John Drake

I must admit it sounds like the sort of thing Trump would do. He's always trying to get everyone (and I mean everyone) to love him. Plus, as is well known, he is a terrible judge of character.

You charged me with "possible defamation." Of what or whom, I just can't tell. But certainly you realize that defamation in Thailand is criminal offense. I have no idea whether you thought I defamed Walz, you, or the military. Taken from the standpoint of the US, where this story originates, however, it is virtually impossible to defame politicians. That's part of being a public figure.

Please provide a source. I would be willing to retract my criticism if you can provide a link that supports your claim that the National Guard "debunked" the issue of Walz's rank. Because from what I can tell from this Newsweek story of 12 hours ago, the National Guard says just the opposite of what you claim.

That they know more about the situation than you do.

Yet you want to require some anonymous statement of military experience before people are allowed to criticize Walz's exaggerations and deception on his war record. Guess what. Any American citizen can criticize any American politician as much as they want. And unlike some other countries, America doesn't lock people up for social media posts that may hurt someone's feelings.

The two sergeants served in Iraq. They have direct knowledge of what occurred.

Walz appears to be a man who has/had an alcohol problem, who exaggerates his war record (or lack thereof), who lets his cities burn in the face of rioting, gives driver's licenses to illegal aliens, and who seems to have a problem controlling his anger.

Who are you to contradict the two army sageants who composed that letter? Are you even an American?

Walz was about 41 or 42. Solidly middle aged.

What it proves is that this issue has been out there at least since 2018. All the component parts of the criticism Walz have been there for six years. This isn't some desperate smear thrown up just because Walz is a VP nominee. Trump isn't my leader. I've made that plain many times over.

From the people who know Walz best, his fellow Minnesotans.

People called up from the Guard who were in their mid 50s went to Iraq and Afghanistan. There was a shortage of troops. This became one of the scandals of the Bush era deployments. Guard units began to be mobilized in 2005. Everybody knew what was coming, even before that.

PTP will bag a fair amount of them.

Thaksin has already demonstrated that he has a political apparatus in place that can run rings around his opponents. He is without doubt the most masterful political strategist in Thailand. Unfortunately.

The person with the most to gain from this court decision is Thaksin and his PTP.

A perfect illustration of what I have mentioned above. You're someone so filled with rage, you had to rush out an incoherent reply to me. The anger on the Democrat side, frankly, is worse than the upset on the Republican one. The Republicans at least reply decently, without the venom and hostility of Harris-Walz supporters. You, however, like many of your fellow hardliners cannot tolerate the existence of someone who disagrees with you. You're very frightening people who I suspect wish violence on their opponents.

Who?

A US senator just the other day threatened Thailand over this issue. A dumb move, as it probably only reinforced the court's determination to display their independence from foreign influence.

MFP failed because they didn't know what they were, a political party or a radical movement. They ran their campaign as the latter but once in office they went on a purge to purify their own membership, instead of advancing (through advocacy and public awareness) their issues. They've barely maintained a presence since then. In fact, the only thing that gave them any sense of being in the news was this court case. Without it they would have disappeared. They built no new coalitions or allies. They made no appeals to the public. They were amateur hour at its worst.

The country does not need more rage filled politicians. Need people with an even, cool demeanor who don't get flustered and take out their anger on the citizenry.

Yes, this should be in the Thai news section, not hidden away here where I only accidentally saw it.

Walz is incredibly off putting for me. He looks <removed> And I don't like shouters who take extreme positions. That's why I don't like Trump either.

He is the most fundamentally honest of all the candidates out there. He said from the very beginning that there was a lot of baggage in his background. He didn't shy away from it or try to hide it. Just an honest man, who has several positions I disagree with, yet too many others I support him on. In addition, he is not some raging, nasty person like Trump and Walz.

You're just another cult member. From the other side. Just can't stand the fact that somebody disagrees with you. So you attack and resort to childish name calling. You have a basic intolerance for disagreement that is inherent in the very nature of democracy. You are a totalitarian.

Wavered a bit for a couple of weeks. But I'm now fully back on board with RFKjr. There is no alternative. Trump is insane. Harris is low IQ. Walz welcomed the burning of his own state's cities.