BobBKK

Thailand used to be more of a "Land of Smiles," but it has changed a lot since the last army coup.

When I was young, I worried about premature - now I'm older, it's harder to finish, but I could not care less.

Don't love them - but if I like the girl I just ignore them.

Silly topic: you will NEVER be a local.

What is an "approved credible source"? Is there a list? I have posted before from solid sources, and it was deleted. For example, Professor Mearsheimer and Professor Sachs are credible sources, as they are both professors at US universities.

You mean credible as pro-Ukrainian - all pro-Russian are not credible, right?

Beer Lao is 'local'?

False equivalency. No one is saying they have a free press, but that does not mean the West has either.

What you mean is a link to a pro-ukraine source. Most links to support the obvious are censored or banned. Freedom of the press is dead.

Stalking is against forum rules. Ukraine is a proxy war for the USA and you know it.

He advocates for peace and not throwing your country's money away for nothing. In this respect Trump makes sense and I hope he wins over senile Biden.

I can assure you your immature attacks do not disturb my feelings at all. Let's debate respectfully and politely, which is something you cannot do. I do not support war in any form or the expansion of USA interests by interfering with other countries constantly - not just Ukraine. I do not support any Russian takeover of Ukraine or anywhere else. Please STOP the insults, ad hominem attacks, trolling, flaming and baiting. Thank you.

Ad hominem again - I don't live in the USA, so your advocacy is misled. I advocate for peace, not destruction. Grow up.

No one truly knows the figure, as you say, but some on here believe anything they are fed from MSM. It's sad the level of debate here sometimes just ad hominem attacks against anyone who wants to debate a different point of view.

This is the state of your post "You are an idiot" "You would support Hitler" total AD HOMINEM immature emotional lashing out at someone who holds a different view than you do - it is pathetic.

Plenty of others are trying to put a balanced view, Brian. Professor Mearsheimer one of the world's greatest academics on global politics, Scott Ritter, Elon Musk, Nigel Farage, Russel Brand, Larry Johnson, Judge Napolitano - the list goes on. I might be one of a few on here but this place does not represent the wider world as such - Im just asking for balance - not dominance.

Please listen to Professor Sachs if you don't believe me.

Cousin actually. I'm sure he will know very clearly how futile this war is.

Zelensky, very wisely, has started to hint at a deal. It is inevitable as Russia advances on all fronts .

There is zero chance. He will take Donbas, keep Crimea, and have Ukraines neutrality. Anything else is delusion imho.

This is indeed a pro-Ukrainian forum because it is a farang forum, farangs who know next to nothing about the politics or history - just supping on their Chang beers, thinking it's all "reds under the bed". There are a few of us trying to give a more balanced view - in the end, all this blah blah blah doesn't matter. You will see who the victor is when it ends. I GUARANTEE one thing: MSM and the pro-Ukies here will claim it is a victory - just like Biden really won that debate, eh? 🫢

All true, and you know it - it will be over by mid-2025. My prediction is Donbas will be a 'special zone' with no NATO for Ukraine, and Zelensky will retire with his millions. Game Over.

USA again?

Ukraine to Russia - "Don't mind us beating up your family and kids - get used to it"

He is relatively young, but he supported the Legion of Free Russia, which fights alongside Ukrainian forces. This is illegal in Russia, as is even speaking Russian in Ukraine. Hopefully, once the war is won, he will get leniency - thousands have been locked up in Ukraine, and churches have been stormed and shut. Democracies do not ban opposition parties. The fact that so many such parties ever existed says something about the level of opposition faced by the Ukrainian nationalist government that came to power after the 2014 revolution. Then in May of 2022, the Ukrainian parliament passed a law formally banning all these parties. https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-sure-doesnt-look-like-democracy-anymore-opinion-1844799