thaibeachlovers

Shouldn't that be the other way around?

Ask the Cossacks if Britain can be trusted, .

Sooooo, there needs to be a strong deterrent force, but Britain won't be in it. An inconsequential man opens his mouth and words of no consequence come out.

LOL. During my tour we had 3 scientists on base- a tough primary school kid could have defeated them with one hand tied behind his back- big bunch of softies. Wasn't a problem we would have had though. of the 11 of us, 2 were military trained, and 4 of us were pretty fit. Also about 50 US navy guys 15 minutes away.

Not a question of what he knows- a question of what they know. Most guys can't fight, and a collection of guys that can't fight and have no training would be easily defeated by someone that is big and strong. Also, if he feels threatened, he's going arm himself with a club or something. Did you not read the OP, it's months till "help" arrives? BTW, are you going to be the one that opens the door to give him his "needs"?

I'm well aware of hypothermia, thank you. I was down there to know. I once thought I was going to die from the cold ( while dressed properly ), and climbed into the vehicle ( unheated- we didn't need heaters in vehicles, as not mummy's boys ) so they could find my body. Obviously I didn't, as still here. Not a happy experience. Every time I came in from outside I had so much ice ( from breath ) on my face I had to stick my head in a basin of water to get the balaclava off.

One hopes they are in that prison forever. Why would anyone want them back anyway? IMO gangsters are outlaws and as such have no rights.

I'm sure that if Britain hadn't wasted all the money on bombs for Ukraine they could have afforded a lot of things, eg a backup for Heathrow that worked. The argument that Heathrow uses as much power as a city is IMO BS, and in the event, they are going to have to pay out more than a backup costs to compensate all the passengers.

Sooooo, we are being asked to believe that some Thai woman gave him a powerful hallucinogenic drug and then got him to drive her car . Has to be true because I was always being asked by Thai women I didn't know to drive their car and not remembering after what happened. Sarcasm alert.

That shows what little you know. Many cases of mental problems from using weed. I personally know someone that became a nutter from using it to much. The biggest lie is that it's harmless.

Not only forced to drink his own piss but off the cell floor while shackled. He's claiming there wasn't even a tap for water to flush the toilet then? Sounds like he stole a car while under the influence of whatever drugs he was using, crashed it causing the injuries, and used the subsequent incarceration to avoid being called out for being a prat. If he was treated badly, likely because he was being insulting or generally annoying the Thais. While I wasn't there to know ( obviously ) sounds like just another numptie that bought a plane ticket to LOS and while there behaved badly. Some people should be banned from traveling for their own safety.

She better get used to it. Lots more Ukraine land going to Russia soon. The real question is if the entire war was worth it for Ukraine? Thousands of weeping widows and fatherless children, massive infrastructure destruction, while Russia gets the east and Crimea, which is what they wanted. Real life is a bitch, ain't it!

Agreed. Back then I was quite naive and actually believed the US propaganda re dominos etc. In the event Laos and Cambodia went communist BECAUSE of Vietnam war, and Thailand was never needing saving.

Zelensky must be livid, and surely feeling somewhat nervous as to what happens after Russia wins at the negotiating table. Had he negotiated at the start he'd have been in a much stronger position.

I'd say that the base engineer will have a request for 8 door bolts for their bedrooms.

Just thought about it, but how would they be rescued? If there is an air strip it would likely be blocked by snow drifts and too dangerous to land on, if by ship, the seas are dangerous in winter and the sea ice would be a problem in getting close enough. They might possibly evacuate and travel to another base, but in winter they might die anyway. No easy answers- welcome to the winter over from hell! I wonder what HQ back in Sth Africa is going to do about it. The ball is in their court now.

For 6 months?

They didn't have to power the entire airport, only the control tower, runways and immigration, so that arrivals could continue. Who cares if duty free is open or not.

Agreed.

Do tell. Hitler had one he was in charge of. Since 1900 France lost in WW1, WW2, Algeria, Vietnam. Currently getting booted out of their ex African colonies. There may be more that I'm not aware of.

Apparently French women are rather nice, so perhaps the men prefer making love to fighting.

Soooo, you are claiming that there is no conscription in Ukraine, there are no press gangs looking for men on the streets, there are no Ukrainian men hiding in Phuket, and there is a surplus of men volunteering for the front lines. Seriously?

Just as well they had better boffins during WW2 then. It's pointless throwing money at "defense" if they can't get anyone to join up. I stayed in the regulars for over a decade, but in the end the bullying and incompetence resulted in my departure.

Thank you. I have no idea of the point he was trying to make, with that strange post. While I was serving during the Vietnam war I never got to see combat, as I was on my way when NZ pulled out. I spent 2 years in Singapore instead, so I probably had the better deal. Many NZ ex soldiers apparently still suffer from agent orange poisoning.

Indeed. I can't think of any war/ conflict that the French have won since before Waterloo. That's a pretty sad resume of the French military.