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No guarantee on Trump's second term mate. Like any president he has a decent chance but based on his approval rating he's the most unpopular president to run for re-election since Gerald Ford.

True, though he does have motivation to try to damage the credibility of the US by painting the move as a political assassination rather than a military strike. But his Twitter posts are articulate and well reasoned. I personally don't harbour any particular feelings towards Iran. A country of their size should be a major player in their region so I have some sympathy to the people their having their potential quality of life curtailed by the isolation that's been imposed on them. Particularly when you consider under the Obama era they were complying with their nuclear deal, and yet now they're on the point of war, this whole thing seems a categorical own goal by trump and the US.

What's the link to brexit and the UK?

Agreed, especially with Senegal's progression in the African cup of nations. But it's good to see that recognition that he is no longer under the shadow of Salah

I hope trump will show restraint. From what I've read he basically resisted killing suleimani for a long while despite the urging of those within his circle that still resent Iran from the Iraq war days. He knows he'll risk now being the guy who sends America into war again which is the total opposite of how he positioned himself and will for sure be apprehensive about the press coverage. He's not giving a speech tonight so I think negative press coverage right now tonight is essential to the position trump will take tomorrow.

I still haven't seen the comments of the Iraq PM reported in any western media source. I'd say Pompeo has marginally more credibility than the Iran Foreign Minister. But that's a huge indictment of how bad things are under trump. Normally you would believe your own secretary of state as correctly relaying the intelligence provided by their intelligence community. Haven't the been rockets launched by Iran previously? What's different here?

Gotta hand it to George Conway for his tweets.

They are going for candidates that have as much contempt for government and establishment and Democrat as they do themselves.

My guess is the ones from lower socioeconomic demographics are angry and rebelling from years of being treated with contempt.

Still so much depends on trump and how his presidency ends. If it doesn't end in terrible fashion with people on both sides seeing it was wrong then America is in big trouble. Don Jr is currently a favoured candidate to run in 2024.

It's gotta be him trying to misdirect Iran as to what the targets are. Alternatively it's complete bullshit but he knows that would be extreme and he wants Iran to think him totally unhinged. I'm not an expert in this topic but if they targeted cultural and other civilian sites and they actually admit to that I believe it'd be a war crime.

Trump making more threats on Iran.

I've heard a few people saying the challenge Iran have is to respond hard and soon otherwise the militias or Hezbollah will end up doing something that will be worse and uncontrolled. I.e. The problem they have is they can't actually control some of these groups, and yet will be held accountable for their actions. Kudos on some awesome insightful posts mate.

American political establishment seemingly trying to coalesce around a consensus view at the moment.

You'd venture some significant economic headwinds though if Iran make this a big deal in the region.

Trump would likely nuke Iran if it helped him stay in power. The scary thing about that is it's one of the few crazy trump acts that I would not trust the American political establishment to prevent.

I love the quick TAA corner. It's just so powerfully memory invoking. I expected to see the Sturridge goal vs Chelsea there as well. That was brilliant.

Liverpool's top ten goals of the decade as voted by the fans.

Basically agree. The offside rule was written before video replays could pretend to give millimetre perfect determinations so it never went into specifics. It needs to be reviewed and better qualified.

Cheers. I guess I was just comparing it to the feeling of last year where it seemed like clean sheets for both us and City left right and centre.