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well who negotiated the taliban back into power? before Biden who was then stuck with the negotiated deal to let the Taliban resume their reign!

actually makes me wonder how often these "less than professional" heads of US govt agencies use personal phones and communications that our intel people advise them that their private comms are probably being monitored by those less friendly folks that have installations around the Washington DC area. To think that this use of personal comms equipment was only revealed because someone inadvertantly added the editor to their chat group! Should all lost their clearances and yet now we hear the fake stories being made up by the bosses who failed to adhere to the proper handling of classified material! And here too on this forum the True Trumpers are already phoo phooing this blatant violation!!

can't even admit that they made a mistake, now tomorrow all the Trump Magaites will be saying the whole story was a fake one done by the Atlantic! In a "normal" govt, heads would roll!

you forgot that in any normal government security breech at this level, heads would roll but you actually know that NOTHING will happen to anyone above a PFC or GS 1.

Yeah that retreat was set up with the world's best negotiator in negotiations with the Taliban and Donald Trump!

don't need to lick any thai boots, didn do and won't do for 10 years any tax return here, and no 90-day reports and I don't go anywhere near nana nor can I remotely sound like stewart! But if I didn't like a country very much, I sure wouldn't move there! Also I am not a favorite of COLD weather and snow so wouldn't go to Canada.

when the US quit verifying the income, I just provided the IO with the bangkok bank statement of 12 monthly deposits. that was in Chiang Mai and it was the only way I did it for 5 years until I got my LTR and just had to get two bank letters of course and then provide a copy of every page in my bank book.

can't foils the locals with logic so why try

I personally know a vet, 78 years old that does get his disability pay from medicaid - total disability AO affected. google medicade and vets - they indicate that vets can get the higher of medicade or VA benefits.

I am one retiree here started 20+ years ago and still could afford to live in the US but then I couldn't have the weather we have here. jus abou everywhere in the US has some horrible weather which is not only horrible but very dangerous. The cost of housing if I had stayed there wouid have been negligible as I owned my house, only yearly property taxes but then again besides the fed tax that I still have to pay, I would have had to pay again to the State. Food based on what I eat because fruits of all kinds are available in both countries but more expernsive in the US. I am not a drinker of alcohol so that is of no consequence as is smoking legal or illegal. TRansportation would be cheaper in the US depending on what kind of vehicle I had. basically, the weather which I am familiar with in Thailand was more to my liking and the main reason but then I married a Thai and we have a beautiful and intelligent young lady.

yeah IMHO you and your fellow demonstrators were just like the movement after floyd died that escaped prisons as the woke society changed the laws that they broke to misdemeaners and not charges or penalties which led to gang raids on department stores so then the wokers change the crime to less than 900 or 1000 dollars or so, which led to own recognizance for most crimes as the woke didn't want to jail them as they felt that they were part of the team against all organized government. Then your group elected official after officials - all with that criminal mind IMO that then induced them to commit fraud and abuse of the system to get rich. Now one of you is the leader of the USA and well on his way to destroying the economy. IMHO you are one of his main followers, though I really have no idea what your poliical persuasion is today. WE each are entitled to our opinion so I will respect yours too no matter what it is but I sure don't hve to agree with you life experiences.

Yeah I missed those proests too 'cause I was in VN

Yes they did and got kicked out at Dien Bien Phu in 1954

Tricare is the medical care for all retired military and after 65 they can also be eligible for medicade and the tricare is two parts A and b bu believe the vet has to pay the part B - tricare is available no matter the residence of the vet.