Danderman123

Thank you for a substantive post, albeit one with bad news.

I booked it with a Chinese travel agent in the USA, before I moved to Thailand. The tour also went to Vietnam and Cambodia. It cost on the order of $150, not counting airline tickets.

You can ask Putin when he will stop funding his invasion of Ukraine.

Wow, you seem unaware of reality. The pocket where the soldiers are trapped is behind Ukrainian lines.

"The end justifies the means" typifies the thinking of Russian commanders in WWI. They lost everything as a result. Note that Prigozhin issued videos showing mass numbers of Russian corpses in Bakhmut.

I have taken a Chinese zero dollar tour in Bangkok and Pattaya. I had no complaints. We stayed in what was probably a Chinese owned hotel in north Pattaya. And, yes, I followed the flag.

It sounds like they were very skillful. I can feel my cellphone in my pocket when it slightly vibrates when it receives a notification. Someone's hand in my pocket removing a cellphone would be very noticeable.

You foreigners will never think America is great.

I've seen it: Trash press uses deceptively edited video. You have been conned, I would be angry if I were you.

Chaos is only profitable for Putin. There is no chaos in America, despite your fervent wishes. America can afford food plants and make missiles, unlike Russia.

The stock continues to drop, while the Trump backers hold their fire, waiting for the moment to execute a short squeeze. I hope @Yellowtail didn't buy too many shares last month.

Your memory fails you, Russia suffered horrendous losses at Bakhmut. Even Prigozhin complained about Russian casualties.

Meanwhile, no new news about the trapped Russian soldiers in Vovchansk.

Russia is bleeding because Putin made a stupid decision. Your bias is overwhelming: you criticize "neocons" for helping Ukraine, but you ignore the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In your mind, sending military aid is bad, but invading other countries is okay with you.

And you didn't think that during COVID?

I have no idea what you are talking about. Do you work for a Russian troll farm?

Ukraine was pretty corrupt before the war, but Russia wasn't far behind.

By now, you probably know that you were duped by a deceptively edited video.

And so?

You have completely lost the plot. You are okay with Russia annihilating Ukrainian civilians, but not Gazans. I guess you don't mind following the Moscow party line.

More handwaving by you. There are people who actually count Russian losses from published videos. It's a lot. When losses are on the order of 4 to 1, it's not sustainable for Russia. I don't think you understand what "meat attacks" are, and why they are happening.

If fascists bore you, why do you support Trump?

Russian soldiers still trapped in Vovchansk. Will they escape? Are they all dead?

You ignore the loss of 1000s of Russian soldiers and their vehicles and supplies. And the realization by India and China that their Russian heritage military equipment is not as good as they thought it was. You are going to see a big drop in Russian arms sales soon, unless they reduce prices. PS: the technical term for your response is "hand waving", since you failed to acknowledge the impact of Russian losses in your answer. Even you must realize that these losses are not sustainable.

Earth to @Gweiloman: You are describing the normal reaction of European nations seeing a Russian invasion of a neighboring nation. Did you think that business as usual would be the response? Next, you are going to claim that Sweden joining NATO is a sign of weakness.