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Need I say more about this street goon?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, hosting his first monthly Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the Iran war began, prayed Wednesday to have “every round find its mark.” “Every month it is fitting to be right here,” he told the gathered civilian employees and uniformed military personnel. “All the more fitting this month, at this moment, given what tens of thousands of Americans are doing right now.” He read a prayer he said was first given by a military chaplain to the troops who captured then-President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela. “Let every round find its mark against the enemies of righteousness and our great nation,” Hegseth prayed during the livestreamed service. “Give them wisdom in every decision, endurance for the trial ahead, unbreakable unity, and overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.” Hegseth frequently invokes his evangelical faith as head of the armed forces, depicting a Christian nation trying to vanquish its foes with military might. “I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed,” he read from the Psalms on Wednesday. During the expanding Iran war and global conflicts, Hegseth’s Christian rhetoric has drawn renewed scrutiny, including his past defense of the Crusades, the brutal medieval wars that pitted Christians against Muslims. Scary stuff from the low end drunkard garbage man. https://apnews.com/article/pete-hegseth-pentagon-christian-worship-service- 30db48b6ceb8af5e6172fb3ba2eafaa0

One could truly make an argument that Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are the biggest problems, certainly not Iran.

People so quickly forget history and it's likely the vast majority never study it to begin with. Certainly guns like Trump have never picked up a history book and he's likely never even read a briefing on the history of the region. Britain was raping Iran for 20 years prior to the US installing the Shah. The deal that they had with Persian oil was absolute abomination and the total humiliation to the people and the nation. The PM at the time in the early fifties decided enough was enough, and wanted to nationalize the oil industry, and that's all it took for the US to intervene. (1953) US-backed coup and reinstallation of the shah: Tensions initially began brewing over the democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh’s efforts to nationalise the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (now BP). The British colonial power controlled the majority stake in the joint-venture company since oil was discovered in the early 1900s. Mosaddegh’s moves to nationalise the company after his 1951 election angered the British. The US’s Central Intelligence Agency supported the United Kingdom in engineering a coup and backing once-deposed monarch, Pahlavi, back into power as shah. (1957) Atoms for Peace: The shah’s ambitions for a nuclear-powered Iran gained support from the US and other Western allies. Both countries signed a nuclear agreement for the civilian use of nuclear power as part of then-US President Dwight D Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace programme. A decade later, the US provided Iran with a nuclear reactor and uranium to fuel it. The nuclear collaboration forms the basis for the current nuclear question. So we actually supported Iran's development of nuclear power which of course has led to their development of nuclear weapons. This 5,000-year-old civilization has been shaken down countless times by countless nations, and they are accustomed to making sacrifices. They're not going to give up easily. Americans on the other hand are incredibly soft people, and we will not make personal sacrifices to justify this war. That is why the Iran strategy has hurt Trump and the US so much. They are very unpredictable and the two dummies thought they had it all figured out. https://share.google/jOREo87J8AbdTRTIh

I agree with you about that but Trump promised that he would not start any new wars, do you by any chance remember that? That was a major campaign promise that has been broken a few times already. Trump also promised that the US was going to stop policing the world and yet he's been the most aggressive president in my lifetime. So what gives, maybe as a Trump supporter you have some sort of explanation?

No. I hate the Iranian government as much as you do and I do think they need to be stopped. I am simply questioning a few things. Did they plan this operation sufficiently and properly? Was Trump's hand forced by Israel? Do they have an endgame in sight? Has there ever been a government in recent history that has transitioned from an authoritarian regime to a democracy without boots on the ground for many years? Are Americans prepare to make the kind of financial sacrifices they're going to need to make if this war turns out to be prolonged? Was this the right time to inflict all this financial pain on the people of the world? Some would argue that the economy is already in a slightly precarious state. Will Iran ever surrender, and was it a total miscalculation to just assume that the people would rise up? I love the Iranian people and I question whether or not we needed to inflict this level of pain suffering and damage of their infrastructure that we have so far, with Israel's very aggressive participation. I have a dozen more questions but we can limit it to that for now.

I wonder what Petie will do once he gets fired? He could likely get a job as a pool cleaner or the manager of a grocery store. Maybe. But most of the members of the administration are likely doing illegal insider trading, so he'll probably be financially secure.

That's because no talks are taking place, Trump is simply lying his way through another crisis, attempting to calm the markets and avoid a slaughter in the midterms.

Trump likely doesn't have any problems that serious psychiatric medications wouldn't help with, in addition to 10,000 hours of therapy with a very talented shrink. There's no denying that the man is completely insane, totally unhinged, dim as a one watt bulb, and very unstable.

It the newly minted Three Stooges. Don, JD, and Mike.

I've been advocating for a long time that any candidate for the presidency who have offspring of fighting age, that they sign a pledge to send their kids to the front line if they declare war on any nation, where boots are required on the ground. It shows a sense of patriotism commitment and sacrifice. How much does this war really mean to you is it worth losing a son or a daughter over? How about two sons and a daughter? Send the entire Trump Clan over there, all four of them.

I'm beginning to think you are right, very few alternative arguments make any sense. And Trump would be the perfect stooge to use, to bring the world to its knees.

The only time I carry my original passport is if I'm leaving or entering the country or doing banking which they seem to always require it for. Otherwise it remains locked in my safe at home. I have a color copy of my passport with a color copy of the annual visa on the back of it and I've used that on multiple occasions otherwise my Thai driver's license or pink card works just fine. Just the other day when I tried to change some dollars and the woman insisted I needed my passport, I pushed her a bit and she ended up taking the pink card and the driver's license instead. Why would I want to risk the loss of my passport and visa if I don't have to?

I think it's safe to say that Trump is making very few decisions on his own, and he's very likely a willing puppet being manipulated by the Deep State, which are more than likely a group of ridiculously rich pathological super freaks who care not one iota for the average man. It is all about money and power for them and they use Trump because they realize he was an idiot, and they realized he could be very easily led, blackmailed, and manipulated. We have a tendency to blame everything on him and for those of us that despise him I think we exaggerate his level of malice and evil. I'm not saying he's not malicious and evil, but he's just a willing imbecile, and a moron puppet who makes Forrest Gump look like a nuclear physicist.

Trump has done the opposite of what he claims he set out to do, he has made every despot and every dictator around the world more powerful, more relevant, and he has driven a large portion of the world towards China, and away from the US, who's influence has diminished more dramatically than one could ever put into words. Disaster Don. Hard to imagine what presidential historians will make out of this circus freak clown.

Thank you so much for making me laugh out loud, over estimating the US military seems to be something that MAGA supporters consistently do, despite the fact that they've not even come close to winning a war in 81 years. I think it's safe to say that a bloated budget and enormous amounts of armaments coupled with a SEC DEF who would not be qualified to manage a Kmart, does not necessarily represent strength in numbers or a successful, nor smart operation.

The fact that Trump would flip off a labor who asked him a critical question says so much about the man. It is incredible. He likely had a horrific upbringing with two parents who failed miserably, he was likely subjected to quite a bit of abuse, and he grew into this giant bully who has incredibly low self-esteem, a lot of self-loathing due to his lifetime of crime, and he covers it with the acts of a boviator and a braggadochio. He can't handle criticism of any sort, that's how tiny a man he is, and how fragile he is, he is the biggest snowflake in America and loves to play the victim. For the president of the country to flip off a laborer really shows you where his head and his malignant heart are at, and amply demonstrates what an imbecile he is, and it shows you how emotionally driven this absolutely pathetic cancerous tumor is towards the American people. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W. look smart and articulate. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws - he would make a Trump. And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: 'My God… what… have… I… created? Unappealing, unattractive, idiotic, incompetent, hateful, hurtful, a totally fake patriot who would not make a real sacrifice for his country if his life depended upon it, abrasive, rude, blowhard, liar, cheater, thief, infantile, failure, loser, fraud, sexual abuser, incestuous, tax cheat, insurrectionist, un-American, dictator-loving dictator wannabe, out of control, sociopathic, convicted felon, toxic narcissist & brutish A-hole. I think that one of the aspects that kind of solves the riddle of Trump, is his toxic mind and consciousness. I truly believe that within that inner cauldron that some would refer to as his mind exists a state of bitterness, hatred, disillusionment, racism, and utter nastiness, the pathological desire for revenge against any perceived slight, an incredible lack of fulfillment, loneliness and true despair. Of course much of that is masked by his bluster and his bragging, but we all know where that comes from. Don is a tankerous boil on the face of America. A true cancer. Absolute trailer park gutter trash.

Incredible. He had a horrific upbringing with two parents who failed miserably, he was likely subjected quite a bit of abuse, and he grew into this giant bully who has incredibly low self-esteem, a lot of self-loathing due to his lifetime of crime, and he covers it with the acts of boviator and a bragadachio. He can't handle criticism of any sort, that's how tiny a man he is, and how fragile he is, he is the biggest snowflake in America and loves to play the victim. For the president of the country to flip off a laborer really shows you where his head and his malignant heart are at, and amply demonstrates what an imbecile he is, and it shows you how emotionally driven this absolutely pathetic cancerous tumor is towards the American people. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W. look smart and articulate. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws - he would make a Trump. And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: 'My God… what… have… I… created? Unappealing, unattractive, idiotic, incompetent, hateful, hurtful, a totally fake patriot who would not make a real sacrifice for his country if his life depended upon it, abrasive, rude, blowhard, liar, cheater, thief, infantile, failure, loser, fraud, sexual abuser, incestuous, tax cheat, insurrectionist, un-American, dictator-loving dictator wannabe, out of control, sociopathic, convicted felon, toxic narcissist & brutish A-hole. I think that one of the aspects that kind of solves the riddle of Trump, is his toxic mind and consciousness. I truly believe that within that inner cauldron that some would refer to as his mind exists a state of bitterness, hatred, disillusionment, racism, and utter nastiness, the pathological desire for revenge against any perceived slight, an incredible lack of fulfillment, loneliness and true despair. Of course much of that is masked by his bluster and his bragging, but we all know where that comes from. Don is a tankerous boil on the face of America.

Based on his history of pathological deceit and decades of crime, if there's one thing that is certain it is that if he does have some success in extracting Venezuelan oil it will not be a fair deal for the local people, and they will be worse off than they were under Maduro. That's just how the man rolls.

The US and Israel are committing one mistake after another, none of the objectives are being realized, and they should just show some dignity and withdraw at this point and admit failure, rather than cause more pain to the world economy, perhaps at the point of no return. There is no possibility of victory now, and there never was any possibility of victory from the beginning. This war was poorly planned, and the use of a SEC DEF who wouldn't qualify to lead a Cub Scout chapter, or manage a Kmart, in and of itself is a historic tragedy. This war was just a huge omelette on the face of Don, and on the face of America and when Trump withdraws with his tail between his legs the entire world will look on an exasperation, and wonder what on earth Trump was thinking and why he is such a spectacular moron and failure. However, no matter how you look at it a US withdraw from Iran is a good thing for the world. Trump's goals were never going to be achieved, and as usual the US Military and Trump did a terrible job of planning, and the public uprising never happened, the Republican guards were never taken out, the nuclear materials were never found, and Trump's war with Iran was a total and complete failure, of massive, epic and historic proportions. Disaster Don once again has caused huge amount of worldwide chaos unnecessary inflation tremendous fear and panic for absolutely nothing in return. I know it's difficult for a lot of his followers to admit that the man is a failure, but I think it's time to man up and come clean, and make a statement that this street garbage is nothing but malignant tumor on the face of America. If Trump had any dignity at all he would resign in disgrace.

Trump is destroying or degrading virtually anything he touches, and his second term has been an absolute disaster on so many different levels. He broke his promise about not committing overseas adventures, he broke his promise about lowering the cost of prescription drugs, he broke his promise about bringing prices down in America, he was totally unable to fulfill his promise about bringing manufacturing jobs to the US, his tariffs created ridiculous amounts of chaos around the world, resulting in the loss of tens of thousands of small businesses, and nearly bankrupting farmers throughout America. The man has been an absolute disaster and with this current war in Iran he has gone way too far, if the goon had any decency or dignity within him he would resign, admit his failures and ride off into the sunset with his additional ill gotten billions, where none of us had to be affected by his putrid skank, and his ridiculous and toxic nature.

I actually consider the sun overrated here in Thailand, and much prefer cloudy days when the temperature is considerably cooler.

If the nimwit puts troops on the ground it will likely be his demise, and that would be the only positive thing that would come out of this war. It seems like that he's completely making up the part about negotiations taking place with Iran, just another in his series of thousands of lies, but that shouldn't be surprising as that's just who the man is. These statements came after a report detailing Iran's response to a US proposal to end the war. "Iran has responded negatively" to the American proposal, an unidentified official told Iran’s Press TV on Wednesday, referring to a 15-point ceasefire deal floated by the Trump administration and delivered to the Iranians by Pakistan. "The end of the war will occur when Iran decides it should end, not when Trump envisions its conclusion," the Iranian official added. Tehran has five conditions for ending the US-Israeli war on Iran, according to Press TV. Iran wants a complete halt to “aggression and assassinations” by the US and Israel, along with “concrete mechanisms” to ensure that the US does not resume attacking. Iran also wants war reparations and a formal recognition of its “natural, legal right” to control maritime activity in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which 20 percent of global energy supplies pass. Iran also insists that any peace deal include military groups aligned with Tehran, which likely means an end to Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, where Hezbollah is fighting. Iran’s rebuttal through state media comes as the Islamic Republic’s military also characterised the US proposal to end the war as out of step with battlefield developments. “Our first and last word has always been, is, and will be this: someone like us will never come to terms with someone like you - not now, not ever,” the central headquarters of Iran’s military command said in a video on Wednesday. “Do not call your defeat an agreement. The era of your promises has come to an end. This time around, the Iranian official in his statement again questioned the sincerity of the US proposal by raising the two previous rounds of talks between the Iranians and the US, which ended with the US attacking Iran. The official said the US had no genuine intention of meaningful dialogue. Kushner and Witkoff were negotiating. Of course faikure was assured. The former chief of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service said Iran has the upper hand in the war. “The reality is the US underestimated the task, and I think as of about two weeks ago lost the initiative to Iran,” Sir Alex Younger, who ran the UK’s secret intelligence service from 2014 to 2020, told The Economist in a podcast interview. https://share.google/CKtgPt2dJhXxFFqHZ

I think they're not going far enough in their warnings, and a sustained war in the Middle East could push the world into a depression, and literally break the economies of the world, causing severe unemployment, massive loss of small businesses, and a total collapse of the financial and stock markets. This war was unnecessary, it was a war of choice, it was poorly planned, it happened at the wrong time, and the repercussions should have been expected but weren't, because the planners are of such low levels of intelligence that they couldn't foresee anything.

Patia continues to be the world leader in balcony jumps and balcony related accidents. Part of the reason may be the fact that a lot of balconies here are designed with the railings built too low, and that makes them quite unsafe. And then there are the drunkenness, the suicides and the mischief.