After days of speculation about how much damage the US airstrikes actually caused to Iran's nuclear capabilities, Iran has now 'admitted' it was severe.

Cue the head of Nato, Mark Rutte hailing 'Daddy' Don as a 'man of strength and peace' for his handling of the affair.

Maybe it's just me, but I find it slightly un-nerving when the man in charge of the world's largest military force, who is ultimately responsible for the safety of everybody in this country, refers to the worryingly flakey US president as 'Daddy'.

And maybe I'm looking at this through a glass half-empty perspective, and hopefully the far-more-clever folk than I will tell me I've got this wrong. But if you're leading a besieged, despotic........

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