GuruMick comments

But their products are such crap.

I bought a Chinese hammer once and on trying to extract a nail from wood I bent the metal hammer handle into a banana shape.

OK...so I felt like Superman for a moment but the nail remained imbedded.

The cost of drones pales into insignificance compared to the cost of bringing the drone down. Secondly, Iran now has more intel on where the "Iron Dome " facilities are.

So not a failed mission showing Israel superiority.

It was a show of face, highly calibrated, by Iran.

Can both nations start a student exchange or similar.

Hatred breed hatred

1/ Iran telegraphed the drone attack by advising Israel through, probably some Euro countries, that the attack was coming in 17 hours or more. No one killed...minimal damage. Military sites only targeted.

It was a show of force only.

2/Israel bombed Iranian soil when it covertly destroyed an Embassy compound in Syria. Killing 13 people.

3/Sadly this tit for tat has diverted world attention from Israel's destruction of Gaza, the ethnic cleansing and the deaths of 35,000 people.

4/People who should know better vastly underestimate Iran's military power and over estimate Israels.

Israel has yet to defeat a non state actor of resistance fighters in Gaza, despite months of unrelenting attack

The myth of the IDF has melted.

Israel is a country of 10 million people surrounded by potentially hostile nations with hundreds of million people.

Tread carefully would seem to be good tactics

Trump whiskey ?...why was'nt I told....where can I get some !!!

He couldnt organise a brothel on a troop ship...

Read "A Legacy of Ashes ", a history of the CIA for a more complete understanding of US using groups in foreign nations to pursue US political aims. Even overthrew a Government in Greece, post war.

These actions are almost always a result of US ruling class desires to control another nations resources. Or in the case of Cuba, to appeal to Cuban voters in Florida, a state crucial to winning elections.

It's not a Polly Anna world.

And the US neo cons have been eying a recontrol of Iran for decades.

Please do some research and dont plaintively keep asking questions.

I'd say this case will be hard to win notwithstanding it's merits and the evidence plaintiffs will present.

Difficult to win because of the Japanese judiciary, who are clearly attached to the Police in a systematic way.

I'm reminded how Local Courts in Australia were once called "Police Courts " and having spent many years working in these and other jurisdictions, it''s the Police whose evidence weighs more.

Before mandatory recording, Magistrates would say "but why would the Police lie "

LOL

All these allegations like 'using proxies ", interfering in other countries etc. can equally be leveled at the US, Israel and the UK. Look at the recent history in Libya, Syria, Iraq ...Overseas assassinations are Israel's go to weapon.

Restrictions on the press can be seen in Israel banning al Jazeera recently, and for God's sake, BOMBING the al Jazeera building in Gaza FLAT some years ago {journos' given 1 hour to leave.}

Israel bombed an Iranian Embassy compound....this is Iranian soil in International Law. Recent history has Israel assassinating Iranian scientists and bombing industrial areas...not just nuclear plants but electricity/power generators as well.

Iran bombed Israel ,in a telegraphed way, targeting military areas only , and clearly pointed out this was their response for the Embassy attack.

Can we see a pattern here ?

Israel and the west can treat other countries with contempt but woe betide anyone who responds.

What gives Israel a free pass.?

And where was the interdiction from the West to prevent the genocide in Gaza ?

Liars and hypocrites all of them.

But all his other ventures were successful

Im thinking Trump Air, Trump Whiskey, Trump steak, Trump University

Give the man some credit !!

""They aint fakin'...whole lotta retaliatin' goin' on "

Meanwhile I'm still thinking

THIS one called "terrorism "

Go figure...offender 15 years old, attacking a Priest from a Christian sect from the Middle East.

Maybe the "terrorism " label should be redefined and applied less broadly.

Cant think of many 15 year olds with any sense of an ideological pattern well developed in their minds.

No...America does have a gun problem

I doubt a driver could see a 3 year old, sitting on a play bike.....look over the bonnet net time you drive...a big black spot of zero vision immediately at the front.

Mother as negligent .

"They {Iran } are still fighting a 45 year old revolution "

Whatever that means.

I'll bet ""Taiwan is not China " isnt even as old as that.

Iran is it's own country...been around for thousands of years .

Doesnt lick the US boot....that makes it "bad " in some eyes.

Really, can we put some hate on countries that deserve it.?

I'm thinking say, Costa Rica, Vanuatu, New Zealand...little upstarts running their own race.

Anyone here ever been to Iran ?

Nope...didnt think so.

Why the animus ?

Indoctrination probably.

Read "The Plot to attack Iran " by Kovalik.

Really...why all the hate on Iran...one of the world''s oldest civilisations.

Texas above...read my post.

Returning money US kept is not "gifting "

Lots of info on this online.

My Mum would kick me out of the house to play footie or similar if I watched TV in the daytime.

So glad I grew up in the pre mobile phone era.

I phones I call "conversation killers "

Oh crap...I have just used this service to make a booking.

Better of dealing with the service provider {hotel etc. } directly.

Saving grace is my c/c is always maxed out with little room for theft.

Dastardly computer hackers !!!

Returning Iran's frozen assets " was an Obama era decision.

This was mediated in the World Court.

Follows a cancellation of US fighter sales to Iran...but US kept the money.

Interest added to the initial figure, again, as adjudicated by a World Court, and agreed to by both parties.

Trump restarted the "Iran...bad " theme to satisfy neo cons in America.

Obama era softening of sanctions saw an exponential growth in western tourism to Iran.

Now we are back at square one. "Iran bad " Sanctions reinstated.

West wants Israel, {population 10 million } to be the dominant power in the region.

Unsustainable in my view.

At least it's good US has said publicly they wont publicly support an Israeli military response.

What US does behind the scenes ..... well....have to wait.

Israel has bombed Iran and assassinated many people, military , scientists etc.,

So...

Israel has no moral high ground in this.

One of the reasons for the establishment of the state of Israel was to ensure Euro/UK/western interests were secured in the Middle East.

Support for Israel from these groups shows that motivation still in play.

"Equal "

Apparently , right wing figures in the UK spread disinformation saying it was "an Islamic terror attack ", sharing their mistaken views on "X"

just to balance things up, some figures in Australia misreported the offender as "Jewish "

Eual opportunity religious bigotry.

Indeed Strangerland...

"Fighto " wrote "a certain religion of peace " as a motive and "Black Samurai " wrote of the offender possibly being an "asylum seeker released from detention "

Recommend open heart and mind and travel to Muslim and ME nations would help.

A couple of French men confronted the killer, using a bollard as a defence.

Well down Frenchy !!!

History of mental illness ...offender probably not going to give authorities a lot of useful information about motive.

That said, people with mental illness less likely to commit violent acts...check the stats.

Knife laws vary by state, and online shopping another issue.

I guess it can happen anywhere...people who want to cause mayhem will do so

Guns, knives, cars, poison, ....

One thing Aussies do have is alcohol violence...around midnight outside pubs and the like.

Mainly fist fights.

Larry above....seems you have forgotten how many "tales of Hamas " have been discredited as false.

Anyway, Iran has released a statement saying the drone attack is finished and was a direct response to the Israel bombing of Irans Embassy.

Now Israel threatening more retaliation for the Iran retaliation which was a retaliation for the Israel retaliation.

More retaliation to follow.

Yes funky, agree...the "geniuses " are probably reconciling and justifying themselves waiting for another chance.

Hypervigilism meets bigotry and trigger mechanisms ?

What the world needs now is love, sweet love,

its the only thing there's just too little of ...

Sing it everyday.

As an aside, in NSW Australia , there is no "automatic return ", to the rightful owner, of stolen goods pawned to a pawn shop.

The aggrieved owner /theft victim, has to take a procedure to the Local Court to have the item returned.

Funny, the law comes down on the pawn shop owners side, when many stolen goods are pawned.

Think it dates back to merry old England's Common Law practice.

But really, the Japanese Department store security was a joke.

Zibala above again posts a selective viewpoint.

A murder of anyone should be handled by Police, not vigilantes.

Thats another reason why Israel cannot be considered a democracy in western terms.

Police have ruled out a terrorism motive.

So what do posters here say ?

Oh...probably terrorism

The usual slurs

""religion of peace "

"Middle Eastern appearance ""...{does this include Jewish people ? }

Riffing on immigration and how Japan should be careful

Linking crimes in Europe to this.

No better than any other nasty comments about the "other " that seeks to dehumanise.

The hero bystander who confronted the killer was "of Middle Eastern appearance " as well.

RIP to victims.

Big praise for those that helped.

This stuff is very rare in Australia.