thaibeachlovers

Is that woke speak for the citizens not wanting people that have zero cultural affinity and want to make the place just like the <deleted><deleted> they ran away from?

There's loadsacash to be made from developing weapons even if they don't actually work.

Slight problem recruiting people these days. People are not brought up to be told what to do every minute of the day or to put up with bullies. I served, and got out after they spent a few hundred thousand $ training me, because of the bullies ( senior NCOs ). It's also a disincentive when the pay and conditions are not very good. You reference the 1930s. There was a good story about tank training when I was in, which was that the crews had to march in formation shouting "clank clank, I'm a tank". Given my own experience I half believe it was true. Our tanks were obsolete Korean war crocks that seemingly broke down more than they worked.

Perhaps you need to read it again. I'll explain it very slowly for you. When have I ever said that Trump does not lie? means that I have no recollection of ever posting that Trump does not lie. Unless you can prove that I have, I have never said Trump does not lie. The second part He probably lies as much as Biden does. means that I agree that he lies, unless you think Biden never lies, and you can't think that, can you? Sooooo, was that slow enough? Do you get it now, or do I need to write even more slowly?

How true. However, I doubt any of them are going to come on and apologise for their vile accusations.

At least you are not trying to tell us that the glove was dry and stiff from dried blood. Ain't VDOs great?

I guess we have to differ on that. He gave it a good try IMO. I guess you don't want to admit that there is any doubt in the case, but I'm with the jury. If in doubt do not convict.

Iranian leaders had no choice IMO. Had they not done anything the people would have been "restless". They did the least they could that seemed like a big deal, but isn't. They gave the US advance warning, and only sent about 300 aircraft, which the israeli air defenses easily countered. Had they wanted to do some real damage, they would have sent 3,000 in waves a few minutes apart, so the israeli air defenses would have been exhausted, and the following missiles would have got through. Perhaps destruction of every illegal settlement in the West Bank might have been a lesson to israel, but they didn't do that. The israelis are crowing that they "defeated" the attack, but it was a Clayton's attack IMO. For sure the israelis don't like it when they get a bit of push back. They liked being the big bully in the schoolyard, but someone finally gave them a poke in the nose, and proved that israel is vulnerable, after all.

Just putting that up without explanation makes it pointless, but perhaps there wasn't really an explanation, and you just want to be controversial. LOL.

It's an old tactic of trying to negate criticism of their side, but it doesn't work anymore. Most know and ignore it.

LOL. Has he killed as many as Mao or Stalin? Both still alive in my lifetime. Accusations of drivel go both ways.

I'd say that it'd be well nigh impossible to find any adult in the US that does not have a bias one way or another. The jury selection may take longer than the trial!

I've been listening to some of the actual statements from that meeting, and the discussion about it on Al Jazeera. Israel wants a condemnation of Iran from the security council, but given the way the Russian spokesman destroyed the western members for their hypocricy ( not condemning israel for it's attack on Iranian territory ) the israelis can whistle in the wind if they think they will get that. I doubt the Chinese will allow it either. It's ironic in the extreme that israel is asking the UN to support them, when they have disregarded any UN resolutions they don't like, and America is going to find out that they don't rule the UN after all, LOL.

As I have the opinion that netanyahu is trying to deflect attention from Gaza, IMO he has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. I doubt any western news is about Gaza any more, and the colluding western nation "leaders" have been happy to rant about Iran instead. However he may come to regret it, or at least I certainly hope so.

Who is a terrorist and who is a freedom fighter depends on which side one is. Do israelis consider Begin to be a terrorist, which the British did? Given they made him PM I doubt it.

He can't be, IMO. Neither is the US, and they are going to be sidelined in the ME if they keep supporting israel unconditionally. The US may think they have the ME leaders in their pocket, but the people will have other ideas, IMO.

The security council meeting was VERY interesting. I just about choked on my breakfast when the israeli representative complained that Iran had violated the UN charter for many years, and again when he complained that the attack was a violation of international law, overlooking that the attack was in response to the attack by israel on Iranian territory in Damascus. In this situation, Iran had the right under the UN charter article 51 to respond to the attack. Russia is lovin' it, as they are rubbing the faces of the western countries that refused to condemn that illegal attack on sovereign Iranian territory in their hypocrisy.

Yeah, that thing. We all know what it is, but can't say it on here.

As I write this the israeli war ( lol ) cabinet is discussing how to strike back. Biden could stop it but I'm not holding my breath on that ( he must be in despair as he sees the election slipping away from him ). So, israel retaliates and IMO Iran sends twice as many drones and missiles which overwhelm israeli air defenses and cause some real damage, to which israel ups the response and round and round we go to a full on ME war, oil prices go through the roof, western economies collapse, we are in depression that makes the 1930s look like a recession. IMO there is a ( very ) small window before it all turns to <deleted>, but that depends on Biden stopping escalation NOW. Do I have any confidence of that happening- none at all.

Blinken is a waste of space IMO. Far as I know he has achieved nothing that he said he wanted, especially no escalation of the conflict. Also, he is obviously an israel supporter. It'd be a waste of jet fuel to send him, IMO.

IMO there will be a WW3, but it won't last long and the unlucky survivors will likely wish they had died.

so what? It will work as well in Saudi as in israel. Saudis have been buying US military hardware for decades.

IMO followed by Iranian attacks against YOUR country along with every western country that supports America or israel. Won't be a direct attack on the countries, but citizens traveling will likely be targets, as with all western shipping. Next stop, WW3.

That 100% record hasn't stopped loads of wars since, have you forgotten Ukraine already? It has stopped WW3 so far, but that is because of MAD.

Hopefully the Saudis would. They probably have loads of American anti aircraft weapons to use.