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  How to Lose Friends and Influence Nobody
context: He's not your average British citizen, or even your average Iranian-British dual citizen.
  He was Iran's former deputy defense minister. He was arrested in 2019 on charges of spying for the UK. He denies these charges, and says his confession was extracted by use of torture.
  So this appears to be even more politically motivated than usual for this medieval gang of thugs. >
  
  They’ll be okay though. I can’t recall a single instance of anyone ever regretting stepping on the British’s toes. 
  Historically, Britain has been very forgiving and merciful towards nations that kill their civilians… /s
  (On a totally unrelated note; does anyone know if Iran is within range of a naval bombardment?) >
  
  Everywhere is in range of a naval bombardment if you have the will . . . and the right equipment. >
  
  Watch out, Wyoming, y’all ain’t safe. >
  
  Fun fact:  The USS Wyoming has an all female crew.  I think Wyoming's gonna be OK. >
  
  I think they're pretty fucking far from OK. >
  
  Well there's only about a dozen people in the whole state so it's not like it affects a broad swath of the population or anything.  Besides, if you're looking at the panhandle OK is just across CO from there . . . >
  
  Yeah, we could get nuked out here, and the nukes would probably miss us all. That being said, Wyoming did get bombed by Japan during WWII. No one died.