New Posts For Thread: Is this the dumbest war of the century?https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31897311/is-this-the-dumbest-war-of-the-centuryThere's some stiff competition!Afghan War 2001 - 2021This actually made perfect sense in 2001,and was very successful in achieving the initial goals: smashing the Al Qaeda camps and overthrowing the Taliban that was protecting them.Now it rememberedyou think going forward the rest of the Gulf are going to let Iran hold them to ransom ?Saudis and Qataris are seeing their countries going to the dogs cos they can't open the Straits. Don't think a load of missiles flying from one side to the otherhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31897311/is-this-the-dumbest-war-of-the-century?post_id=565438181#565438181you think going forward the rest of the Gulf are going to let Iran hold them to ransom ?Saudis and Qataris are seeing their countries going to the dogs cos they can't open the Straits. Don't think a load of missiles flying from one side to the otherFri, 19 Jun 2026 08:40:25 -0500ALL wars are dumb. As Edwin Star once said: "War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing."https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31897311/is-this-the-dumbest-war-of-the-century?post_id=565438143#565438143ALL wars are dumb. As Edwin Star once said: "War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing."Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:27:42 -0500No one has won anything Tobe , But some folks in Iran got what they wanted the Removal of the Supreme Leader you think going forward the rest of the Gulf are going to let Iran hold them to ransom ?The regime is totally intact. there plenty of previouhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31897311/is-this-the-dumbest-war-of-the-century?post_id=565437265#565437265No one has won anything Tobe , But some folks in Iran got what they wanted the Removal of the Supreme Leader you think going forward the rest of the Gulf are going to let Iran hold them to ransom ?The regime is totally intact. there plenty of previouThu, 18 Jun 2026 19:08:42 -0500They just carried on without the supreme leader. Some regime guys were killed and their places were taken by men with the same views. The regime is totally intact.They've fallen out with Qatar I suppose, but the rest of the Arabs already hated them.Ihttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31897311/is-this-the-dumbest-war-of-the-century?post_id=565437255#565437255They just carried on without the supreme leader. Some regime guys were killed and their places were taken by men with the same views. The regime is totally intact.They've fallen out with Qatar I suppose, but the rest of the Arabs already hated them.IThu, 18 Jun 2026 19:00:27 -0500They achieved diddly squat and made a huge mess of economies around the world.The regime has a stronger grip than it did before.The only major winners are putin, trump and his billionaires, isreal and iranian religious nutcases.The rest of the worldhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31897311/is-this-the-dumbest-war-of-the-century?post_id=565437211#565437211They achieved diddly squat and made a huge mess of economies around the world.The regime has a stronger grip than it did before.The only major winners are putin, trump and his billionaires, isreal and iranian religious nutcases.The rest of the worldThu, 18 Jun 2026 18:42:01 -0500You might be surprised Re the IRGC , if they had any support in the Gulf it has certainly Reduced Many Gulf states who have plenty , will be certainly investing in Arms ,they wont be for use against the States or Israel ..https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31897311/is-this-the-dumbest-war-of-the-century?post_id=565437183#565437183You might be surprised Re the IRGC , if they had any support in the Gulf it has certainly Reduced Many Gulf states who have plenty , will be certainly investing in Arms ,they wont be for use against the States or Israel ..Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:35:19 -0500They took the Supreme leader out Tobe , how long had he been running the show ? not sure what that achieved Other than mass celebrations from people who had been living under the Tyrants rule for yearshttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31897311/is-this-the-dumbest-war-of-the-century?post_id=565437173#565437173They took the Supreme leader out Tobe , how long had he been running the show ? not sure what that achieved Other than mass celebrations from people who had been living under the Tyrants rule for yearsThu, 18 Jun 2026 18:31:33 -0500So Iran has lost some obsolete ships and planes and a few replaceable mullahs.The nuclear issue is back to some vague talk of negotiations, when there were actually real negotiations before the war began.The US has expended huge amounts of very expenhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31897311/is-this-the-dumbest-war-of-the-century?post_id=565437131#565437131So Iran has lost some obsolete ships and planes and a few replaceable mullahs.The nuclear issue is back to some vague talk of negotiations, when there were actually real negotiations before the war began.The US has expended huge amounts of very expenThu, 18 Jun 2026 18:03:29 -0500and I do mean GAME OVER even with a massive print at some pointhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31897311/is-this-the-dumbest-war-of-the-century?post_id=565297409#565297409and I do mean GAME OVER even with a massive print at some pointSun, 29 Mar 2026 15:26:23 -0500Get used to itWill be a few years this one .. saw it coming a very long way offGAME OVER for the UK that's for surehttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31897311/is-this-the-dumbest-war-of-the-century?post_id=565297407#565297407Get used to itWill be a few years this one .. saw it coming a very long way offGAME OVER for the UK that's for sureSun, 29 Mar 2026 15:23:57 -0500