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HannahD

Member Since 2009-01-22
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In Topic: Complaints Filed Against Topless Women Dancing During Songkran.

2011-04-19 12:08:48

I remember visiting Thailand 45 years ago and in villages throughout the country Thai women went topless. Only in cities did women wear blouses. Even there they might wear only a Thai style long-line bra in the neighborhood. If people want to talk about tradition and history, they ought to learn it.

In Topic: Agency Needed To Deal With Sinking Bangkok

2010-11-17 09:19:59

View PostNorthman061, on 2010-11-16 10:44:06, said:

This would require the Elites to pay out money to build, control and plan for decades ahead.....with no real "profit" to be made, so why would they?

Let us not forget, Thailand is run for what the Elites and Millionaire Generals can make, not what is best for Thailand and the nations future.

Aren't nearly all countries run for the benefit of the elites? It is just easier to see in some countries than in others.

In Topic: Thailand To Extradite Russian Arms Dealer Viktor Bout To US: PM Abhisit

2010-11-17 09:15:46

View PostDP25, on 2010-11-16 14:21:30, said:

View Postsausageandmash, on 2010-11-16 12:51:54, said:

I think it's hilarious that no-one on this site realises what Russia might do in retaliation.

What exactly do you think Russia can do in retaliation?
I suspect this will be a Pyrrhic victory. Mr. Bout has powerful friends  in very high places. His friends will quite probably retaliate by flooding  Afghanistan with large quantities of very modern weapons.

In Topic: Thailand To Extradite Russian Arms Dealer Viktor Bout To US: PM Abhisit

2010-11-17 09:04:06

Viktor Bout extradited. US wins.
I suspect this will be a Pyrrhic victory. Mr. Bout has powerful friends  in very high places. His friends will quite probably retaliate by flooding  Afghanistan with large quantities of very modern weapons.

In Topic: Russia Warns Against US Meddling In Thailand-Bout Case

2010-10-08 08:03:48

The Viktor Bout affair is really little more than a commercial dispute. A state which exports arms wishes to eliminate a competitor. As Viktor and others before him have learned it is very difficult to succeed against a competitor whose agents wear badges and carry guns.

  Oh sure, the US will probably manage to get custody of Viktor Bout and he will be duly convicted of a variety of horrendous offenses but the "enemy" in Afghanistan will suddenly and mysteriously be equipped with a large number of very modern weapons particularly anti-helicopter missiles which will change the entire complexion of the war in Afghanistan.

  No one but the Afghans ever wins in Afghanistan. Alexander the Great once, the British twice, the Soviets once, and now the US almost interminably,  have all fallen victim to imperial hubris only to suffer humiliating defeat at the hands of ragtag tribesmen who know the territory and are fighting to defend their homeland against invaders.

  Those in the US who are pushing so hard for extradition ought be reminded of the old adage, “Be careful what you wish for; you might get it.”


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