The Political Thread

[O-Blaze]

Thats just fucking ridiculous.

 

[Barry Poppins]

It also leads to a dangerous precedent where if immigrants, regardless of legal status, can be black bagged and disappeared, then tourists and foreign workers on visas can also be black bagged.

 

[Barry Poppins]

After that, you know who's next?

Jews, Muslims, then LGBTQ people, then Ethnic minorities.

Finally it'll be you and me.

 

[Chris]

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-israel-us-latest-news

President Trump said on Monday night that Israel and Iran agreed to a cease-fire that could lead to the end of the war. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said hours later on X that his country would halt its attacks as long as Israel’s bombardments ended by 4 a.m. Tuesday local time, or 8:30 p.m. Eastern time on Monday.

He later said Iran’s forces had fought right up to the last minute of that deadline. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the fighting had halted. Araghchi said earlier there had yet to be agreement on a cease-fire. Israel hadn’t commented on the president’s announcement. Neither side replied to requests for comment.

 

[O-Blaze]

So. Trump lied? that doesn't sound like him at all.

 

[Loochblade]

You're right, Blaze. Sounds like #FakeNews really.

Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war

• Israel continues to launch airstrikes on Iran while Iran launches a wave of ballistic missiles at Israel despite the United States claiming a ceasefire had been reached between the warring sides. The ceasefire has not been confirmed by either Iran or Israel. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)

This whole ceasefire business is as muddy as the big Israel-Palestine one was some months ago. Basically the same playbook being run right now.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Explosions heard after Iran launches missile strike on US bases in Qatar and Iraq

UK Foreign Office advised British nationals in Qatar to ‘shelter in place’ following US security alert

www.independent.co.uk

So guessing they're not going to fly anyone to the Middle East if any US-aligned country is a target

Mum's sister and husband ares stuck there. Untill they open the air space. We've had no contact for four days now, which is very frightening.