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  1. 19 hours ago, LosLobo said:


    It’s ironic. Just as Ho Chi Minh turned to the Soviets and Chinese after the U.S. ignored his pleas for support against French colonialism, Trump-style isolationism today could push other nations — especially those under threat — to turn to China or Russia by necessity, not ideology.
     

    When the U.S. steps back from global leadership or abandons allies, it doesn’t create peace — it creates a vacuum. And history shows who steps in.

    You mean like what happened in Libya after it was destroyed by the west?

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  2. On 6/1/2025 at 6:53 PM, candide said:

    Apparently it's ok for Putin to invade other countries and slaughter civilians including kids....:coffee1:

    I dont see anything from you regarding the Russians killed in the latest Ukrainian attack, 2 bridges collapsed killing several... silence from the hypocritical bunch

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  3. 2 hours ago, jas007 said:

    Everyone should know this. And by now everyone should know who is calling the shots, so to speak.  It isn't Zelensky and it doesn't seem to be Trump, who may well be out of the loop.  

     

    Blame the usual suspects. 

     

    Anyway, none of it bodes well for the people of Ukraine. I haven't looked at the news in the last hour or so, so for all I know, they may all be crispy critters by now.   

     

    We're now in a phase where the only relevant news cycle lasts for about 24 hours. Information more than a day old? Not so relevant.  

     

    Perhaps Putin will show some restraint. Otherwise, the Neocon warmongers win, they get the WWIII they're so desperately trying to start, and that will be the end of the world as we know it.  Sooner or later, that's where this is going, unless the war stops now. 

     

    Shutting down Starlink would certainly stop the drone attacks.  

     

     

     

    Its amazing how many here are still in the cold war era.

     

    1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

    As the EU is willing to sacrifice Ukrainian's in it's proxy war with Russia.

    Pre 22 ., Ukraine had a neo Nazi problem and was most corrupt country in Europe..as widely reported in the MSM,  now the zman, who campaigned on bringing peace is lorded eveywhere by the US & UK as a combat hero

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  4. 2 hours ago, jas007 said:

    Everyone should know this. And by now everyone should know who is calling the shots, so to speak.  It isn't Zelensky and it doesn't seem to be Trump, who may well be out of the loop.  

     

    Blame the usual suspects. 

     

    Anyway, none of it bodes well for the people of Ukraine. I haven't looked at the news in the last hour or so, so for all I know, they may all be crispy critters by now.   

     

    We're now in a phase where the only relevant news cycle lasts for about 24 hours. Information more than a day old? Not so relevant.  

     

    Perhaps Putin will show some restraint. Otherwise, the Neocon warmongers win, they get the WWIII they're so desperately trying to start, and that will be the end of the world as we know it.  Sooner or later, that's where this is going, unless the war stops now. 

     

    Shutting down Starlink would certainly stop the drone attacks.  

     

     

     

    Its amazing how many here are still in the cold war era.

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  5. 43 minutes ago, RayC said:

     

    So facts are BS and they won't change your mind.

     

    I'll just leave that there for all to see.

    Ray, you will never change my mind with your western propaganda, I am surprised you still regurgitate it when knowing full well its Boll ox. 

    Are you the same Ray that is halfcast dude profile picture on phangan conscious page?

    (That was genuine question, not sure what is ok or racist anymore?

  6. 6 minutes ago, RayC said:

     

    Fact, noun: a thing that is known or proved to be true.

     

    The events which I listed took place. That is known and undeniable. They are therefore, by definition, facts.

     

    If you deny this you are, by definition, delusional.

     

    Delusional, adjective: characterized by or holding false beliefs or judgements about external reality that are held despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, typically as a symptom of a mental condition.

     

     

    All completely irrelevant to the discussion of events in Ukraine in 2014.

     

     

    I vehemently back the Ukrainian people's right to self-determination. Something you obviously don't value.

     

    You are peddling a conspiracy theory. Nothing more, nothing less.

    Ray ray, go away, you are just regurgitating the BBC media BS, I am on Putins side 100%, nothing you say will change that. Putin is a strong world leader, you are backing up weak politicians from the UK, stamer vs Putin, I bet Vlad for the win.

    USA orchestrated the 2014 coup. And antagonised the situation to where we are today 

  7. 5 minutes ago, RayC said:

     

    1. Yanukovych was elected on a pro-EU platform

     

    2. In 2014 80% of the Ukrainian public were in favour of closer ties with the EU

     

    3. The Ukrainian parliament had passed a bill approving the signing of the EU - Ukrainian Association Agreement

     

    4. Yanukovych pulled out of a ceremony where this Agreement would be signed 

     

    5. Members of  Yanukovych's own party voted to depose him as President

     

    6. The Maïdan protests took place following these events

     

    If you, RFK or anyone else denies that these events took place, then not only do you know less than me but you are living in an alternative universe.

     

    It's ok to admit that you got something wrong. What is not ok is to deny the facts in order to act as an apologist for a despot.

     

    You can repeat the western propaganda machine as much as you want, it doesn't  make it true.

    Even after WMDs, 911, , Assad gassing his people, Gaddafi, Saddam's  babies in incubators, anthrax, you still vehemently back those that have lied to you and  been proven liars..  fool me once and all that, gullible. Com

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  8. 7 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

    I read what Trump said, and it wasn't really teasing. The man was rather decent and kind with his comment. He took the high road, and I honestly believe he understood the embarrassment of the event. Sure, he sort of squeezed a bit, but it is far milder than what some people's friends would say.

    Very well said, he was diplomatic of an embarrassing situation.  But Trump

  9. 5 hours ago, jerrymahoney said:

    You mean these 'pathetic' people?

     

    In a reversal, Trump bashes Catholic conservative activist Leonard Leo

     

    President Donald Trump lambasted prominent conservative mega donor and Catholic, Leonard Leo, calling him a "sleazebag" and accusing Leo's Federalist Society of giving him “bad advice” on some judicial nominations.

     

    The attack marks a notable and unexpected shift in the president's relationship with Leo. Trump particularly turned to Leo, along with the Federalist Society, a conservative and libertarian organization focused on the legal system that Leo co-chairs, for recommendations on judicial appointments. The most prominent of those were Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, all of whom Trump appointed to the court during his first term in office.

     

    https://www.ncronline.org/news/reversal-trump-bashes-catholic-conservative-activist-leonard-leo

    If you were replying to me, I mean anti Trump derangement sufferers as a collective 

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  10. 1 hour ago, RayC said:

     

     

    Indeed, never let the facts get in the way of a good conspiracy story.

     

    Do you dispute that Yanukovych was elected on a pro-EU platform? Do you dispute that the Ukrainian public were overwhelming in favour of closer ties with the EU (>80% approval ratings)? Do you dispute that the Ukrainian parliament had passed a bill approving the signing of the EU - Ukrainian Association Agreement formally establishing economic and political ties between the parties? Do you dispute that despite Parliamentary approval and his own campaign promises, Yanukovych - under pressure from Moscow which had imposed restrictions on Ukrainian imports - unilaterally pulled out of a ceremony where this Agreement would be endorsed? Do you dispute that members of  Yanukovych's own party voted to replace him as President in light of these events? Do you dispute that the Maidan protests were as a result of these events?

     

    That is not opinion. That is fact. So If you do dispute any of that, then you are denying facts.

     

    So while the US may well have funneled 5 billion into Ukraine and Victoria Nuland may well have discussed who the US's favoured Presidential replacement would be, the US did not orchestrate a coup, oust a democratically elected pro Russian leader and install a pro-EU one. The Ukrainian people ousted a President who had done a complete volte face and replaced him with someone who would implement the will of over 80% of the electorate.

     

    Accept reality, take your heads out of the sand and stop acting as apologists for Putin.

    Yes, I dispute all the western propaganda you wrote.

    RFK only yesterday spoke about the US coup and NATO expansion to Putins borders, and how the US provoked the war.

    do you think you know more than him when it comes to Ukraine? Do I believe someone that is in US government or someone on an expat forum that reads the bbc

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  11. 2 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

    So he's bad for applying the tariffs then he's bad for not applying the tariffs?  It sounds like people are just looking for ways to pretend that Trump is bad.

    Yeah, they're pathetic, the sooner Derangement syndome is recognised as a mental health issue the better

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