If people only researched they would find plenty of involvement by England since 1945. Yes, it appears they gave up their empire but in reality it only changed names. Sad but true.

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