thaibeachlovers

Putin got on the wrong side of history. Only if he loses. History is written by the winners. Do you think Putin WILL lose? Perhaps, but nothing is certain in love or war. PS, are we not both in our armchairs, far away from the fighting and dying?

You think Putin would risk a war with NATO? I don't.

Are you volunteering to be one of the "necessary" dead? How many lives are "low enough"?

I'm one of the posters that suggested that, and yes, when faced with death and destruction as has happened, what would be preferable- resist and die, or live under Russian domination just like they did prior to becoming independent? If the dead could speak, which would they prefer?

Now, 50 years from now or even longer, IMO China is the next superpower to dominate the world. They are willing to play the long game, unlike us westerners that want everything NOW.

The nukes might only fall on Europe, but the effects would ruin us all, and I'm sure you know that.

If you mean the Ukrainian president, I've seen him on tv news, and while I know nothing about him, I wouldn't willingly follow him into a brewery if they were giving away free beer. PS IMO it's easy to be a strong man far away from the fighting, so long as other people are dying. Perhaps if he'd been more willing to negotiate, no one would have had to die and cities would not be in ruins.

and how many European leaders would be willing to bet on your "understanding"?

Sadly, IMO we don't have any strong leaders around any more. There's not one current leader I'd willingly follow into war.

and just which nations are willing to be nuked to bring about the destruction of Russia to the point that such a programme can be carried out? It took many years and the deaths of millions upon millions to bring Germany down.

Your suggestion as to how it can be stopped without loads of dead Europeans is...................................?

You must be takin' the mickey. Since when did anyone have to wrap up in warm clothes just to go outside in Pattaya?

Link to what you have read, please. 55555555555555555555555555555555 I refer you to your own words that you wrote when I asked you to provide a link

Did anyone actually believe that Russia was only on "exercise"? If they did, they must have been a bit gullible IMO. I certainly did not believe it was only an exercise, so more clever people than I in important positions must have known it too. However, pretending that it was a surprise must have helped in the propaganda war.

Posts like this are why I can't be bothered with this thread any more. If you don't understand why insulting those with an opposing viewpoint isn't a good idea, it's your loss when you end up only talking to a small clique with similar ideas. BTW, your "side" are just as bad for not supporting their claims, and when I called one out on it he told me that I should do the research.

Where I live? Not in a million years. The women here scare the <deleted> out of me they are so PC, and a good looking one would be of an age that she would not even give me a second glance. I have no idea why I'd try with an unattractive woman with baggage. I miss Thailand more than you could imagine.

Others, just repeat their mistakes. Indeed. Getting divorced once is unfortunate, twice is a mistake, but three times or more is just inexcusable IMO. I gave it a good try with one long term partner and one marriage, but lesson learned, and never again.

The ones I think about the most were the ones I never got to do the biz with. Perhaps they'd have worked out better than the ones I did get homely with, or perhaps not. I once knew a woman at work that I got on very well with, and most importantly we had a lots of laughs together. She was married at the time, and when her husband died in an accident she had remarried by the time I found out. I met a few in my life that I really liked, and might have made a go of it with, but as usual, the ones I liked didn't like me that way, or someone else got there first. The most beautiful woman I ever had a friendship with unfortunately had a flat mate that disliked me, so that one never came to anything either.

I understand them, but it's never a happy life ( for the guy ) if the he has any urges at all.

Reminds me of going to Sri Lanka on the advice of a guy I knew, but when I saw him again he got an earful. Probably more going on in Saudi than in that <deleted> place.

Jokin' right? I've been to Blackpool and it's nothing like Pattaya in any possible way.

But do they go long time as in a week, or a month?

You reckon Amsterdam as good as Pattaya for the girlfriend experience and at the same equivalent price?

I used to watch that avidly, then it went woke and useless. Don't remember which series, but the one the main character left ( I wonder if he left because it was going woke ).

Watched Ambulance last night. A thin story that needed lots of padding to make a full length movie out of, but not a bad escapist movie, with a realistic ending ( ie not a typical Hollywood ending ), and not at all woke. The casting would be typical for that part of America IMO.