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The Thai Navy's suggestion: Buy another CCP submarine.

Thank You very much. I will try to do the same.

Following quote from The next chapter: Moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams  | Microsoft 365 Blog quote: "After May 5, 2025, the Skype Dial Pad will be available to remaining paid users from the Skype web portal and within Teams."   I'm embarrassed to show my ignorance for what will probably be considered stupid questions, but ...... How do I sign into Skype using the web portal & what is UI?

Goes back even further to playing British & French off against each other so as to keep Thailand a buffer between French to the east (Indochina) and British to the west (Burma-India). Ever since the Thai's have been so proud of themselves for avoiding colonization, they have repeatedly made it a part of their foreign policy.

Real Politik Bismarck Kissinger Nixon Trump Thank God - a return to Real Politik ala Bismarck & Kissinger. Personal experience here in Thailand making our advisory efforts difficult : The unreliable & arrogant Obama /Kerry SecState (idiotic idealistic A-Holes) policy of pausing Security Assistance programs with Thailand only succeeded in turning the Thai's toward the CCP (e.g., potential Thai purchase of /involvement in an unnecessary, expensive & blackmail threatening CCP-Thai submarine program). Trump’s Foreign Policy Abandons Ideology for the Balance of Power | RealClearDefense https://assets.realclear.com/images/67/679489_6_.jpeg Trump’s Foreign Policy Abandons Ideology for the Balance of Power Twentieth century world politics saw the United States combine ideological abstractions with balance of power realities. President Woodrow Wilson sought to transform the geopolitical clash of the Grea www.realcleardefense.com Quote: "Trump appears to be channeling Richard Nixon, who during his presidency deemphasized ideology and prioritized the balance of power in conducting foreign policy. Nixon’s masterstroke was triangular diplomacy, which exploited the Sino-Soviet split to America’s geopolitical advantage. Henry Kissinger was right in the third volume of his magnificent memoirs, Years of Renewal, when he claimed that Nixon set the stage for Reagan’s victory in the Cold War. And Nixon did that by abandoning ideology in favor of the balance of power. Trump’s policy of negotiating an imperfect end to the Ukraine war and refusing to condemn Russia at the United Nations resembles Nixon’s negotiation of the imperfect end to the Vietnam War and his embrace of a de facto alliance with Communist China. Trump, like Nixon, is playing the long, crucial game of balance of power geopolitics instead of leaning on ideological abstractions like “democracy versus autocracy.” Nixon’s long game was designed to shift the balance of power against the Soviet empire. Trump’s long game is to shift the balance of power against Communist China. Trump, like Nixon, is following the geopolitical playbook of Walter Lippmann, the influential American journalist who understood, even in the age of ideology, the overriding importance of the balance of power to global peace and stability.

Israel: Exploit your successes before it's too late. Think of the blackmail of fanatical suicidal Mullahs with a nuke.

What about the planned large-scale maintenance operation (if I understand correctly) at Utaphao?

Many in the Thai gov't are either corrupt &/or blind to the intentions of the CCP. Reference the following aseannow link: My repeat comment to the above link: "Former Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai: Well, on this matter at least, I believe this fellow has his head on straight. In part he is warning against becoming so imbedded with China that the Thai gov't fails to see the long-term nefarious intentions of & blackmail by the CCP. Will Thai decision makers have the smarts & nerve to back out of the CCP submarine deal?"

Former Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai: Well, on this matter at least, I believe this fellow has his head on straight. In part he is warning against becoming so imbedded with China that the Thai gov't fails to see the long-term nefarious intentions of & blackmail by the CCP. Will Thai decision makers have the smarts & nerve to back out of the CCP submarine deal?

Silom station is near the Dusit hotel / King Rama VI statue gate. Lumpini station is near the clock tower gate. Google MRT stations. MRT Lumpini station - Google Search But the music venue is centrally located in the park so either entrance works. Just advising that both stations are equally convenient to exit MRT.

Besides MRT Silom exit, there is MRT Lumpini exit also. Enter Lumpini Park by the clock tower gate.

"The store’s owner, Mrs. Ratree, was visibly distraught as she watched the tragedy unfold. Overcome with grief for the animals trapped inside, she expressed her deep sorrow for the loss." Tragic. I understand her feeling for the animals.

The Rape of Britain - The American Conservative The events themselves are so horrible as to be almost inconceivable. From the late ’80s to the present, tens of thousands of young British girls, most between the ages of 10 and 15, have been raped, abused, and forcibly prostituted by gangs of Pakistani Muslim men in the UK. British authorities, from the local police to the town council to members of Parliament, were not only aware of the abuses taking place, but obstructed attempts to stop the horrific crimes, bring perpetrators to justice, or allow the public to become aware of the situation, all in order to prevent “racial unrest” from taking place.

Like you I had 3 ortho without satisfactory long term help with the bone on bone. Finally bit the bullet & over course of 2 yrs had 2 knee replacements while in my mid 70's. Recovery not pleasant but not as bad as anticipated - suggest doing many deep knee bends prior to surgery to get muscles stretched big time because that is where I sensed the biggest recovery pain (stretched muscles during surgery?). Oh yes, while resting be sure to keep leg elevated. Anyway, I have never regretted finally doing it as I exercise walking without any pain. Dr Chanakarn in Chiang Mai. Edit PS, I have heard that in Bangkok Dr panya has a good reputation.

Following is something I wrote on AN before, but I feel it bears repeating: The Thai government should use its limited resources to put Thais to work on infrastructure projects that will contribute to future direct foreign investment. Yet their military folks have convinced the gov't to still consider purchase of a CCP submarine (an extremely expensive life cycle operational proposition). Some Navy bigwigs want to feel important without any hint of a deep-water strategic need. The sad thing is the long-term strategic political & military implications (CCP blackmail). Yet, the apparently blind Thai Minister of Defense, Phumtham, stated that the diplomatic relationship with China was a good reason to purchase the damn thing. What nonsense. Thailand will be dependent upon PRC submarine model specific Doctrine, Organization, Training, Logistics and Materiel upgrades, & thus subject to CCP unreliability /blackmail. Undoubtedly there will be PRC advisors in Thailand for these functions and they will be doing their CCP required intelligence gathering while here. On AN there are the never-ending accusations of brown bag-patronage-corruption co-dependencies in Thailand, & despite being accusations they have legitimate basis in fact. I recently watched a video interview with Erik Prince where he claimed direct observation-discussion with CCP military officials providing him evidence of CCP appropriations of money for brown-bag payoffs to foreign military officials willing to do CCP bidding.