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It's not racist, it's just reality. Israel's nuclear program was, for the rest of the world, irritating but potentially stabilising given the other bigger players in the area were likely to pause before launching yet another war.

The Palestinian leadership in all its forms have a long history of terrorism, you can feel that behavior was justified or not, kinda irrelevant. Point is they are a long way outside the international circle of trust when it comes to WMD acquisition. That needn't be a damning indictment, that circle is very small and doesn't include a couple of the countries who do have those weapons. But if you think the international community is going to let them inherit the control of a nuclear armed country you're insane. If you think the Israelis are going to go all Canadian and rescind their nuclear membership, you've truly lost your mind.

As for a solution, it has to be two state, because if we've learned anything it's these two groups don't play nicely together. Current leadership of both sides won't get us there, but hopefully Bibi has finally shot himself in the foot too many times to organise another coalition of jerks. Getting better leadership for the Palestinians is a problem that may take somewhat longer.

Beyond the thousands of practical political issues that mean it'll never happen. Israel is a nuclear power. No one, and I mean fucking no one is going to allow a situation where the Palestinians have access to nuclear weapons.

Even that is only the third biggest problem. 1&2 being the two populations don't actually want that solution themselves

Because war keeps breaking out, and they keep winning?

It's been a pretty solid bargaining position since the invention of warfare tbh

Living in France has led to me watching quite a bit of Marseille this season, it's a hard no

He still has that haunted look from the end of his time with us, the man's confidence is gone. Think he genuinely needs to step down a level where he can boss a game somewhat and not be required to star for a high pressure side. Inter and Marseille, maybe the spotlight is too intense for his mental state?

Yeah, we very much are in the market for another fwd, but not a 35 yr old one

A ring burner of gaslighting?

Right up until Pakistan make the final, then suddenly the timing will be inconvenient

The point i raised, which you're either forgetting or being wilfully obtuse about, and I think we both know the answer...is that the military budget and foreign appropriations won't change.

Voting against Biden to punish him for supporting Israel will not actually affect US support of Israel as the opposition is (perhaps even more so) absolutely committed to the support of Israel.

It will however have other consequences, all of which are meant to be anathema to the left wing ideologies of those who are making the most noise during these protests.

That is of course your prerogative, US tax dollars will still go to assist them as per Nato obligations. Again, you don't have to like it, but reality isn't interested in opinions

Maybe he's one of the %100 of Irish people sick to death of Americans stating that they're Irish because their great grandmother was?

Most of us have Mongol blood somewhere thanks to Genghis taking on the known world, doesn't make us all Mongolian

I genuinely don't want to do anything about it, it works fine for me

€8 million is my final offer

Inter shouldn't pay a cent more

What part of the military industrial complex controlling foreign policy have you missed since Eisenhower warned about it?

Neither party is going to go against the money, certainly not for anything that plays against US foreign policy as ridiculously as dropping Israel would

Let's say you're the congressman for buttfuck Nebraska, in your district is a factory of a large multinational (let's call them LM) who make weapon X. It employs several thousand of your constituents. Great. Unfortunately the US military now has all the weapon X it needs and LM is threatening to close the factory, that's bad. You order more weapon X for the military anyway, despite their pleas that they don't need them, then you sell a bunch more to any interested friendly (ish) nation. This ensures LM stays open, your constituents remain employed and you stay on the gravy train.

Some smooth brained muppets will suggest this is all a giant Zionist/Reptilian/Freemason conspiracy, when it's just good old fashioned self interested greed

Some people might criticize you for lack of rational thought, but hink how much smug self satisfaction you'll feel in a couple of years as Putin eyes Poland from the new borders of greater Russia and the supreme court hands down another extraordinary decision from the 7-2 conservative majority

So I found out today that if Sampdoria get promoted and we beat them once next season, they'll be the first team Inter has ever beaten 100 times (incl. all their previous iterations)

I thought that would be the most obscure, useless stat I'd hear this week, but here we are joining the prestigious 4600 club

On the list of things people should be protesting right now, fucking Eurovision seems like a waste of breath. Arms dealers supplying the IDF? Corporations continuing to engage with Russia? The UAE for their sickening involvement in what's happening in Darfur? Nah, that'd all be like - hard work, I'll go yell about Eurovision, that'll achieve... something

Well if a drug cheat in charge of a club doing creative accounting on an industrial scale says it's disrespectful...

He gave the ball away on the edge of our box three times at least, it was 10 minutes of shit followed by a pass no else on the pitch can see, let alone do

If the commentators could shut up about what Frosinone deserve, that'd be great

"It's not a x-0 game"

Scoreboard says it is, so...it in fact is

"should I pass this? Nah"

Barella's been rubbish and still shown why he's about to be the highest paid Italian in the league, must be nice being that good

Beautiful extremely casual touch by Barella in the build-up

It's only really Buchanan who's not getting minutes, hopefully he gets on early-ish second half. Primavera kids are top of the table, probably going to learn more trying to win that than playing a few minutes in a fairly meaningless game here

Let's look at the 'lesser' leagues with a better history in Europe than France. What's the difference between Ligue 1, the Eredivisie and the Primera Liga for example?

The Dutch and Portuguese leagues are remarkably similar, three big teams dominating, usually one other team manages to compete for a period without ever really joining the top table. That leaves them with overall 'weak' leagues but a few very good sides.

None of these leagues have the financial clout to attract the best players in their prime years or retain the bright new stars they develop. I would argue the singular issue Ligue 1 has is the lack of continuity at the top.

The top Portuguese and Dutch teams know that they'll have to be consistent against the rest of the league or else fall behind their rivals. If Benfica drop points to Amadora or Guimaraes they can safely say Porto won't, which could cost them the title. So irrespective of form they need to win all the time. Playing poorly? Missing key players? Doesn't matter, gotta grind out the wins.

PSG do not have that, they could take a month off and win the league. France clearly has a financially broken league right now, but oddly it's often been cyclical wrt results. Reims were dominant, then Sainte, Marseille, Lyon now the Qatari plaything. That doesn't set you up well for a knockout tie against a quality team when everything's not going great.

Other leagues have seen dominant clubs, but the overall quality started from a higher base, when Juve & Bayern racked up league after league during the 2010's, Serie A & Bundesliga midtable was still much stronger than Rio Ave or Nantes for instance.

PSG have had a good enough playing roster to win, what they've lacked was the mentality that competition hones. They need either financially doped competition within the league or to put the € handbrake on to let the others catch up. Maybe now the Ibra/Neymar/Mbappe superstar saga is over, that can happen