It's all very well being Mr Left.
I suppose they can blame trump for starting it.
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It's all very well being Mr Left.
I suppose they can blame trump for starting it.
Armageddon if they retaliated but they shot the plane down anyway so Trump says, "Gee, I guess it must have been an accident for who would dare defy me."Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Are you suggesting that the Iranians decided to retaliate against America by shooting down a Ukranian airliner full of Canadians? :rubchin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
I mean, it's the last thing the US would have expected, I'll give you that...
All I know is Trump was slipping the "accidental" part into the storyline right from the get go ( gawd help me I nearly said narrative :-( )Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
The whole thing was a dance. The attack on the base was heavily telegraphed (indeed, the suggestion is that the US was tipped off to avoid casualties). It was only ever a way for the Iranians to be seen to respond without escalating. After that, everything was supposed to calm down,Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
Shooting down the airliner appears to have been a massive fúck-up by twitchy air defence personnel that's complicated matters in a way that suits none of the parties.
It's not just Orpington, you know. The whole area is now decidedly fashionable. https://www.theguardian.com/food/202...ent-grace-dentQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
You're not getting to me, you know? I'm very happy for R that the place is coming up in the world. I wish her joy of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
And that grinding noise you can hear is definitely not my teeth.
I can feel the gentrification washing over me right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Have they gentrified Star Lane yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Actually they have - at the start of it, anyway. There's a rather attractive mews development in the village.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
The pikey bit - not so much.
Good God! Have they not told the poor people buying these houses that they abut one of the most notorious hives of scum and villainy in Christendom?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Nearly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
But then you did use "get go."
:yellowcard: and that is borderline red, h
I like his new beard, mind. Quite fetching. Raises the Hair for Men question, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Oh, and the Leafs are ranked 3rd by SI right now. The Cup is on :cloud9:
He did. Daft prick.....him, not youQuote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Wouldn’t like to be in the trenches with him...time for the cavalry charge and he’s out the back fixing his fake eyebrows