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But your point is fallacious. Vietnam was a divided country, unless you are arguing that Russia has legitimate sovereignty over Ukraine. The Paris Peace Accords was not about America making peace with North Vietnam. It was about the political future of South Vietnam, and how the North and South would reconcile to create a single unitary state. South Vietnam had no future. As a result of the talks, the US would offer reconstruction aid to all of Vietnam. You make claims what the US will do, while deliberately ignoring several examples. Western Europe; war ravaged, the US piled in aid, to friend and former foe alike. Similarly Japan. Is the US particularly unreliable as an ally? No more than most other states, and a much better ally than many states. The first quote attributed to Kissenger, which you misused to make a point, was Kissenger expressing a fear, in a call to William Buckley in 1968, about Nixon wanting to replace Thieu, and how would perceive that. Kissenger was passionate about America's allies. As for the second quote, he never said that. He said You have mixed up Kissenger with Lord Palmerston Kissenger paraphrased Palmerston when describing Stalin's relationship with the world. The USSR was once a good friend of Afghanistan. Look how it left the country. Russia is a good friend to the Syrian government, look how its leaving the country. Putin is supposedly a good friend to his own people. Check the Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@vasyainthehay. This is a country that considers itself a superpower. It had all the opportunity in the world to transform itself, but instead brought yachts and gold plated toilets. Putin treats his enemies (Chechenya) better than the people most loyal to him (those far flung easter Republics where people live a life still largely untoughed by even the late 20th Century, and who form the core of his troops in Ukraine).

He's in the press today https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/06/suspended-labour-councillor-ricky-jones-denies-encouraging-violent-disorder And this will cause massive conflict among some; https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/labour-councillor-ricky-jones-not-guilty-cut-throats-riots-fascists-disorder-b1180481.html Note, he has spent a month in the 'Scrubs, a hard prison. He might well get bail, but he might not. On the one hand as a councillor (he's now listed as independant), he might be expected to be nicely compliant with the terms of his bail, but on the other hand, his is a councillor, and therefore should be made an example of. Pretty much all the previous cases people have plead guilty once presented with the facts. Jones has decided to plead not guilty, even though he has admitted uttering the words. The arguments will be what he said failed to meet the standards for the offence he was charged for. Lets see how that goes, and if he decides to become a Free Speech martyr with the likes of Tommy "I'm Irish" Robinson and Laurence "I'm now a jobbing actor" Fox rushing to his defence. Or are they conflicted, because he's Labour (and probably pretty old school Labour judging by his bio), and therefore their ideological enemy. The CPS refer cases they think they have a good chance of securing a conviction. He's going away for a while, for excercising he freedom of speech, albeit in the so called heat of the moment, tlling people to go and attack others. s

Its also likely Biden will commute Trump's Federal crimes. And its more likely that a Democrat President can influence a Democrat Governor to commute State crimes, compared to trying to influence a Republican Governor. Trump will not go to jail, for the same reason that Nixon didn't. He will die a convicted felon.

Trump provides clarity on his child care policies: https://www.c-span.org/video/?538141-1/fmr-pres-trump-remarks-economic-club-york

Tankie Tim is off to the FBI to provide assistance, more likely a plea deal. He might be facing time inside after accepting apparently $400k from Russia. Meanwhile

This is how a Strawman argument works. Accuse people of holding a position no one has actually stated. It goes the other way. It could be said that those who have a general objection to homosexuality are obviously in favour of pink triangle badges, work camps, and, eventually, extreme methods. But I realise the US can be a bit strange. Its not uncommon in the US to find a public toilet, the gents, where there are no doors on the stalls, presumably because Americans like watching each other take a dump. Walmart toilet. At least its clean How do you lot manage it? Of course, given your obsession with the toilet and girl's changing rooms, this could be just the thing to civilise public facilties, where we are forced to watch disgustingly fat old people waddle around starkers, or be super awkward at the trough with the bloke who is clearly knocking one out. In much of Continental Europe, you don't have a stall, you have a proper floor to ceiling room, with your own sink. At the public swimming baths, you can struggle into your cossie in the privacy of your own room. Governments will finally spend some money on the ghastly facilities many schools here; many will recall the stone cold khazis, where you stared up at the sky, coz there was no roof.

It would help if they stopped paying builders cash in hand, and buying cannabis from the migrsnt gangmasters, and then say weed never hurt anyone, except the massive laundering of criminal cash going on.

The only illegal immigrants who get free accomodation are those who are part of the Detention Estate; basically in a camp. There are about 2000 in this situation. About 30-35,000 per year are bailed. According to the Home Office, 95% comply with bail conditions (ie they don't abscond). They have no recourse to Public Funds; no benefits. Asylum seekers, ie people who have been determined to be seeking asylum, and by dint, not an illegal immigrant anymore, also don't get benefits, but can get financial help. But the total number of people who should not be in the UK is anywhere between 300,000 and 600,000, plus their kids. They don't claim benefits. They are part of the Black or Shadow economy, which is about 10% of GDP. The authorities don't know who they are, where they are. This is the cash-in-hand economy. 75% of people think there is nothing wrong with paying cash in hand, and, according to YouGov, 65% of people admit to paying tradesmen cash in hand. We all know why people do it; its to get a discount, because no VAT About 90% of peope each year become illegal migrants. About 30,000 arrive on boats; clandestine entry, and likely the vast majority of boats are intercepted. About 11,000 are known to come in the back of a lorry; that will be a fraction. 65-70,000 overstay their visa, but that includes people who genuinely forgot.. About 5000 asylum seekers who were refused asylum are recorded as having never left the country; they disappear into the black economy. 4000 arrive by air without papers or on a fake passport. They don't get far. The issue of the black economy could be tackled in a number of ways: 1. Issue national ID cards for all adults. Intrusive inspections of workplaces, public transport, checkpoints. I'm sure the inspectors will be very polite when they ask for papers, please. Sure, there will be an industry for fake papers, but its harder and harder to fake that, once there is a national DNA and fingerprint database for all individuals. But strangely, those most vociferous about immigration tend to be unethusiastic about this. 2. Crack down on cash in hand jobs.. Likely will have an inflationary impact. 3. The Public take a hardline against soft drugs. When Mo Robinson was discovered with a trailer full of dead Vietnamese, he was set to basically delivery them to slave cannabis farms in and around London. Mo Robinson was from a Loyalist family; he bled red, white and blue. Probably hung Union flags outside his fancy Armagh house every July (young lad, lovely new house, fancy car, all from driving manure trucks). He might have thought of himself as a Patriot. He's doing 20+ years now. These illegals work for basically British gangmasters, in illegal industries that are tolerated by many. One study looked at regularising these illegals. The black economy accounts for 10% of UK GDP. Legalising them would yield about £1 billion in tax receipts, but cost £4.5 billion in benefits. Maybe keep them illegal. Its cheaper.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.627696/gov.uscourts.nysd.627696.2.0.pdf https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-disrupts-covert-russian-government-sponsored-foreign-malign-influence https://fortune.com/2024/09/04/us-seizes-russian-propaganda-websites-2024-election-meddling/ From the DOJ Indictment So Matt Gaetz was on their radar ("Congressman 1")

DJ Trump at Mar-A-Largo https://www.axios.com/2024/04/04/donald-trump-news-mar-a-lago

https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-mccain-endorse-kamala-harris-vance-31556735c27e032f19799af14ab0b9d2 So, this means he's a Communist?

This wasn't planned; https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4856253-kennedy-ballot-challenge-trump/ I suppose it also means Trumpf at the stage, if he dropped out, would remain on many ballots

Confusion reigned. You were a Kiwi, or a Walt. Blocked.

If Iran is not bothered by NATO, why does it continue to denounce NATO statements regarding Iran's role in Ukraine. Or are you one of those who believes the Iranian government is not supplying Russia with equipment and military know how. https://en.mfa.ir/portal/newsview/749555/Iran-decries-NATO-statement-on-alleged-role-in-Ukraine-war

What was that stabilisation force called in Afghanistan? You claim to have served in the UK armed forces, but aren't too au fait with NATO. You've forgotten Article 6. Article 6 defines NATO's area of operation, which is everywhere above the Tropic of Cancer. Orignal 1949 pre-Turkey text And Iran's location is irrelevant; anyone who attacks territory administered by a NATO member above the Tropic of Cancer would see Article 5 invoked. If Iran attacked the Falklands, well, technically Article 5 wouldn't be invoked. If Iran attacked Diego Garcia, Article 5 would not be invoked, though thst distinction would be largely academic. If Iran attacked Akrotiri, that would invoke Article 5 even though Cyprus is not a member of NATO. Have you ever wondered why, in all these years, Iran, or its proxies, have never had a pop at AKT? Actually, not quite true, Gaddafi (via the "Unified Nasserite Organization", which was never heard of again) took a pop in summer 86, after the US bombed Tripoli, attacking the RAF sailing club with a 80mil mortar and Russian Stalin Organ. You've been there, you know how it is there. You surely knew about article 6, especially why the Falklands War didn't turn into a NATO war. Article 6 also explains why it is a misnomer to suggest Ukraine can never join NATO while it has a territorial dispute with Russia (Article 6 would be modifed to specifically exclude that part of Ukraine, and should also exclude parts of Georgia where there is an ongoing border dispute.'s various colonial wars that were happening at the time. Technically, it also excludes Hawaii, but would include Alaska. Did you really think that if the USSR attacked Alaska, that NATO wouldn't be allowed to act because Alaska is nowhere near Atlantic? Nor is Norway for that matter. Article 6 was created so that NATO wouldn't be dragged in to one of the UK's or France.

Do you think Russia will share all data with the Mullahs, the very definition of an unreliable ally. Two can play at that game. NATO will be learning a lot more about Russian and Iranian capabilities. Recovered missile parts are yielding information on Iranian and Russian design capabilties, but also the supply chain. The Russians and the Iranians are making extensive use of GLOSNASS; a lot of intel about that is being yielded. NATO has far greater capabilties to make use of gathered intelligence than the other way around. In 1990, the US showed not the slightest hesitation at deploying the then brand new Patriot system to the Middle East, knowing all along potential adversaries were watching. In the mid-90s, they deployed Stealth over Serbia, even losing an aircraft in the process. The US and its Allies are not afraid to deploy the necessary hardware where needed. At the moment, they need Russia to stop fighting. They don't want Russia to collapse. Careful calibration is needed.

Trumpf likes Rasmussen, and considers them the most accurate.

What event on the 30th March 2023 triggered Jeff Walz to post that. He didn't post much on his FB account, except going fishing and going to Disney. He never posted about his nephew doing well in the state swimming competitions, the same nephew that was horrendously injured when their brother was killed by an Act of Nature/ Hand of God. March 30 was César Chávez Day, a man considered by some to be a hero of the Working Man. At the time, President Biden was hosting the 2nd Summit for Democracy, an inoffensive event. On the same day, the Senate repeals the Iraq War Authorization; maybe he was a supporter of the Iraq War? Jill Biden attended a vigil for the victims of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville; maybe, as a former teacher, he expressed exasperation about the US's inability to protect its children from gun violence, which is a feature of so-called third world banana republics. On the 30th March, of course, Trumpf was indicted by a Grand Jury concerning Trumpf affair with a porn actress who specialises in anal and double penetration sex; you could view the US as being akin to a 3rd World country, where a former leader faces allegedly Trumped up charged (though this was from stateprosecutors) or its a 3rd World country, where a former leader has been having sex with a porn star who does anal and DP (and maybe more), while his wife is pregnant, and then tries to buy her off. Third world leaders are also known to be sexually depraived. The thing was that original comment, robably about Trump's indictment, was intended for friends and family, but not everyone understands Meta settings. It originally attracted a single reply of approval "No kidding". Ok. Then a few days ago, a literal lunatic going by the name Trent Leisy, posted on a Happy Birthday thread about him speaking to Laura Loomer, the far-right White Nationalist blogger (this is what she calls herself). It was a nothing comment. No full transcript of the intervew was released, just selected quotes, and now the guy has gone into hiding. The loony has photos like this: (Trumps thumb near your crotch looking like a third arm)

To be fair, the guy was living a private life in retirement, until a far right blogger, calling herself a journalist, hunted him down. His FB account is still active. The theft is curious, and might point to other issues going on at that time. Normally family tragedy brings families together (the death of a kid brother), but that was about the time these brothers didn't seem eye to eye. In the same accident, their nephew received horrific injuries. Certainly, based in postings, Tim Walz has been very supportive of his nephew as he recovered. There is some deep family tragedy that the gutter press will now drag up, in the name of journalistic freedom.

And the other guy is known for sexually abusing a sofa and wearing woman's clothes. Both should debate well, given their respective backgrounds. Vance might be a little bit more fintech knowledgeable and probably can talk all day about how great abortion recovered fetal stem cells will be to help old people live a bit longer, and where he will get aborted fetuses from once he bands all abortions. He can probably talk about how he berates his Hindu wife each night for being a heathen, but at least he will make sure his kids won't worship an elephant god. His experience in politics, all 18 months of it, might catch him out. He can talk about his tough upbringing, when his grandmother asked him if he wanted to suck a man's penis, prepared him for the day when his mates got him dressed up like a cheap trick, but I suspect Walz can also bring evidence of personal tragedy, and how that shaped his life. Remember, its Vance who wanted to tell the world about that, its not something sleuths had to go looking for. Vance was probably a bit young to appreciate what happened on 911, he might have been too busy dodging spliffs from his older brother or his grannie telling him its ok to suck off a man, jesus still loves him, when it happened. Walz can remind us all about that day, and how it motivated him to extend his service just a bit longer. He can remind us about the day it happened, how Trump boasted his buildings were now the tallest in Manhatten.

I don't know about that. Thailand and the region attracts some depraived peope

Because you don't want to pay $10k for a smart phone, that's why you deal with "communists".

Nixon was a Communist. Explains a lot https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/nixon-shock.asp You can critique policies without resorting to outlandish language. Trump started this. It looks bizarre now, but he first started bitching about emails, and then it ends up him using secret defence plans to clean his arse in his <deleted>ter. Why else was he storing secret documents in the toilet? They were probably stinking with old man piss after he took a slash. Unless he's the sort of bloke who sits when he pees.

Well hasn't (500 times, like some sort of wierd Beetlejuice or Candyman chant). The origins of Trumpf's admiration for Adolf Hitler came from a number of first hand sources. General John Kelly claimed that Trump, while in a conversation about loyalty, said that Hitler had dones a few good things. In 1990, Michael Kelly, Ivana Trump, said in conversation that Trumpf used to like to keep copies of "My New Order", a collection of Hitler's speeches in his bedside locker. At the time, when asked about it, Trumpf said he had been given a copy of Mein Kampf by a friend of his from Paramount, Marty Davis. 34 years later, Trump claims never to have read Mein Kampf. Marty Davis later clarified that in fact he had given him a copy of "My New Order". Its kind of curious why a Jewish guy would give a good friend of his, writings about Hitler. Maybe his friend was coming out with ignorant spoutings about the Nazis, and needed to be taught a lesson. It illustrates for all his well funded education, that at best, Trumpf is a stunningly ignorant man. Unlike others of his age, he never had a dad who served in WW2, who would tell the young Donald on his knee, how he stormed the beaches at Normandy, how he freed the Bataan survivors, how he witnessed the worse of what human could do to another at Belsan, how he grabbed the nearest bird for a sloppy kiss of VE day. All he could tell Donald was how he charged the US Government top dollar for barracks, so the war was good business, never forget that Donald. Plus soldiers are suckers and losers. Maybe Trump was thinking of Groucho and not Karl. Perhaps he has been stung about accurations that he's like his father, a syphilitic Klansman, and is linking Harris to her father. Perhaps you can discuss whether Harris ascribes to Keynesian economics, post-Keynesian or Neo-Keynesian. But for Americans, these are just words to toss around.

I suspect your original post was a troll posting, and you are being disengenuous about the US. Its widely known/ Also, the US government very rarely executes anyone. There are 40 prisoners on Federal Death Row. But you might be confused by the difference between punishments carried out the Federal government and punishments based on State Law. Not all cultures consider financial crime as being excluded from the death penalty. A good friend from Taiwan was very serious that Nick Leeson ("Rogue Trader") should have been executed for destroying Barents Bank. I was a big shocked, and he justified it because the man caused great harm to society, with people losing their savings. Now the extent of personal losses might not have been exactly like that, people lost their jobs because of him, so the principle remains. Time on death row is not part of the punishment, but is due to the rights of the convicted to appeal. When the UK had the dealth penalty, sentence was usually carried out quickly. The condemed had a right of appeal; within 2 weeks of conviction, and if that failed, an appeal for clemancy to the Home Secretary. Sentence was carried out within 4-6 weeks of the court appearance. The condemmed were usually not told of the date of execution . The first notice they would get would be the priest, then a few prison officers to take the prisoner to the execution chamber, final words, bag on head (no option not to have the bag), noose, drop. Vividly dramatised by Channel 4 imagining if Paul Gadd had been executed according to the previous UK guidelines. I suspect if he's ever allowed to look at Youtube, this would be a tough watch for Gadd (aka Gary Glitter). The last capital conviction in the UK was in 1973, following the murder of a soldier. The condemned man was in the death cell, before capital punishment was finally abolished.