thaibeachlovers

That's why it's called MAD.

You seem to have it backward. Certainly deluded if you think Ukraine can bring about the demise of Russia, IMO. If you are correct and it is not about the demise of Russia ( hahahaha ) the loss of life in Ukraine is easily achieved by halting the supply of weapons to Ukraine followed by a negotiated end to the war.

Before getting too excited, it has happened before that the lightning advance goes too fast for the supply chain to keep up, and the "lightning advance" grinds to a halt. Battle of the Bulge, anyone?

Unless the Ukrainians can magic up enough troops to protect the incursion from being enveloped, seems to me that they are at risk of being cut off from retreat, and thus, once the supplies run out have to surrender. One also wonders if it was worth it when they are so short manned along the entire border? Perhaps this is a diversion, and the real action is going to happen elsewhere. Wouldn't be the first time that happened, but it usually means an unhappy fate for those in the diversion.

Unless you can provide a quote from me supporting that you are lying.

If you are going to try and repudiate what I said, do try and get it right. The British had Hong Kong in perpetuity. It was ceded to them in 1842 by the treaty of Nanking. The "lease" refers to the New Territories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong

What does that have to do with anything? Would it make any difference to you if I said you are a Biden supporter? I'm guessing you meant it as an insult, which says more about you than him.

You dreamer you! Hamas fighters are more a guerrilla group than an army, so don't need orders from above in the same way as a normal army does. Hamas is highly likely to know that the leaders are likely to die, so the fighters will be autonomous to some extent. After all, their only mission is to kill israelis, wherever and whenever they can . Apparently Hamas has more volunteers than they know what to do with, which is understandable when the Gazans have seen whole families exterminated by the bombing, and they will want revenge on the israelis. Small boys will be dreaming of the day they too can kill israelis. This conflict isn't going to end with a ceasefire, unless they get their own land back for their own state, IMO.

It's that sort of attitude which is going to get the rest of the hostages dead. If they kill all the guys in charge, who are they going to negotiate with? The US may imagine that they can arrange things without any input from Hamas, but it doesn't work like that in the real world. It's also the reason that israel has been in conflict with Palestinians since israel was created in 1948. Force alone just doesn't work against a determined enemy, especially with one that has nowhere else to go. IMO they are going to keep fighting israel till they get THEIR land back or they are no more.

No sinking birthrates in parts of the world that are not regarded as "first World" So many in fact that they want to move to First World instead of staying in their own country. Plenty marriages in them as well, as it's regarded as very naughty to have loads of kids out of wedlock. It's only in the rich west that women have decided they prefer a career to changing nappies and western men likely have finally twigged that marriage benefits only women when the divorce happens. However, transgender is something the west has that the other countries don't have.

LOL They certainly respect Russia's nuclear arsenal.

The fix was in IMO. Perhaps it's just as well Trump won when he did and put the proverbial spanner in the works. The only time I had any respect for Obama was when he made netanyahu enter by a side door, but that ended pretty quickly once his handlers got hold of him and it was back to biz as usual in Washington. I remember they were talking about pallet loads of cash on a military plane to Iran.

I think that if you think about it you will realise that those benefits are not solely due to any one political party. Sadly your list applies mostly to the western world, which is why so many from the other world want to live in the western world. BTW, many of the benefits you list were brought about through war, as medical advances were made in rapid time, along with better aircraft, better engines and manufacturing, and many were due to the space race during the cold war.

Thanks for the laugh. Really, I loved it, laughing like a drain.

Oh dear. Bomb Iran to the stone age ( and IMO that would be the only way to achieve what you want ) and likely every Muslim country in the world will unite against whichever country did it, which will not end happily for the west. America can't "force" Iran to do anything, despite the Neocon wet dreams. They should have kept their tame stooge in power, but that bridge was burned long ago.

Perhaps I worded it wrongly. Yes, after the dressing put on while the wound was still oozing is removed and the wound cleaned by a nurse, a spray dressing can be applied. Advantages are that no further dressing changes are required and one can shower with it.

I don't think you do get it. Take your dislike of Trump and quintuple it and that, IMO, is how much Trump supporters despise Dems policies. They probably hate Washington even more. Have to to support a guy like Trump. He's not exactly a messenger from God almighty, is he. Unfortunately he is the best chance they have of smashing Washington ( politically, not literally ).

Don't insult me. I have not a drop of that blood in me. I'm a Celt and proud to be one. Your post convinces me that you have no idea as to why millions want him to win and I'm bored with repeating the reason why, so you can keep repeating the mantra or you can think about it. Either way carry on without me.

On that we will have to wait and see. It's a long time in politics till the election and Harris may let the mask slip. At least with Trump, there can't be anything left to dredge up to attack him with. It's all repeating the same thing over and over for the past year. Harris is almost an unopened book in comparison. It would only take a recorded private conversation in which she disparaged white people or called half the population deplorable to change people's mind.

That's wrong. Due to the magic of modern medicine if the wound is closed properly a spray dressing will keep the wound clean. No need for any "dressing". Invisible on a photo. I suspect the large dressing Trump had in the days after was to gain sympathy. I had a piece of cancer on my ear removed, with part of my ear, and just sprayed the wound after the initial dressing was removed the next day. That kept it clean and I could shower with it.

Rubbish. There was hardly any blood, so it may have been a nick, easily closed and a small suture, which you would not see on a photo.

As the shooter had to have the bullet pass close to Trump to be authentic without killing him, there is no way they used an AR 15, which you would know if you knew about sniper rifles is not particularly accurate. Even if you are correct, there would have been a very good chance of the shooter killing Trump by mistake. Soooo, to be a viable theory, either the shooter used a proper sniper rifle chambered for an AR 15 round, and had to be incredibly good to reload a bolt action rifle in the time between shots and aim properly, or there were multiple shooters. Then they left the AR 15, which would not make sense. Bolt action hunting rifles are not uncommon. Of course, they may have had someone in the room with a weapon used close up, without anyone noticing, or many other ever more ludicrous explanations. Just no reason to mount such an attempt then, and no other explanation makes sense to me than a stupid guy thinking an AR 15 was accurate enough to use and an incompetent secret service detail.

You paint a potentially viable situation, except for one thing, Trump was up against Biden then, so probably going to win. In any case, there is no reason to believe that being almost assassinated was going to help his prospects of winning. The Dems were giving him all the publicity he needed with their politically motivated court cases, for free. The sheer incompetence of the secret service is probably confirmation that it was a real attempt, as if it were the real thing they'd likely have done a better job.

Maybe not all, But I would say most normal men would have by now, unless they have no internet connection. Back before the internet my partner of the time gave me a John Holmes movie on tape to watch. Now that was one impressive dude. Shame he died of complications of AIDS.

LOL. That reminds me of a time in the military when I went into a workshop and seemed like half the base personnel were crowded into it to watch a reel of porn ( they were called blue movies back then ) that someone had acquired. Back in the days when movies were on film and the internet didn't exist. IMO the actresses were more attractive then than now when American porn seems be all tattooed women that take it up a different orifice as if it were normal ( perhaps it is normal in the US now, though I can't speak from experience ). Now that porn is available at the click of a mouse I doubt any normal boys with their own computer and an internet connection have not been watching it, so it won't have the same entertainment value.