Phuket Safe From Attack?

[Guest ka1234]

I would think that Pattaya is a greater risk-especially during the Cobra Gold exercises. There are throngs of Americans packing the bars, as well as U.S. Navy ships off-shore for a U.S.S. Cole-style attack.

Maybe onshore, but not offshore. Early in 2002 my father and I had been out fishing outside Pattaya. A Cobra Gold "exercise" was under way in Pattaya so USS Kitty Hawk was anchored outside Pattaya. We wanted to take a closer look at the ship so we asked the Thai captain to take us close to it. We approached at low speed and not directly towards the ship as to not upset anyone, but about 300m from the ship we were approached by a bunch small Thai patrol boats with heavy machine guns on board. So no, I do not think a USS Cole style attack would be possible. And besides, what stupid terrorist would attack a bunch of 19 year old kids and their hooker friends? That would be a bit amateurish of them, wouldn't it? I think "Al Qaeda" and their likes are after more high profile targets.

[The_Eye_Of_Sauron]

We certainly don't want US Troops here.

There's nothing wrong with them qualitatively - in fact the precise opposite.

"Its using a sledgehammer to crack a nut"

Thailand has an adequate military budget to deal with this if they organize themselves properly.

Its just a few scrawny emaciated bozos hiding in the undergrowth.

Napalm them, or use some WMD biological agent.

[Guest IT Manager]

The gentleman is all wrong. I am merely exploring facts. Another fact is that I have spent more that 50 days per year in Patong every year for the last 3. I was in Patong when the world was attacked on 9/11. I made 6 vistis to Thailand last year in support of Thailand. I believe Patong is safe and have many Muslim people that I interact with. My laundry service, many food places, shops and I hove this doesn't shock you...I know very nice lady who engages in P4P activities. So I'm not anti Muslim, I'm not anti travel to Thailand and I don't SPAM this board.

All these attention getting posts with the big smile from a NetNerd who nics as The Gentleman is here for one purpose, to SPAM and only to SPAM as he did in his las post. Next thing you know it will be used condoms!

Here is " the Gentlemans" SPAMola...I bet you are salesman and not a gentleman!

"(by the way, if you would like to buy a house, land, villa etc, Pm me!"

Yes with free speach and down with Selling, Promotion, Advertising, and Marketing. That would be very un_Gentlemanly do engage is such a travesty as to attempt to hide your real purpose amongst cheap shot <deleted>!

Personal views..not admin views:

50 days per year... hmm out of 365 that is about...not many.. sounds like a weekender.

The world was not attacked on 9/11. America was. People from all over the world were killed when America was attacked.

America is 240 million out of 6 billion people.

Covers about 8 % of the Earths surface.

Is ruled by an idiot who scares more out of me than bin laden ever did.

Sells and has sold more weapons of mass destruction than most others even knew existed.

Is ruled by an idiot.

Makes rules others can't understand

Is ruled by an idiot.

Doesn't pay its' dues at the UN becasue it isn't able to provide a member smart enough to sit on the Human Rights Commission.

Doesn't sign agreements on Childrens, employees, human rights.

Doesn't sign agreements about pollution management or environment.

Is ruled by an idiot

Wants american air marshalls on aircraft from other countries (vomit).

Is ruled by an idot.

Need I say more... grow a brain. Get a thinking person as a ruler.

[KhunBoom]

That would be 50 days in Patong alone not my total in Thailand which is over 100, thank you!

America taks up only 85 but how much of the world economy over 25%

All the way back to the first bombing at the World Trade Center the terrorist thugs have stated that the attack was against world commerace.

The UN dues is over the fact the UN can't pay its bill in NYC

The rest of the flaming is dispicable conduct for an Admin. You cannot play admin and not play admin. If you are going to lead you must lead by example, which you are clearly not doing. I really though you were much better that Patrica Pong but it is clear another Admin has disrespected the code they are sworn to enforece.

How do you expect member to respect the rules when the Admins seem to feel the rules don't apply to them!

Go to the corner and site with Pat Pong, facing the wall for 3 days!

Look at Pat Paong taunt by saying " my people in the long grass are watching "

Look at the Gestapo like arrogance!

Dr.

Group: Admin

Posts: 3,661

Member No.: 110

Joined: 2002-11-20

As I am the CIA man responsible for Bitter's demise...can I get an idea of the extent of your support for Bitterfly ?

the arrogance of Admin Pat Pong. describes himself as a CIA man and futher demeans the status of the Admin Staff by taunting the member Butterfly by calling him Bitterfly!... I call for the demotion of this demagog and a min of 2 weeks time out "no posting" so he can get a grip and get off the power shit stuff......

No I will be banishe to the " Z coola for thrity days"

You want Addie status...then live up to the code!

[Georgie-Porgie]

###### says (plain type):

The world was not attacked on 9/11. America was. People from all over the world were killed when America was attacked.

I say (bold type):

People of many nationalities were killed in the World Trade Center, not just Americans. People all over the World said that on September 11 they felt that they were Americans. People all over the World said that an attack on America by slimy terrorists is an attack on the World.

America is 240 million out of 6 billion people.

Covers about 8 % of the Earths surface.

Thanks for reaffirming that , but we know already.

Is ruled by an idiot who scares more out of me than bin laden ever did.

Then you are not as bright as you would like to think that you are.

Sells and has sold more weapons of mass destruction than most others even knew existed.

Absolute bullsh1t. Offer some proof.

Is ruled by an idiot.

He's a raving genius compared to John Howard. Much less of a buffoon also.

Makes rules others can't understand

Makes rules that YOU can't understand.

Is ruled by an idiot.

He's a raving genius compared to John Howard. Much less of a buffoon also.

Doesn't pay its' dues at the UN becasue it isn't able to provide a member smart enough to sit on the Human Rights Commission.

American Universities are the best in the World. Much better than Australia. Pretty good chance that we could scrape someone up, if we wanted to.

Doesn't sign agreements on Childrens, employees, human rights.

Doesn't sign agreements about pollution management or environment.

Doesn't believe that other some countries will live up to their end of agreements.

Is ruled by an idiot

He's a raving genius compared to John Howard. Much less of a buffoon also.

Wants american air marshalls on aircraft from other countries (vomit).

Doesn't trust some other countries to do it right.

Is ruled by an idot.

He's a raving genius compared to John Howard. Much less of a buffoon also.

Need I say more... grow a brain. Get a thinking person as a ruler.

Need I say more...administrators in glass houses shouldn't throw stones!

[Membrane]

Hmm... wow.. I don't want to get in the middle of a cat fight or anyting, but ######, did you really say all those things? Pretty powerful stuff, if you did. "Ruled by an idiot?" Is that really called for, especially by an admin??? Maybe I'm wrong, but it just seems like in a professionally run operation, admins don't really put their feelings out there quite so blatantly or in a way that could offend. Maybe you could create an alter-ego, a second identity for yourself, so you can get in the gutter with the rest of us and really scrap, without losing your professionalism.

Don't want to step on any toes here, but IF you really did say those things, can you handle it (and not threaten to ban someone) if you get honest responses from the rest of us?

[Khun ?]

I do not think George makes to many decisions if any on his own. More like he should do, he does, is put the objective out and he lets the big thinkers of the world reach the objective,

and many countries who know the seriousness of the situation are involved.

Then of course all us noncombatants and couch potatoes know the real way

to deal with things better than anyone else. We have the internet and newspapers

to gather all the facts, which I know everyone will agree is the best intel in the world and it only cost 20 baht. George thanks for having some balls and dealing

with extremist in a manner they understand. Freedom to believe in what we choose to, and live how we choose is much better than Osama dictating how my life should be.

IT has a right to voice his prejudices and views the same as the rest of us, and do not hold him to the same standards he holds George to. After all we are talking HQ

command center Chaing Mai. It has read newspapers from all over the world and lived in at least 2 countries.