internationalism

On 3/13/2023 at 12:46 AM, nglodnig said:

Can't they just buy the various weapon systems at Walmart in the US? ???? 

It"s legal to buy bazooka in the usa, if you have permit. However, there is a problem with their disposal. I am not sure how much serious this article is
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/01/1090178116/rocket-launchers-bazooka-grenade-california-middle-school#:~:text=Are these weapons legal%3F,therefore legal with proper registration.

But they can be made at lower price, and that's iran intends. They got their sample in August, it will be a hit at battle fields

iod has an application to book online.

it didn't work for me, but you can try on your device.

At least you register your details with them (thai citizen number, the one they put on covid vax certificates), might speed up registration on desk 

52 minutes ago, ubonr1971 said:

May I ask why do you do this. Have you been deficient in the past? Or do you think copper / zinc is really important for your health? thanks

never deficient, but as healthy lifestyle choice at the beginning of pandemic.

I got 91% of daily zink and 110% of copper in a 2 pills of calcium from Kirkland, lazada box 500 pills for 600b.

It also has magnesium, d3, b6, manganese.

For better absorption I do drop 2 pills into a big water bottle and sip slowly.

No, my yearly blood results show no deficiency, but I do as prevention. Probably you need to take them not for a few months but for life.

I think you should do blood tests at least once a year. If ill more often.

So for revealing new military and foreign policy he is flying to the usa, and not presenting it to parliament first for discussion and critique?

How much he values the parliament with elected representatives in his own country to politicians and military generals in a foreign country?
As he was not elected to his post by popular vote, he is stretching his position. That lapdog position will be judged against Tories. 
 

australia has already nuclear capable b52 on its soil since the last year and it's judged by experts as a provocative move against china. 
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-31/china-tensions-taiwan-us-military-deploy-bombers-to-australia/101585380

now america wants to sell nuclear submarines. That will also be another provocation against china. They are tryring to circle china with nuclear capable arms.
 

Before b52 were located in australia, that country, as well as new zealand, were seen as safe nuclear refuge in case of armageddon. But now australia will become a target for nukes. Yes, that country is the whole continent, but targets are not only military, also industrial ones.
That haeven is now turning into hxll in case of a global boom

I am not sure, if it was spotted already in the discussion, but above picture is not of bill burns, but his predecessor, john brennan, who was at office 2013-17.

Shows, how serious CNN editorial work really is.

It transpires now, that ukrainians don't follow agreements with the USA on battlefield tactic - stop wasting donated armaments on fronts, which can't be defended. Withdraw and save lives. Stop attacking crimea and demanding it's incorporation as a condition for peace negotiations. Stop attacking outside ukrainian borders, including at sea. That would only bring serious retaliation. And it also weekens internal integrity of NATO, some members are increasingly uncomfortable and don't want escalation of war.

"Multiple administration officials have begun worrying that Ukraine is expending so much manpower and ammunition in Bakhmut that it could sap their ability to mount a major counteroffensive in the spring.

“I certainly don’t want to discount the tremendous work that the Ukrainians’ soldiers and leaders have put into defending Bakhmut — but I think it’s more of a symbolic value than it is a strategic and operational value,” said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Kyiv, for now, has ignored Washington’s input."

‘Little fissures’: The U.S.-Ukraine war unity is slowly cracking apart

A tough week for U.S.-Ukraine news reveals an imperfect harmony."

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/12/biden-united-states-ukraine-relationship-cracks-00086654

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Correct. Though China has more boats, the US boats are far superior than the Chinese junk, and they are long range. China would be wiped out quickly in a naval battle with the US, or even the UK. 

 

Which means they would have to resort to alternative means to win, such as hacking and cyber warfare. Nuclear is off the table. Only Putin would be crazy enough to try, and it would be the end of Russia. 

if you care to look at graphic 1 on page 5 you can see china's theatre-range missile capabilities. That is from 2019. There are newer reports, but behind paywall.

China doesn't have to send their boats to confront incoming american ones. They have 9 types of rockets with over 1000km capability. They don't state how many each, but the usa comparison is poor.

https://csbaonline.org/research/publications/leveling-the-playing-field-reintroducing-us-theater-range-missiles-in-a-post-INF-world/publication/1 

if you don't want to read here is 55 minutes video from the very same presentation

https://csbaonline.org/research/publications/leveling-the-playing-field-reintroducing-us-theater-range-missiles-in-a-post-INF-world/publication/2

all here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLAW

"An unknown number of launchers were captured by the armed forces of Russia and the pro-Russian self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic during the conflict.[44][45][46] A number of these captured weapons were reportedly transferred to Iran as part of a deal to acquire drones."

6th august is a summer

39 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Its reported that British NLAW anti-tank missile, a US Javelin anti-tank missile were allegedly captured and sent to Iran back in Nov last year but a British bazookas? Got a link for that?

yes, you have link, but you havent read the second paragraph, here just part of it:

" British NLAW anti-tank missile, a US Javelin anti-tank missile and a Stinger anti-aircraft missile - to an airport in Tehran in the early hours of 20 August".

That is summer, not autumn

not mentioned in this article is british bazooka, which was captured by russians at the beginning of war.

It was send to iran already in summer.

Ukraine got donated 2000 pieces yet before started, and thousands more just in the beginning.

Effective, because countermeasures are unknown yet. That was the first time this weapon was used on a battlefield. So british and countries, which bought them, lost now an advantage of surprise. 

I am not sure if brits have a newer, more advanced one.

 Brits sell them for 30-40k gbp. Again, price will fall, if iran, russia start making them cheaper and exporting

33 minutes ago, giddyup said:

So the bottom line is that you may die in excruciating pain? No wonder people look for exit bags, Nembutal etc.

I think strong painkillers are available OTC in cambodia. 

I have seen also a pharmacist in cambodia serving some medicine from under the table (no displayed on shelves). Looks like her client was her regular, he just put money on table and she handed medicines without saying anything. Having such pharmacist and asking for small monthly letters to thailand might be a solution.

On 3/10/2023 at 11:38 AM, Eric Loh said:

I shudder to think what will happen to Ukraine if Trump won his second term. With no leader to rally western alliance to give Zelensky military aids, Ukraine will be overrun in days with heavy casualties and refugees crisis in Europe. Biden’s leadership with allies is the only reason Putin’s aggression has been halted. Trump is no peace broker but an ally of Putin with his deep ties with Kremlin and will do Putin bidding to further his fascist ambition in Europe. 

if trump was elected for the second term there would be no war. He didn't want to enlarge NATO. He was also the only president after 2ww, who didn't start a war.
Zelensky has changed his pacifist stance, on which he was elected (including most of 22% ethnic russians) during course of 2021 (2 years after being elected), so it was under biden times.
On 1st September, on anniversary of 2ww, they signed strategic partnership. That paved way way to russian aggression 6 months later.
Russia's only fascist ambition in europe was to sell gas, oil, grains, mineral and natural resources, fertilisers and in exchange get new technologies and consumer goods.

this "immense threat" unexpected press conference was probably a warming up exercise to a large armaments deal signed now in March

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/taiwans-military-us-arms-boost-china-pressure-rcna73027

45 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

Djibouti is one, Cambodia is another.  They are attempting to establish one in the Solomon Islands.  And the sovereignty of the artificial islands in the South China Sea are in dispute.  The Belt and Road Initiative has given the Chinese a foothold in Sri Lanka and Pakistan and other Central Asian countries.

good to know, I have to update.

Now compare that many chinese to that many of the usa

2 hours ago, Phoenix Rising said:

So the linked article says that support has "softened" and you translate that into "drastically falling".

Got it!

Yes, I have called 12% decline from May 2022 to February 2023 a "dramatic fall".

That article uses a synonym "substantially". Article authored by Ted Galen Carpenter, a senior fellow in defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, member of the Council on Foreign Relations:

"However, the levels are down even from polls taken in late 2022, and they are down substantially from the extremely high support levels that existed immediately following Russia’s February 2022 invasion. 

American public opinion appears to be following the downward trajectory that marked previous U.S. war campaigns since World War II. However, this time the decline in support is taking place even though no U.S. forces are directly involved in the fighting, much less have incurred casualties."

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/03/06/is-weakening-support-for-ukraine-war-following-a-historical-pattern/

30 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

"like every single president, politician, stateman."

 

No, that's not correct. trump lied more than any recorded politician in the history of the world. No one even comes close.
trump’s false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years

 

"If somebody think trump's peace talk plans are bogus, that he won't stick to his election manifesto, why bother about him now?"

 

Because he was the worst president the US has ever had and it's vitally important that he never gets to be in a position of power ever again, and preferably he'll be behind bars for the rest of his unnatural life.

 

"it would be those who have elected him who will hold him accountable to braking his promises."

 

Really?? Has the MAGA crowd held him responsible for his legion of broken promises? The answer is 'not at all'.

 

"Support for war in the USA is drastically falling."

 

1. The US is not at war.

2. Do you have any links to back up your claims?

 

here from university of chicago february 2023:

"Support among the American public for providing Ukraine weaponry and direct economic assistance has softened as the Russian invasion nears a grim one-year milestone, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Forty-eight percent say they favor the U.S. providing weapons to Ukraine, with 29 percent opposed and 22 percent saying they’re neither in favor nor opposed. In May 2022, less than three months into the war, 60 percent of U.S. adults said they were in favor of sending Ukraine weapons."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/support-for-ukraine-aid-softens-in-u-s-public-poll-says

"As the United States ramps up military aid to Ukraine, the share of Americans who say the U.S. is providing too much support has grown. About a quarter (26%) now say the U.S. is providing too much support to Ukraine, while 31% say it is giving the right amount and 20% would like to see the U.S. give Ukraine additional assistance.

The share of adults who say the U.S. is providing too much aid to Ukraine has increased 6 percentage points since last September and 19 points since shortly after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last year"

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/01/31/as-russian-invasion-nears-one-year-mark-partisans-grow-further-apart-on-u-s-support-for-ukraine/

I have come across from a medical research paper from november 2022

"In-vitro antiviral activity of Carica papaya formulations against dengue virus type 2 and chikungunya viruses"

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36483307/

that one from december 2022

"Development and Application of Treatment for Chikungunya Fever"

https://www.dovepress.com/development-and-application-of-treatment-for-chikungunya-fever-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-RRTM

article from 2017, a MD from florida, about his experience

https://drjewilliams.com/blog/cure-fevers-papaya-leaf/

I have personally used natural remedies while getting seriously sick from a related virus of dengue

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Trump has also lied over 30k times, get a grip

like every single president, politician, stateman.

If somebody think trump's peace talk plans are bogus, that he won't stick to his election manifesto, why bother about him now?

it would be those who have elected him who will hold him accountable to braking his promises. 

I would imagine that not politically aligned pacifists and anti-militarists likely to vote for him just on a single issue stopping this war and armageddon on any condition. Lets see how much traction that anti-war position will have at election time. Support for war in the USA is drastically falling. To elections there are another 18 months.  

1 hour ago, ozimoron said:

Here's a better peace plan...

 

This month, the Turkish government, which mediated peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow last year, abruptly halted the transit of sanctioned goods to Russia, after having received several warnings from the European Union and the United States about these products helping Russia's war effort in Ukraine.

 

This week, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced his country will reassess its relationship with Russia. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine last February and the following sanctions imposed by the EU, Orbán has kept an ambivalent stance towards Moscow.

 

https://www.newsweek.com/putin-dealt-double-blow-two-closest-allies-turn-him-1786947

the very same orban warned the next day about 3ww.

"Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban believes that the likelihood of the war in Ukraine escalating into a global conflict is growing."

further quatation from the very same article is closer to this topic - that is peace negotiations:

""International public opinion is sharply divided. There is the West, and then there are others: Turks, Arabs, Chinese, Africans, who are calling for a ceasefire and peace talks," he added." 

https://closetheskyoverukraine.com/latest-news/orban-we-have-never-been-so-close-to-a-world-war

That statements champion Trump's plans, and in fact any other peace plans - end this war on any conditions before it escalates into 3ww and increased risk for use of nukes. We are now less then 90 seconds to a big global boom

what about cambodian consulate/trade delegation in bangkok asking for help?

or travelling to phnom penh, visiting that bank, a national body regulating banks, also asking thai consulate?

also tracing address of account owner, visiting him with help of local authorities? That might be a bogus account, but transfer can be traced to the end account

yes, if in foods.

not that much, if supplementing for a healthy person. There might be side affects from supplementing B's without need, on base of one new research paper. I have read recently against supplementing Bs.

on the margin - for me it's 2 air purifiers blowing into my face from a distance of 70cm for 24h and a valved pm2.5 mask when outdoor.

46 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

I'm not religious just remember quotes everytime news comes like this it reminds of what was written  " Beware the yellow peril "  

I always thought it refered to the Sun. 

if you mean the story book on which the usa presidents have to swear, it contain also a newer passages about sickles made into plowshares.

How about over 800 american military bases around the world can be interpreted in that passage context? How many military bases china has around the world? I don't know of any.

Possible that very same book says something about the red lines not to be crossed. 

It is religious hypocritical nuts with their book swearing zealous historical missions who often cause wars, and not the peace loving atheists