Cameroni

It is very much a fact that NATO member states have nuclear weapons pointed at Russia. And it is equally very much a fact that NATO is a military alliance designed to increase military co-operation with the aim of intimidating, threatening, and if need be, fighting Russia. Had Georgia and Ukraine joined NATO it would have been very likely indeed that the US would have stationed nuclear weapons here. Your premise does not make sense. IF NATO expansion eastwards had not been a threat to Russia, then why would Russia have invaded UKraine? The sole aim is to incorporat parts of the Ukraine and to weaken the country so it cannot join NATO. Why would Russia do this if there were no threat from NATO? We have already established that this notion of Putin being a new Hitler intent on incoporating Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden is devoid of any facts, and pure propaganda. There is absolutely no evidence for this. If Russia invaded Ukraine, think why it would do so. Because of the threat of NATO and Ukraine joining it. ".. in 1998, the New York Times editorial board warned: “The most important foreign policy decision America has faced since the end of the Cold War… could prove to be a mistake of historic proportions.” And this: “It is delusional to believe that NATO expansion is not at its core an act that Russia will regard as hostile.” "George Kennan—intellectual architect of the Cold War containment doctrine, a former ambassador to the USSR, and one of America’s wisest students of Russian affairs—spoke for the many dissenters in 1997 when he warned that NATO expansion “would be the most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-Cold War era.” https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/why-nato-expansion-explains-russias-actions-in-ukraine/ To state that America's military budget or military forces decreased is naive beyond belief. America is armed sufficiently to destroy the world many times over, a percentage increase in spending or personnel is likea drop in an ocean. Just as it is naive to believe NATO encroaching on the borders of Russia with Georgia, Crimea and Ukraine is not a threat to Russia. Especially since we've had advance warning of Russian sensibilities on this since the 1990s. Ukraine happened because of the false decisions taken by recent Western politcians.

I don't know if you follow the news at all, but NATO member Germany has just announced that new American nuclear weapons will be stationed in Germany by 2026. Before that the US announced that it had plans to station more nuclear weapons in NATO member Great Britain. NATO is a military aliance and it is patently clear that increased military cooperation between NATO members includes the possibility of stationing nuclear weapons in NATO member's territories. Sadly it's not fantasy, but a fact. And as everyone knows both Georgia and Ukraine have been governed by rabidly anti-Russian politicians before. The possibility of the US stationing nuclear weapons in Ukraine is very real. Indeed many Ukrainian politicians have demanded the Ukraine develop nuclear capability. And we all know that the US has already delivered weaponry to the Ukraine specifically intended to kill Russians, including tanks, missiles and more. This is particularly sad, because we had a time of rapprochement in the 1990s when Russia agreed to allow German unification, after receiving a promise and "iron clad" guarantees that NATO would not expand further eastwards than East Germany. At that time Russia bent over backwards to develop friendship with the west, even aiding American space exploration and there were many, many other areas of co-operation between Russia and the West. Many EU countries at the time considered scrapping visa requirements for Russians. Russia signalled clearly it hand friendly intentions, but alas, Russia was progressively deceived, insulted and threatened with military expansion by NATO contrary to the "iron clad" guarantees it received from the US. Russia extended a hand of friendship but was slapped in the face.

When it dangled the NATO carrot in front of Georgia and substantive steps were taken to allow Georgia membership of NATO, which Russia always made clear was unacceptable and provocation. Of course it was far more than that because if Georgia had become a member of NATO that would have implied close mlitary cooperation, including the possibility of stationing nuclear weaons, as NATO member Germany is doing now. If nuclear weapons were stationed in Georgia or Ukraine, that's as if Russia would station nuclear weapons in Belgium or Luxembourg in the case of France, or in Wales in the case England, or in Cuba in the case of the US. This was shown to be unacceptable to the US in the 60s, but Russia was expected to just accept it. It is quite clear that the Western politicians did no do their homework and have to take substantial blame for th current crisis in Ukraine and the previous one in Georgia.

The Atlantic Council, lol. A US disinformation think tank linked to the US government. You may want to get proper sources. You're kidding yourself. That article refers to the interview Putin gave with the Fox Journo, where Putin said parts of Ukraine were Russians and stressed the shared history with Ukraine. This is taken by this ludicrous propaganda article as implying Putin wants an imperial war to return russian land. Makes you laugh at least, such childish propaganda.

I'm guessing you're not aware that Putin has made clear he is only annexing a part of the Ukraine, not the whole country. And that there is zero evidence that he's intending to annex Poland, or any other state. Latvia, Estonia and Moldova are not independent states? What evidence is there Putin will annex them? Zero. Same with Georgia and Ukraine. Those were only replies to US threats to put missiles there threatening Russia's existence. Like Ukraine, the fault of our Western politicians' incompetence.

Totally poppycock. Russia is absolutely not trying to expand. As evidenced by the fact they do not claim the whole of Ukraine. There is ZERO evidence they want Poland or any other country.

This article is terribly flawed, it claims Russia has waged an aggressive campaign against the West. In fact all Putin did was claim a part of Ukraine in reponse to a Western campaign to incorporate East European countries into Nato, in direct contravention of promises and "iron clad guarantees" that were given to Russia that this would not happen. Russia is not waging any campaign against the West, it doesn't even want all of Ukraine, or Poland or any of the other nonsense that's constantly thrown out by way of misinformtion. In the final analysis Russia has alreay won this war againt Ukrain anyway. Even if conventional weapons would fail Russia could unleash nuclear weapons on Ukraine, but the US and the West could never retaliate because they would risk nuclear annihilation. So this idea hat you should pour more oil into the fire to win a war that can't ever be won anyway, is pure stupidity.

That's true, however, only because the IOC is not doing tests that would prove it or is not making the tests it does public knowledge. Pretty hard to prove it if the tests are hidden by the IOC. Maybe Khelif is a biological woman, all appearances notwithstanding, however, there are failed tests in the past, and the tests used by the IOC and the results should be made public before women have to face Khelif.

It is very clear the IOC is ideology driven as it has recently emphasized that boxing has reached "gender parity" with 124 boxers of male and female gender. However in the case of Khelif there are real doubts if she is a man or a woman, and they are not helped by the IOC keeping the gender tests SECRET. Nobody knows what was tested and how. The Mark Spitz argument doesn't hold any water, since then you might as well enter a Cheetah in the 100 metres, oh it's not problem it it has a genetic advantage. You have male and female categories, and you have to decide if an athlete qualifies for one or the other competition.

She didn't know she had Herpes Type 2, she had no idea it existed and no idea the Ukrainian gave it to her.

I did of course. Some people here have been very helpful though

It's not for me to say really. I didn't say I required perfection though

In hindsight I'd have to agree. Though I'm not sure what's worse, type 2 or wearing condoms.

Actually no, she refuses to do threesomes.

You'd think HSV2 is nothing. It only flares up now and then. But when it does you can't have sex for 8 days. Or longer. It's a major annoyance when it happens. Testing is the way to go.

What's "multi"?

So, again... "payslips"... doesn't that indicate that they will accept monthly payslips instead of the 500,000 on the account?

Well, the first comment, cold usually means they don't like you, it's a fair point and something you had to consider.

Your'e both helpful and beautiful people. In your own ways.

I was not showing off, I was listing her positive and negative qualities to explain my situation. I can see some guys were triggered by me revealing she was attractive, I'm sorry about that, but I wanted to give a complete picture to explain why I am still considering long term despite some issues. And looks is a factor of course. I have actually had that attitude from close friends, saying she's a prostitute, even as a joke, it's not really funny or appropriate. But it doesn't really bother me , because it's just nonsense. I knew if I have a good looking Thai girl that issue will come up. I just thought it would be in my home country, not in Thailand, but either way, it says more about the people making those comments than her.

I quite agree, insults are not helpful, but everyone gets upset now and then, no big deal. My grandfather used to say if someone on the street insults me it is totally irrelevant, if on the other hand someone of importance did that's different. In any event there have been very good responses, also from people I don't agree with and I see their point.

Yes, we just can't afford those ultra expensive machines the good shops use, but I think the general consensus is that the moka pot comes closest to a normal machine, simple because it has the pressure, which the cafetiere does not.

I'm not upset with anyone on here, everyone has an opinion and why not. We don't have to agree on everything to get something of value from one another.

Guys, we are all men. We are all expats in Thailand. We are all trying to be with a good woman. This is hard enough. Let's help each other, if we fall out, what do we gain from it, nothing but aggravation. We can all learn from one another, and one man's "good" is another man's "bad", sure, that's totally fine. But in the final analysis, we are men. And attacking each other can be counter productive. We are not each other's enemies. To a large degree we have the same challenges. We can learn from one another.

I did, I saw there was a job as a receptionist at Regus. I urged her to apply. She did, but it did not work out. She was offered a job by her sister to work in Bangkok, but she wants to stay here. Some days I think her job is Tik Tok, she does this live thing and people pay a few pennies for make up tips. I'm not a fan of her Tik Tok addiction, but though I tried there is no way to wean her off that.