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Well, that's your take on it.. In reality, Trump fanned the flames of several conflicts, and both Africa and the Middle East were hotbeds of conflict and war during his presidency. One example, the decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem was an enormous provocation towards the Palestinians and the Arab world. As were several other decisions and statements harming the Palestinians and their hopes for freedom and decency. The consequences of which we see today. Another example, setting up camp in Syria, was another enormous provocation, especially towards Iran and Syria itself. Also, the thoughtless and unilateral withdrawal from the internationally agreed upon nuclear deal with Iran made the world a much more dangerous place, as we clearly see today. It was also a big middle finger to most our friends and allies. As was his equally unilateral and thoughtless order to withdraw from Afghanistan. Paving the way for Taliban once again. There are any more examples.. Nothing happens in a vacuum. Actions have consequences..

The fact that Trump is not only issuing threats here and there, but also echoing Hitlers' speeches, dehumanising his opponents and the 'dangerous others', by calling them 'vermin' and 'animals', should send shivers down anyones spine..

You're just triggered because she called you a deplorable.. feel better now?

It's for medical treatment and research. There's nothing controversial about that. If someone's in incurable pain, or dying of a treminal illness, the least you can do is to try to keep them from suffering..

Wow this guy really puts the L in Loser.. 41 years old, smalltime drugdealing to backpackers, and could now be facing a decade or more in a harsh thai prison...

To those who are foaming at the mouth right now.. This is actually a step-down from the previous arrangement, from 90 to 60 days. And limited in time to only 31. July this year. Look at the bright side of things people. Have a nice day!

You are indeed right Sir, I stand corrected. Yield to the LEFT is the general rule. (Seems to be a lot of confusion about this. I was even taught the wrong way here..)

This may already have been said in this thread.. When driving in Thailand, vehicles yield to the right at intersections. This means that if you arrive at an intersection simultaneously with another vehicle, the one coming from your right has the right of way. This is a general rule, unless signs and markings tell you otherwise. You can, however, and as we all know, not count on other drivers to actually follow this rule.

This Portugese/Eastern European woman clearly has serious mental health issues, and needs to be cared for by medical staff. Putting her (untreated) in jail or, even worse, on a plane would be a recipe for disaster..

Your 'friend' would probably be in for the roller coaster ride of his life ending with 'him' getting repeatedly stabbed..

Well, everyone has to start somewhere. Sell the 2 pills and the residue today, buy 4 pills and a sprinkling of powder tomorrow, then repeat.. Before you know it you'll have a box of pills and a baggie, and then sky's the limit...

You claimed no wars started under Trump, which is plain wrong, and now you're talking about 'addressing the issue seriously'. 'Minor border skirmishes'? Some of them were all out wars. Just because most of them happened in Africa doesn't mean they don't count.. One thing we can agree on, though, is that the 'Great US-Warlord Premier Bush' (quote Borat) and his cohorts, (Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bolton etc.) are the true American warmongers of this century. Both Obama, Trump, and to some extent Biden, inherited 'their' wars from him/them. But trying to promote Trump as an 'international man of peace and diplomacy' is too absurd to even discuss. As president he was the laughing stock of the world. I lived on three different continents during those years, and everybody everywhere saw him as the clown that he is, including his Russian and Saudi paymasters, who are only pretending to take him seriously, so they can use him, by appealing to his wallet and his gigantic narcissist ego..

Do you even know how to read? I am talking about the maga-crowd, as in the maga-movement. Only 24% of Americans have positive views of the MAGA movement, and even fewer are actual members. That's not half the country.

Lol, thanks for proving my point in my comment about the cognitive dissonance of the maga-crowd..

The maga-crowd may be loud, but they are in fact a rather small minority, and certainly not 'about half the country'. According to a recent national NBC News poll, the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, which takes its name from former President Donald Trump’s first campaign slogan, is widely unpopular. Here are the key findings: Just 24% of Americans surveyed have positive views of the MAGA movement. 45% of Americans voice negative views of the movement. Among Republicans, a slight majority (52%) view the MAGA movement positively. 53% of those who define themselves as conservative also view it positively. Independents, however, rate the movement negatively, with only 12% viewing it positively. The movement received its highest positive ratings from groups that make up the Republican base, including Americans who are white, less educated, and live in rural areas. More than a third of rural Americans have positive views of the movement, the highest of any geographic subgroup. The movement also received its highest mark from white Americans, with a 29% positive rating, of any racial subgroup. On the flip side, the movement received its highest negative ratings from groups that make up the Democratic base: the higher educated, younger people, people of color (particularly Black people), and those who define themselves as liberals

You keep changing your narrative, but you're still wrong. No NATO-wars have been started under Biden either. Putin alone decided to brutally attack and invade the sovereign nation of Ukraine, and the Gaza-Israel war was certainly not 'NATO driven' as you say. Your arguments sound similar to the ones coming from Moscow-Marjorie.. You, like her, have to stop taking your talking points from the Kremlin propaganda-machine.

My comment was about the maga-crowd in general, not about you personally, as I don't know you.

Do you need a work permit to be a drug dealer?

'drag queen followers', is this based on personal experience..? If that were to be true, then a clear majority of American voters are 'drag queens'. Does that sound plausible to you..? If the fear of 'drag queens' is what keeps you up at night, then you're sure as snit in the wrong place here in Thailand. I would recommend Afghanistan, Iran or Saudi Arabia. I can guarantee, you won't find many 'drag queens' there, and if you do, you can sleep safe and sound knowing they will be summarily executed.. As an added 'bonus', these countries also share the ideological framework of most conservative republicans and the maga-movement alike.

Ah, yes, the cognitive dissonance of the maga-crowd.. If facts, even indisputable historical facts, don't conform to their bias, they will either be willfully blind to them, or write them off as 'fake news', 'manipulated', 'a conspiracy(!)' etc..

What do you mean? Biden hasn't started any wars during his presidency either. You can't just attribute any eruption of war and conflict, anywhere in the world, to the sitting US president.. Because if you did, then Trump would be guilty of starting the following wars and conflicts: 2016 Niger Delta conflict 2016 Nagorno Karabakh war (Armenia-Azerbaijan) 2016 Kamwina Nsapu rebellion 2016 Conflict in Rakhine state, Myanmar 2016 Insurgency in Northern Chad 2017 Quatif unrest 2017 Marawi crisis 2017 Insurgency in Cabo Delgado 2017 Iraqi-Kurdish conflict 2018 Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes 2018 Israel-Gaza clashes 2018 Regional war involving Ethiopia and Eritrea 2019 India-Pakistan border skirmishes 2019 Israel-Gaza clashes

Indeed, 'trickle down economy' is a proven fallacy..

That was then. This is now. Just because there is a historical precedence of the bully getting his way, doesn't mean that that should always be the case, and that the bully always must win. At least as long as the victim has a fighting chance, which Ukraine has proven ever since the invasion that they have. And in any case, should Ukraine eventually lose, at least the bully has been left with a bloody nose and then some, and might reconsider going on a similar bullying rampage again in the future..

That has a lot to do with the booming stockmarket and strong economic growth under Biden. Biden, unlike Trump, has not gone out of his way to cut their taxes...