Sanctions are jingoistic baloney.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/24/mike-pompeo-us-saudi-arabia-talks-iran-united-arab-emirates-tensions

Trump orders fresh sanctions against Iran's Ali Khamenei

The arrogance and conceit of some American Presidents is breath taking.

"We will bomb them back to the stone age" or "I am the President of the United Sates, I can bomb who the hell I like" or even "I will bomb them to the negotiating table" are indicative of an unhealthy hubris which seems to be contagious on anyone, with a few notable exceptions, taking the office of President. This gung-ho  nonsense proved to be no more than hot air of course and in the end had little effect on the outcome of events. 

Now Trump the misogynist, racist, bigoted warmonger, wades in with his latest list of putative sanctions added to those already in place, with which to punish Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and other officials including eight Revolutionary Guard commanders, with the added threat that "We (the USA) will obliterate Iran". The sanctions have not yet achieved the desired effect other than to inflict hardship and economic distress on the people of Iran. Ultimately, Trump will learn that this jingoistic baloney, as others have learned in the past, will only have the effect of hardening attitudes and filling the victims of the threats with a resolve to continue to even greater lengths, the struggle to resist the United States aggression. Hopefully Trump will learn before it is too late for all of us.

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Northern Ireland and Brexit. The return of "The Troubles"

Northern Ireland: police attacked in another night of disturbances | Northern Ireland | The Guardian When the "Brexit" debate was still filling our newspapers and our television screens, readers may remember why I had changed my mind since voting to leave at the referendum vote. Apart from the economic arguments, which had become crystal clear after peeling away all the lies and misrepresentations trotted out by Bozo Boris and his "Get Brexit Done" conspirators, there was always the problem of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Would it be possible to have a border between the European Union and the United Kingdom where people, goods and services could pass freely between the two nations without customs restrictions, tariffs, duties and all the other formalities? Would it be possible to have one part of the United Kingdom treated differently from other parts of the United Kingdom, particularly when Scotland for example had voted overwhe

The Parliamentary Labour Party conspirators are hatching another coup.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/corbyn-labour-leadership-rebel-mps-a7202641.html Labour MPs plan for Corbyn victory and plot how to confront an emboldened leader Even for the "Independent", the number and use of unnamed anonymous "sources" in this article is quite astonishing. However, amongst all the usual speculative delusion, there is one factor which causes concern to anyone who believes in the Labour Party, its principles and in he democratic process of the Labour movement. It is abundantly clear that elements within the Parliamentary Labour Party, are even now, planning another coup in the event that Jeremy Corbyn should emerge as winner in the current ballot. The failed coup of earlier this year, has now descended into a sham leadership election, because the conspirators still fail to accept the democratic decision of the Labour party membership and cling to

Plemont development or return to nature?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey- A date has been set for a public inquiry into plans for Plemont Headland. This exceptional location must be sold to the National trust for Jersey, and returned to nature. Any other outcome involving development of the site, can only demonstrate the extent to which greed and self interest have become endemic in Jersey.

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