"Hard Landing"

[Renauda]

No, the Ayatollahs will blame Israel and the US while their ally, Putin, will take it all out on the Ukrainians and blame NATO.

Business as usual.

[taiwan_girl]

[Renauda]

@taiwan_girl

As the song should have gone:

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Will get fooled again.

[Mik]

I wonder how the mullahs get around…..

[Renauda]

@Mik

Armoured carpets and Halal camels

[George K]

What is a halal camel?

(asking for a Mohammeden friend, of course)

[Mik]

Just another hump.

[Renauda]

@George-K said in "Hard Landing":

What is a halal camel?

(asking for a Mohammeden friend, of course)

Opposite of a haram camel.

[kluurs]

No survivors per WSJ

[bachophile]

latest ( i kid you not) voices in the iranian government blaming the US for the crash, because sanctions preventing the Iranian airfoce from stocking parts for old american bell choppers (the bird that went down was an american bell 212, not a russian Mi helicopter)

[jon-nyc]

Cool. It would be awesome if that were true

[Mik]

FAFO writ large.

[George K]

[Copper]

Usually a Moment of Silence is in remembrance, not to honor.

I couldn't tell if which way it was presented to the Council or if they referred to him as the Butcher.

[Mik]

I'd use it to imagine his terror as the copter went down. And smile.

[George K]

[Mik]

Bee-worthy.

[Copper]

lock him up

[George K]

[George K]