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I won't call it a "war" yet and hopefully calmer heads will prevail very soon. However, they might not and right now it's rapidly headed in a very bad direction. So I've been thinking about the situation of western expats both in Thailand and Cambodia especially if this drags on and on and gets much worse. My opinion is that expats should be as invisible as possible about all this. We're not Thai and we're not Cambodian. It's really none of our business. It's not like Russia vs. Ukraine which has very specific meanings to very many westerners. Whatever the political narratives are on both sides, it seems to me that they have nothing to do with us. It occurs to me that NATURALLY long term expats in Thailand are going to side with Thailand just out of affinity and that expats in Cambodia will naturally do the same. Not because of believing or not believing the opposing political narratives, but just because we are here and they are there. That's kind of an odd situation, don't you think?

In some case, perhaps. In any case, even for those that think such cruel and unusual inhumane conditions are ever justified, they certainly should only be reserved for the most extreme criminal cases. The Trump regime has not done that at all! All decent Americans are appropriately disgusted with this. Trump's strongest issue was immigration. A winning issue for the magas. Even on that, he is far underwater on approval. That's what you get when you take things way too far.

Don't ever forget what he is.

You're replying to somehow that is a self admitted pro Putin partisan. Hardly representative of most Americans.

Where the fudge are the flippin' letters?

I wouldn't call you paranoid in light of what we know is happening in the Trump regime now. That's what we do know. What we don't know is ever scarier to consider.

It's natural that a person with a maga cult perspective would try to whitewash history in the same way that the Trump regime is actively and aggressively doing right now. There is a strong and real connection.

Wrong! There were NOT concentration camps for all German and Italian Americans. They did NOT have their property, money, and businesses stolen en masse. I get that you're maga but sorry you DO NOT get the rewrite history in racist maga terms. I knew some Japanese Americans victims of this when I was growing up and they were traumatized for life. BTW, I'm a big fan of MOST of what FDR did both in the war and the new deal (now being assaulted by the maga fascists). But no leader is perfect.

I call B.S. It was racism. German and Italian Americans weren't treated that way. Next ...

I promise you I won't mum in your couth.

Pedestrians would need to be very dumb to believe this new scheme protects them on crossing. You're on your own. In a way these schemes can potentially increase the risk because many people actually do believe they're fool proof.

Though not a fan of his "sport" which wasn't actually a sport or his vile maga politics but he was good at the role he played. Basically a comic book character. I think for kids and very immature adults.

About as much chance as finding enough U.S. citizens to do the needed farm work in the U.S. done by immigrants. Duh.

This seems fine to me. They're adults. They're aware it's a risky area. Who are any of you to tell them whether the risk is worth it or not?

G'wed tv series. Two seasons so far with a third announced. Scouser comedy. Good fun. G'wed - Wikipedia