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He never was a friend of Thai democracy or the Thai people. I hope now that folks who did not live through his reign begin to understand his horribly decisive ways. The best thing anyone can do for Thailand is to come together in friendship. A divided population allows unscrupulous leaders to do as they please.

Thaksin never spent days and nights on an overcrowded floor with little or no medical care. He spent a few hours in a medical ward, alone with a physician giving his a thorough medical exam, and a visit from the Deputy PM. Then off to the Royal Suite room 1401 on the 14th floor of the police hospital with 6 people attending to his every need. They even fixed the aircon, which had not been working well. I'm 100% with you on better care including medical care for those imprisoned in Thailand.

The Army Hospital is much better, but may not be so good for his health.

'Why should I believe your opinion about Thaksin over the people who actually benefited from his policies' In other words, why should you want to know the whole story about Mr. Thaksin? Why know the full truth? Mr. Thaksin's story is long. As for the war on drugs, most were gangland style killings, few cases were pursued, and victims included whole families, women, children and old people. Afterwards an independent committee established by the Surayud government concluded that 1,372 of the 2,873 victims had no drug related records.

Your logic is faulty. The MAD principle doesn't say a nuclear power would not shoot at or fight another nuclear power. It says a nuclear power would not use nukes to destroy another nuclear power because they in turn would be destroyed. Read: Mutual assured destruction Today's problem is that Putin, and possibly Xi, may wish to return the world the untenable era of territorial and human conquest to satisfy whatever they crave. There is no reason that Russia could not have used the last 20 years to build friendly, strong, and mutually beneficial relationships with Ukraine and the world. Except for Putin's backwards Hitlerish style, which the world including China must reject.

Love the no special treatment nonsense. Fly him by helicopter to a top hospital after a few hours in the prison hospital ward. Now he's in Royal Suite 1401 on 14th floor, but the police explain this not a VIP room. And, the aircon is 'no so good' so they added a couple of fans for his comfort. Then they assign 6 physicians at his beck and call. What do real prisoners get? But in Thailand, the lie is good enough if you don't loose face pretending to believe it.

Revenge against Putin could come soon from multiple directions. 1. From Igor Sushko:Twitter just now: Prigozhin's security services collected all of their electronics & documents from their offices and disappeared. Prigozhin had a plan "B" for this situation and massive kompromat leaks against Putin personally are expected to follow... 2. Putin is meeting with FSB Director Bortnikov right now. 3. This is after the stunning crash of Luna-25, which Putin had pushed for. It's hard to overemphasize the discord between Putin and Russian scientists. Putin needs them but can't trust them, which is why so many are hospitalized or (and) fall out of windows. They in turn fear and loath him. Luan-25 however is on a scale beyond other recent technology failures. Putin may have two marks on his back. And did I mention the ruble, the economy, and the failed illegal Ukraine war? I really don't see how he can survive.

Because he gave a million dollar watch to Prawit?

Sure, easy. Just learn a little Buddhism. They may even start offering to pay for you. Absolutely wonderful place and people.

Maybe a corner room with 270° view? They burned down a lot of things.

Turing was the conceptual father of both the modern computer and the idea that computers could be intelligent. Even though sufficient hardware did not exist at that time, he worked out how to teach computers to play chess and predicted one day computers would bet humans at the game. Most genius ideas start this way, they come from one guy thinking weird things, not from engineering. Read this: https://www.britannica.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/The-Turing-test

Some of Thailand's best doctors are at the Army Hospital in Bangkok, ... why not take him there?

Thaksinovir.

Sorry, science doesn't work that way. You can't just say maybe someone something. You refute a valid argument like the one presented. But I don't think one can. I didn't mention choice but there we agree.

Congenital conditions.

What PTP? Jatuphon just made a scathing denouncement of Thaksin and the PTP. Nattawut quit two days ago. There is no party left after PTP's doublecross except some MPs few of whom will be reelected. Quintessential Thaksin. https://twitter.com/YvonneBkkpost/status/1693810281020117469

So that's how they can control him. Let him serve while monitored, get involved in politics and go back to prison.

Everyone, worldwide already knows.

Oh ye lemmings of another faith. Across the world, mask use had the highest correlation with the near complete disappearance of influenza during Covid. End of story. Instructions: 1. Read. 2. Weep. Disappearance and Re-Emergence of Influenza during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Association with Infection Control Measures

Other tarantulas and scorpions. Or a bright, young, slightly naive Western educated youth who loves his county. I think his time will come after a a learning period. A disjoint government with a powerful opposition may just be the ticket. Learn how to deal with tarantulas and squash scorpions.

Or, an ideal situation where a weakened squabbling old guard balanced by a new growing MFP opposition, giving the fledgling MFP time to learn how to introduce new ideas. Though romantic to some, burn it down and start again rarely works. New ideas grow in fertile soil not ashes.

Misinformation bells ring loud. Since you were not here, please read Human Rights Watch's very extensive reports on the subject.

Prem's apprentice and top supporter Surayud Chulanont is now head of the privy council. As for entering the country, Prayut currently oversees the police commission that will appointment a new national police chief before Sept 1, possibly Surachate Hakparn, who doesn't seem to like Thaksin. But who knows, Thailand's power structure runs deep.

The only reason anyone would consider granting amnesty is to avoid social disorder. You know, shootings, blowing stuff up, burning down Bangkok. Now that Thaksin has completely trashed his already dwindling support, he has become irrelevant. Who would really want to forgive him, why would anyone loose face to help him return? Remember the Thai golden rule, "I can go along with all your lies, and smile, as long as I don't lose face."

Important video about the Ukraine war effort. It's short so you need to look closely at important details (I watched a few times). The monument at 0.06 is dated 1941-1945 (WW2) and note the red/black flag unfurled with the Ukrainian flag. The red/black flag denotes the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) that engaged in guerrilla warfare against the Soviet Union, Communist Poland, and Nazi Germany. see here "The UPA systematically sent agents, mainly young women, into the enemy-occupied territory .. ".