GroveHillWanderer

Where was it shown to be wrong? I don't see anything on this thread. If you have something showing it to be wrong, perhaps you could link to it?

If you can't find anything in Pattaya, you might want to try Lazada. I was able to find a replacement shelf for a refrigerator on there in the past.

No, it's further backing the point that the discussion of this topic has moved to a different thread.

It's no surprise that Trump is confused about what the repercussions of his "excursion" might be when he even contradicts himself on what's going on, from one minute to the next. Here's the timeline of various statements he made during a recent press conference. At 12:03 PM, President Trump told reporters he wanted a ceasefire with Iran. At 12:05 he declared victory. At 12:07 he announced he was sending Marines. At 12:08 he said no boots on the ground. At 12:11 he said he did not want a ceasefire. At 12:16 he declared victory again. At 12:17 he asked for a ceasefire. At 12:23 he told NATO they were cowards. At 12:29 he said Iran was begging for a ceasefire. At 12:31 he said everything was perfect. At 12:36 he said $500 oil was a good thing. At 12:37 he demanded Iran open Hormuz. At 12:39 he said Hormuz was never closed. At 12:41 he said the US was not at war with Iran. At 12:42 he declared victory in Iran.

The Iranian army has 545,000 to 610,000 active personnel, plus 350,000 to 5 million in reserve. They don't need missiles to defend Kharg Island, they just need troops and they have them in abundance. The accepted principle is that to successfully overcome a prepared defensive force, a 3 to 1 ratio of attackers to defenders is the minimum. The same military planning principles hold that against well-fortified defences, a 5 or 6 to 1 ratio is preferable. So any attempted US invasion of the island is likely to be about as far from "a piece of cake" as it's possible to imagine.

The evidence is all around you, in the fact that every child that learns to speak, does so without having learned to read and write first. Now, when I learned Thai, I did learn the Thai alphabet, and learned to read and write Thai but it is absolutely not the only way to learn. My daughter, for instance, speaks fluent Thai (much, much better than mine) but she never did learn to read or write Thai, beyond knowing how to write her own name.

Even if the Israeli assessment of "up to 4,000 km" is accurate, it would still put London out of range - it's over 4,500 km away.

At least based on the article below, the UK has a massive shortage of homes. The housebuilding crisis: The UK’s 4 million missing homes Compared to the average European country, Britain today has a backlog of 4.3 million homes that are missing from the national housing market as they were never built. This housing deficit would take at least half a century to fill even if the Government’s current target to build 300,000 homes a year is reached. https://www.centreforcities.org/publication/the-housebuilding-crisis/

A highly thought-provoking perspective on this was posted by a writer on Twitter (X). It's too long to quote the entire thing (probably against forum rules too) but here's just a taste of it. For those who have time, I think it's well worth the read.

So now Trump's just declaring up front that he's fine with committing what would widely be considered as war crimes. Facilities such as power plants are classified as infrastructure indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, and their deliberate targeting is prohibited by the Geneva Conventions.

You obviously have no clue what you're talking about. It's impossible for Muslims to have been killing anyone for 2,000 years, their religion has only existed for about 1,400 years.

While it may not be approved for use as an anti-depressant in Australia, it is routinely prescribed on the NHS in the UK. See link below. https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/trazodone/about-trazodone/ On that link, the following is mentioned: However, it's important to note that in the context of this thread, it's not being recommended as an anti-depressant, it's being recommended (off label) as a sleep aid. And, as previously mentioned, the dosages and therefore both the beneficial effects and the side effects, are quite different when used for the different purposes. In fact, as the NIH research paper I linked to earlier mentions, the efficacy of Trazodone as a soporific seems to vary in inverse proportion to the dosage. So to get the best result from it, you would use it in doses well below what is required for it to act an anti-depressant. The same is true of Mirtazapine, another drug commonly-prescribed as an anti-depressant in the UK. It is also used off label as a sleep aid, but also in lower amounts than would have a therapeutic anti-anxiety effect. Again on the NHS website, you can find the following: https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/mirtazapine/about-mirtazapine/ Another point to note, both these medications are non-addictive - although they can be habit-forming, especially if used at the higher dosages used to counter depression and anxiety. I'm not aware of any information as to whether they are similarly habit-forming when taken in the smaller doses.

There's a massive difference between starting a war of choice as C-in-C (for no good reason that can be discerned) and serving as a soldier in a war when your country calls upon you to go. If you can't see that then I can't help you.

It's hardly a viable alternative. As the article points out, it's only going to allow for the export of around 3 million barrels a day, less than half of just Saudi Arabia's oil exports. Normally, about 20 million barrels a day pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Here's an extract from the Wall Street Journal article linked to earlier in the thread.

According to Trump's own Director of National Intelligence (Tulsi Gabbard) when testifying before Congress, the consolidated opinion of the US Intelligence agencies was that Iran was not developing nuclear weapons and not rebuilding its uranium enrichment capabilities. Gabbard Says Iran Did Not Rebuild Nuclear Program After 2025 Strikes, Contradicting Trump Gabbard's testimony, which is a representation of the intelligence community’s assessment of the threats facing U.S. citizens, appeared to directly contradict one of President Donald Trump's central justifications for launching a new war against Iran on Feb 28—namely that Iran was two weeks away from acquiring a nuclear weapon. https://time.com/article/2026/03/18/tulsi-gabbard-iran-nuclear-trump/

Russian casualties are really horrendous over the last few days, if reports are to be believed.

I use Trazodone occasionally (about once every 3-6 months if I've had more than 3 sleepless nights in a row). As mentioned on a number of medical websites, if used off label for insomnia, it's better to use it in small doses. I find taking a quarter of a 50mg tablet has the desired effect for me, every time. Here's an extract from a paper on the NIH (US National Institutes of Health) website. Trazodone for Insomnia: A Systematic Review The blocking of the 5-HT2A, histamine H1, and alpha receptors is thought to produce the hypnotic effect reported for low doses of trazodone (25–100mg). At these low doses, trazodone induces and maintains sleep without causing daytime drowsiness or tolerance ... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5842888/ The same "micro-dosing" principle seems to apply to Mirtazapine, which I've also used in the past. https://www.sleepstation.org.uk/articles/medicines/mirtazapine/

Western journalists are not banned from Iran (at least, not all of them). Sky News has a correspondent there (Dominic Waghorn) - he's been filing reports from the streets of Tehran for the last several days.

These are the main symptoms of methanol poisoning. At least according to the OP, none of these were reported in this case. https://travelaware.campaign.gov.uk/spiking-and-methanol-poisoning/

Looks like Iran is still looking for a way to take part. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/17/iran-negotiating-fifa-move-world-cup-games-to-mexico-us

So would you care to amend this post, now that Trump has done a complete and total 180 on it?

Did you even bother reading the OP? As it clearly states, "HMS Dragon left the UK earlier in the week."

It's quite clear that not all of Trump's policies are in accord with the Constitution, nor are they all legal. That's the precise reason why he keeps losing in court, as more and more judges are ruling his actions to be either unlawful, unconstitutional or both. Even the Supreme Court, despite being dominated by Republican nominees, has ruled against him on a couple of cases already (notably on tariffs, and in the Abrego Garcia case). Trump can't brag about 'winning too much' in the courtroom ... it cannot be overstated just how much the Trump administration keeps losing in court. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/11/2372443/-Trump-can-t-brag-about-winning-too-much-in-the-courtroom

I don't think it's quite accurate to say they can only carry crude oil. That's what they're carrying now, but it doesn't have to be. I used to work for two companies (Eagleton and Stone & Webster) that did design & construction projects for Saudi Aramco and some of that work involved the E/W pipeline. The pipeline(s) can carry different products. In fact the article you linked to points out that one of them previously carried NGL (natural gas liquids). It would take some time to convert them to carry a different product though, and it might also require some changes in the storage facilities. So it wouldn't be a trivial or particularly quick change to undertake.