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straight murder if the guy is dead.

yes, it's possible that a lancet kills a Bradley and its crew. But you state that as if that's what would usually happen. the reality is, it would have to be a lucky hit. what usually happens is that the Bradley takes damage to its external systems, such as smoke grenades, optics, explosive armor if present etc. and would then need repairs. some lucky hits for the Ruzzians can immobilize the Bradley, and then the crew has to bail. and some extremely lucky hits could theoretically destroy the Bradley and its crew. I say theoretically because I was unable to find a video of a Bradley being destroyed by a Lancet drone even on Ruzzian channels. don't hesitate to post a link to a video of a Lancet destroying a Bradley, I was unable to find any, sure, there were vids of Ruzzians climaxing over burning smoke grenades, but no video of a Bradley being destroyed.

yes of course they can be labelled traitors in the common meaning of the word, regardless of the legal meaning. From the Oxford dictionary: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/traitor these people do harm their own country and they do lie. they are agents of influence for the benefit of a foreign power. people who provide foreign countries with classified intelligence about their own country are traitors, correct ? well, these agents of influence do also sell out their country for the benefit of a foreign hostile country, albeit what they do is not a prosecutable offence in peacetime. but they are certainly traitors.

We still got to finish the job. If Putin is allowed to take away some wins in the shape of gained territory, he will continue to try the same elsewhere. Georgia is definitely at the top on his list just after Ukraine. Possibly some other Central Asian countries too, or Armenia, Azerbaidjan ... Not to mention his worldwide subversive actions since about the early 2000s. Anti-democracy, anti-everything subversion to destabilize Western countries. Effects have been quite devastating so far with Brexit and Trump. Thankfully, Western politicians have woken up to the threat after years of warnings from the intelligence community as well as from journalists, but they took way too long to take action.

I have been to Ukraine several times on business and I have family there. I have also been to Russia on business. I would not be able to count how many times. Russia blatantly violated the 2014 Minsk agreements. As well as the Budapest Memorandum, and the earlier agreements, poisoned the elected president, etc. and also violated the next Minsk II agreements. I find it difficult to believe that if you know what happened in Ukraine you would defend the Russian position. I claim BS. You can inform yourself in detail here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk_agreements don't come with "it's all Western lies" - we are all tired of your type.

my guess is that the money was to be sent to her Thai account, maybe in order to pay a bill for her phone.

nothing of the sort exists. BUT Ukrainians don't need to fly close to the front lines to tear Ruzzians apart. Remember the failed GLSDB ? they were planned to utilize the US's huge stock of aging dumb bombs by mounting them on a rocket that could be launched from GMLRS launchers. But SAAB and BOEING screwed up. I think I already know who of the two screwed up, oh well. Anyway, that still leaves the US with thousands of ageing 250kg and 500kg ordinance nearing or exceeding its expiry date with a urgent need for disposal above Ruzzian lines. These bombs won't be dropped from above because of AD and manpads. The Ruzzians have been dropping glide bombs for months from 50+ Km away from the front lines. Guess whose turn it is to do the same when Ukrainian air defense is allowed to shoot into Ruzzian airspace and the F-16 arrive ? I bet some factories in the US are now busy gluing some little angel wings to those ugly dumb little 250kg and 500kg larvae to transform them into magnificent JDAMs. But maybe the GLSDB will also make its return to the battlefield, once enough Ruzzian electromagnetic jammers are taken out.

what a clown show this is

talking about Thai products sold in Thailand, the containers and cost of shipping should not have a big impact.

That's what Putin is hoping for

and let's hope Democracy will also win in the USA. it's time that lying in public for political gain gets outlawed.

I do know very well that NATO isn't going to do that at all. Anyway, Finland is geographically as well suited for that. But neither NATO nor the USA have any interest to station nukes in Ukraine, Finland, Sweden or Georgia. What would be the point ? US Nukes in Turkey and Germany are just a few minutes away from Moscow anyway. The US has a strategic interest in having nukes in Europe, yes. But the interest is continental, they don't need to have them in Eastern Europe, and the US already has nukes in Turkey and Germany, in addition to French and UK nukes. You are just babbling nonsense the whole day long.

Some good indicators for inflation are consumer goods and services made in Thailand. For example, a box of 24 Chang sparkling water (325ml) was around 105 baht in Makro ten+ years ago, now its north of 200. McDonald's: Big Mac Menu XXL used to cost around 189 baht when the baht was very weak. Now they don't have the XXL fries anymore and the menu costs 270 baht. KFC: one piece of chicken used to cost 27-28 baht, now it's 55. The price of beer has greatly increased too, along with shrinkflation both in bottle size (from 660 to 630/620) and in alcohol content. Groceries have doubled as well, but they were so cheap initially, so it's not a very big deal now either. and the list goes on and on. these products are Thai. in the last 10 years, prices have doubled. the cause isn't just the higher minimum wage. maybe 10% is caused by the wage. what did cause the rest ?

misleading. prices were much lower for imported goods 10-15 ago, yet the baht was 25% weaker then.

nonsense. no US nukes were ever stationed east of the former border with Eastern Germany. and I don't expect that to change. but Putin stationed nukes in Belarus recently. Putin is the one doing it.

More lack of clues here. Obviously, some conflicts are more important than others. I'm not saying the death and suffering is less important, but the conflicts' consequences on global geopolitics. Ukraine is the most important conflict by far and will have far reaching consequences.

you are completely clueless. there is no stopping the development of a nation of almost 1.5 billion people as vast as China.

except when I got it from the government hospital, it was normal price.

30 baht a pill is a prohibition / smuggler price though.

Dr. Anywhere seems to be a local company: https://www.doctoranywhere.co.th

google usually does the trick

The paragraph on safety concerns should on the contrary emphasize how rare armed robberies and robbery-assaults are in Thailand when it comes to tourists, and practically unheard of if the tourist was cautious with his cash - the loss of gold bling by reckless flaunters is way more frequent. Cash is also what gets the best exchange rates and what is needed when negotiating prices in Thailand. Using non-cash payment methods as a tourist costs anywhere between 1 to 3%, sometimes as much as 5% and add in dodgy exchange rates. Non-cash sometimes also eliminates negotiation latitude by the vendors. In the "benefits" : all transactions go through your phone. Question : what happens when you lose your phone as a tourist in Thailand ? Use non-cash payment methods if you are an Apple customer.

You might be on to something here - maybe there is a link between democracy, peace and being protected by a powerful military power or alliance ?

We already know Chamberlain's politics didn't work. Your way of thinking is flawed. Bowing to Ruzzian aggression just to avoid a war with Ruzzia weakens Europe even more, China will have a stronger position versus EU weaklings than vs. EU doing the right thing now. Ruzzia-Iran-China is an axis of evil with currently one aggressive member, one contained member and one for-the-moment-silent partner "without limits". Ruzzia vs. Europe China vs. USA and Iran as a sh*t-stirrer You say "Asian countries" as if they were homogenous and all on the same economic and societal development level as Europe. China is a member of the axis of evil and North Korea is an associate member. Many other Asian countries aren't democratic in the first place, such as Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and a couple others I forgot, some have enough trouble at home, such as Taiwan and others aren't significant in terms of military and finances. Others aren't economically developed and busy with themselves such as India, Philippines, Indonesia. Let's look at two developed, democratic major Asian countries : Japan and South Korea - both support Ukraine.

I live in Thailand