Iran

[Mike Griffiths]

Sailed on two Iran flagged ships ships for J D Uterwijk in the early 70s before the revolution, IRAN MEHR, and IRAN NIRHU, mostly dutch mates and engineers although the odd league of nations bod like myself , Indonesian crowd. Iran royalty were supposed to be the finance for the outfit and Dutch Americans ran the operation for them, We ran from the States to the Gulf and India, Uterwyjks were based in Tampa . I was down below but a Dutch Harry Tate showed me how to wire splice which I find myself still doing . Interesting times for a young taffy

[Mo Docherty]

Iranians have extremely family oriented culture fellas

[Rodney Mills]

One cannot blame the Iranians or anybody else that lives in a police state. When the Shah was in, it was God save the Shah, cheer and wave the flag, and it was Allah Akbar (God is Great). The day this current regime is ousted, the new mob will be cheered in by millions. You can't blame them. It's a case of "Do or Die." Expats like me, then in Iran, all had a code name for the Shah and Shehrbano (Sp.?) The yanks and Brits called them Fred and Tilly as in "There's a parade today on 5th Avenue for Fred and Tilly, so it's closed, no driving." The Germans called them Karl-Heinze and Ingred.

If You used the Shah, say in a humorous sentence, and you laughed and somebody reported you, You would be on the next plane out of the country ending up in any city it happened to be going to.

Cheers, Rodney

[j.sabourn]

Find that in any dictatorship the people en mass have to be informed frequently who is holding the whip. Is not do as I do , but do as I say. JS

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Well the world is safe at last, Joe Biden has been declared capable, then he went on Tv and was talking about the President of Mexico, President Sisi, who even a dullard knows is the President of Egypt, he reminds m of Regan in his last days. Anyone who has read the interview Oliver Stone did with Putin will know why and who started the war in Ukraine, and I think Biden was as daft then.
Des

[j.sabourn]

#55 Capable of what Des ? Listening to advice from others or being good mates of Dr. Strangelove. ? JS

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi John.
I don't like taking the Micheal out of elderly people being one myself, but the trouble is he has control of nuclear weapons, and if he has an argument with say Austria, and fires off one of those things he may make the same mistake and it will land in Australia.
Des

[James Curry]

Concerning Biden launching a nuclear strike him alone could not do that there is a chain of command. The President is part of that chain. Putin has threatened to go nuclear if he feels the west is threatening Russia, thankfully it would appear Xi Jinping of China has told Putin to wind his neck in.

[j.sabourn]

#57. That’s just his bad spelling due to his Irish ancestory coming out Des.
Anyhow it will probably be aimed at your side of the country , being to the right the same side of the road they drive on. So best have one or a few of these kiddies bouncing beds handy to bounce back where it came from. Cheers JS.

[happy daze john in oz]

Nothing wrong with Biden that a good dose of Viagra would not fix, might straighten him up a bit.
He does not get confused, just talks about different things when asked a question.

There is an open fire in the White house, just think if he wins again he can sit beside it with his pipe and slippers giving out orders for his medication.