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[Alan]

It's true. For the equilibrium of the world we need the Iranian people to take control and uprising. If they don't it's going to get very dark

Color me doubtful that that's how this will go.

 

[Alan]

A second order impact may well be that Iran can't supply Russia with weapons / drones after this

They'd already exhausted what Iran could give, no? I was under the impression that that was why/when they turned to DPRK.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Dubai airport is okay, I suppose. Miles better than Abu Dhabi, but neither is exactly Singapore Changi.

 

[Alan]

Dubai airport is okay, I suppose. Miles better than Abu Dhabi, but neither is exactly Singapore Changi.

Not sure there's a higher bar than that tbf

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Only airport that I have been to that comes close was what was the new Denver airport when I went through it about a month after it opened (shit that was thirty years ago at least!)

 

[Alan]

Only airport that I have been to that comes close was what was the new Denver airport when I went through it about a month after it opened (shit that was thirty years ago at least!)

In terms of memorability I can't argue with that pull.

Weird--ass Devil Horse bunker airport

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

We don't have a best/worst airports thread, probably better to start one than use this given the current events.

 

[Alan]

We don't have a best/worst airports thread, probably better to start one than use this given the current events.

I've exhausted my knowledge there tbh. Only ones I've even been in are Charlotte-Douglas, T.F. Green (in Providence, Rhode Island), and LAX. Oh, and I guess Huntsville (Alabama) International after this past Christmas. Forgot about that.

I don't mind the brief sidebars. Certainly more pleasant than the actual topic. I'm aware I'm not the forum arbiter, though.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Iranian state tv confirms that Khamenei is dead. Islamic Revolutionary Guard warns of a devastating offensive to come against Israel and also at US airbases in the area. It is all going to kick off by the look of it.

 

[broughtonwolf]

Starmer inevitably taking flak for not granting Trump access to British bases to support attacks due to, checks notes, primacy of international law.

 

[jd1981]

All very serious, Russia and China being very quite so far which is a good thing. Regime change in Iran is a good thing as it’s been subject to despot leadership longer than I’ve been alive.
However if it leads to a power vacuum like it did in Iraq then it could get very messy.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

If the current regime stands down and allows fair and free elections, that will sound good. Of course, if the winner of said free and fair elections is somebody that Trump and Netanyahu don't like then back to square one.

 

[Tredman]

First thing I could think of as a job, nothing more, just because lots of people got abroad to teach English. you’ve really got a bee in your bonnet over this for some reason

I have friends and colleagues there, most of them there to help people have access to water and sanitation. And you suggested fuck them and let them suffer if they had need for evacuation. I completely agree that it was totally weird to have a bee in my bonnet.

 

[AndyWolves]

It's clear Keef is referring to the influencer twats who made a thing of publicly saying they're going to Dubai so they don't have to pay tax to the robbing UK govt and are now seemingly begging the same UK govt to save them.

 

[Tredman]

Anyway, a leaderless chaotic Iran will be more chaotic and problematic than Iraq. There actually are a load of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iran, getting those into the hands of a shiite version of ISIS is actually pretty terrifying.

 

[AndyWolves]

According to starmer there were 20 planned lethal attacks on UK soil foiled in the last year that Iran had backed

PM statement on Iran: 28 February 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's statement on Iran.

www.gov.uk

 

[leedswolf]

Richard Tice, Isobel Oakeshott, Ant Middleton and that plumber all said they were moving there to avoid paying tax in the uk, those are the sorts I’m on about, not the guy who’s gone to teach English to the locals

This one?

 

[Jolemai]

 

[leedswolf]

It's clear Keef is referring to the influencer twats who made a thing of publicly saying they're going to Dubai so they don't have to pay tax to the robbing UK govt and are now seemingly begging the same UK govt to save them.

There's an old adage; "You've made your bed, now lie in it".

 

[Keef]

I have friends and colleagues there, most of them there to help people have access to water and sanitation. And you suggested fuck them and let them suffer if they had need for evacuation. I completely agree that it was totally weird to have a bee in my bonnet.

If you’d bother to read my replies, ITS THE INFLUENCERS I DONT LIKE, everyone doing proper jobs I’m fine with, just in case you missed it

ITS THE INFLUENCERS I DONT LIKE,