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Well, Simai, firstly thanks for a cogent post, which I will now respond to in detail: 1) Zelensky presenting a document with 25 times the Russians were naughty is a bit like North Korea presenting a list of 25 grievances against South Korea. You have to consider the source. Can we believe everything Zelensky says? Obviously not. If you look at the LONG history of agreements between Russia and Ukraine you will see that it was in fact Ukraine who started not abiding by agreements made, which in turn led Russia to do likewise. 2) Indeed, as we saw Zelensky is HIGHLY argumentative, and blinded by hatred of Russia, so there can be little progres with him at the helm. No doubt his performance in the Oval Office will hasten his departure, a total fail if ever there was one. 3) Zelensky is indeed saying there should be NO discussion with Russia, only with him. Which frankly is moronic. Even Churchill said Jaw-Jaw is preferable to war-war, and Zelensky would do well to study this statement. 4) Russia's "aggressive actions" were preceded by Ukraine making clear it was about to switch alliances, and wanting to join NATO. Just as the USA had the right to invade Panama to protect its security sphere so Russia has the right to invade Ukraine to protect the Russia security sphere. Russia and the Ukraine were allies, the fact that this war happened is due in part largely to actions by Ukraine (and indeed the West). 5) Trump is not "capitulating", he is wisely trying secure peace to avoid women, children and soldiers being killed for no reason other than the chest thumping vanity of some. Those of us who are citizens of the world should be very thankful to Mr Trump for doing his utmost to avoid what Britain almost unwittingly precipitated, World War 3 due to misleading Ukraine.

Trump has the brains to see what Ukraine could unleash, world war 3, what a relief that a cogent and active brain is in charge at the white house and that all is being done to diffuse the chances of world war 3. Zelensky had to leave without the security guarantees he wanted. If he wants to fight Russia without US aid he is bound for destruction, even WITH US aid the Ukraine is losing this war. What a foolish thing to do to urinate on the legs of your most powerful supporter publicly. Zelensky really is an idiot.

Zelensky committed the greatest political mistake ever witnessed in the Oval Office. It was the equivalent of him entering the oval office and dousing himself in petrol and setting himself alight. They say never get high on your own supply but Zelensky must have read his own press and believed the hype. How else to explain this little man going to the oval office and lecturing the American leadership on what the future holds for them? When I saw Trump admonish the Ukrainian that he was gambling with world war 3 it was a moment of clarity, how clear it is that we have the best man in the white house we could possibly have, someone who understands the dangers the -Ukraine and the UK are unleashing on the planet. Well done Donald Trump for slapping down the little dictator!

A bolshy and belligerent Volodymyr Zelensky, who was seeking security guarantees from the United States, thought it would be a good idea to argue with the American leadership in front of cameras and openly challenged JD Vance who had advocated for diplomacy. In his usual fashion Zelensky claimed Putin cannot be talked with, the Ukrainian however was quickly slapped down and put in his place by Donald Trump who told him he was gambling with World War 3. Trump also made clear Zelensky has to fall in line or be destroyed by Russia without US aid. Zelensky had to leave WITHOUT US guarantees for Ukraine and was asked to leave the Oval Office prematurely. What a blessing it is to have Donald Trump in the White House, ensuring that World War 3 will not happen, despite the best attempts of Ukraine and the UK. Thank you president Trump.

Without a doubt Merz is the smartest politician German has had in the last 20 years. However, he is firmly in the pocket of Israel, so same old same old. Not the bold and fearless original thinker Trump is. Yet clearly better than the Linke or SPD.

How dumb do you have to be to stab someone at a shopping mall, where there are cameras everywhere? No wonder he got caught. Whatever happened to staking out your victim, stalking him and stabbing him in a dark part of an empty street at night? It's not rocket science.

No, as I wrote above, Russia NEVER EVER....EVVVVAAAHHHHH had any interest in taking the whole of Ukraine. They only invaded Ukraine AFTER the West made clear they want to incorporate Ukraine into NATO and Ukraine made clear it would switch sides to the US And Europe and NATO. But Ukraine is not Poland, Ukraine is a far more important neighbour of a giant nuclear power. Just as Pananma could not do what it wanted and had to face US invasion, so Ukraine has no freedom to do what it wants. Why? Because both Panama and Ukraine are neighbours of major nuclear powers. That's just real life politics. The Russian passports only came AFTER NATO made clear they lied and intended to incorporate Ukraine btw.

It's a long and tiresome litany of Ukrainian provocations, but in a nutshell, Ukraine should never have tried to poke Russia in th eye by opening her legs for the West, they should have understood that they are a neighbour of a nuclear power and an integral part of Russia's vital sphere of influence. The West was always only going to indulge in a one-night stand, and look how afraid they rightly are to face a nuclear power like Russia, no troops on the ground. It was a fool's errand to listen to Boris Johnson and go to war with Russia. What should have happened is that Ukraine should have agreed with Russia way back when Boris Johnson flew to see Zelensky and interfere by preventing precisely that from happening. Yes, Ukraine would have divested itself of the Donbass, in which it never showed any real care or interest, but so what? It will lose it anyway now, no matter what. Russia never wanted this war, and never had any intention of taking the whole country of Ukraine. All they wanted was a friendly or neutral Ukraine that did not fornicate with the West. Ukraine cheated on Russia, and in the worst possible way. Only in this adultery thousands of innocent women and children had to die, all because Zelensky thought he was warlord, when in fact he's a comedian. Now the joke's on him. No more US support and only surrender as a viable option.

Idioticy is what Zelensky is doing, as Trump wisely observed in a few months Zelensky won't have a country anymore. Russia is destroying Ukraine. True idioticy is the cheerleading by Western virtue signallers trying to armchair warrior themselves into a frenzy whilst they support the ongoing killing and destruction of Ukraine for a senseless and pointless war that should never have happened. The sooner this war ends, the better it will be.

Lol, it's well known who blew up Nord Stream: "The Nord Stream gas pipeline was blown up by a small Ukrainian sabotage team in an operation that was initially approved by Volodymyr Zelenskiy and then called off, but which went ahead anyway, according to claims in a report in the Wall Street Journal." https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/15/ukrainian-team-blew-up-nord-stream-pipeline-claims-report The only ones full of BS are the apologists for Ukraine.

You have to laugh at this nonsense, as if in the US, UK or Canada or Australia nobody killed their gf or neighbour. There is far more crime and domestic violence in those countries, and none of that somehow negates Western civlization. Neither do instances of crime in Thailand do so. Just a ludicrous and laughable argument.

It is insulting to anyone's intelligence to equate such exceptional instances as somehow indicative of a lack of civlization, equally one could argue that school shootings in the US, Jack the Ripper in the UK hacking people to death, etc etc somehow negates British or American civillization. Plainly a wholly ludicrous argument of very low intelligence.

Obviously there are differences between nations, but I am referring to South East Asia, where we are of course, and Thailand in particular. Taking away some of the superstition component which saw a 70 year old man persuading believeres to consume his bodily fluids as they thought they would heal them, and other ludicrous superstitions, which let's not forget proliferated in Europe not so long ago and still do in some quarters, Thailand is a very civilized place. Of course Pattaya and parts of the South are not that safe, but I am referring to Chiang Mai, where I lieve and Bangkok really. I have never felt unsafe in Thailand. Though I like to leave the door open to encourage intruders like Pagliacci.

Asians are highly civlized, it just their civilization has some differences to our own civilization. For istance this greater fear emphasis and the lack of truth and integrity as a value, but apart from this differences clearly Asia is more civilized than Europe in many respects.

Wonderful to see that Trump sees to the heart of the matter, and the real history of the conflict, because indeed it was Ukraine that repeatedly provoked Russia and carries most of the blame for the conflict. Early on Ukraine and Russia could have negotiated a sensible solution but Zelensky, at the behest of that charlatan Boris Johnson, preferred to go to war with a nuclear power. Ukraine went mad dog, and it is good that America is now reigning in the lunatics who blew up the Northstream pipeline. Trump is telling the truth, this war need never have happened, even if he is blanking out Anmerica's and Britain's responsibility for precipitating it when they egged on Zelensky in private talks not to do the deal with Russia way back when.

I love the Taiwanese, all Asians really, highly civilized people, bujt they strike me as overly prone to fear. Like when you go to the bathroom and they tell me they're terrified if I flush toilet paper down the toilet. Instead, to be safe, put it in the bin. Really? Or wearing masks in times of no pollution and no covid, you know it happened! They are so afraid of everything. It's weird. How can you be afraid of Thailand, one of the safest places on earth? As long as you're not driving and breathing.

It's not convincing that this has to do with "wealthy Thais", because it was clear at the outset that the new tax rules would impact wealthy Thais, that was the point. More likely this has to do with the changed economic landscape created by Trump's tariffs, which will greatly affect China and Thailand sees a chance to get more foreign investement from China.

Which just adds to the tragedy, you'd be unable to tell which girls are pretty and which are ugly. Unless we develop very discerning eyesight, or maybe tweak the glasses to develop a program that takes an AI pic without the glasses she's wearing.

From an aesthetic perspective this would be a total nightmare. If you thought girls wearing facemaks during daily outings was bad, imagine them wearing clunky Google/China glasses frames. It would be the death of beauty. Having a beautiful face would become meaningless. All you'd see is a sea of nerds.

Taylor Swift's awesome power should not be underestimated, when those unregistered younger votes sided with Harris, that really brought up Harris' numbers. Of course Trump still won, but those unregistered voters stirred by Swift - what awesome power... Hahahahaha

You can see how at age 29 her Coyote Dancing career was coming to an end. Due to a mismanagement of finances she had to take a chance and roll the dice. Sadly she didn't make it, but the good news a Coyote Dancing spot for a younger girl just opened up. The circle of life.

Why would you prefer Philippines over Thailand? Just curious.

If you google "Bek Sloy" Tik Tok dancers, you will be so hooked on Cambodia you'll actuallly want to move there. I had to stop watching. The temptation was too great.

Yah me too. I was at a restaurant when this obnoxious older German came in. This was a top quality restaurant with Royal Balinese food and this old German in a wheelchair loudly demanded "Pfifferlinge, no I want Pfifferlinge". He called for other staff and the manager asking for this nonsense instead of what was on the menu. Clearly he just wanted to abuse people. It ruined my romantic dinner and I was livid. I went to over to him and told him "Listen, either you shut up or I'll make you shut up". He was quite after that.

First congratulations on taking a very, very long-sighted view. That's very wise and laudable. Right now I have no issue to go to Pattaya once a year. If in 40 years I do find it a struggle, I'd still do it. What doesn't kill me only makes me stronger. Thailand at any cost. If Donmuang can make it to the USA at 87, I'm pretty sure I can make it to Pattaya.