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Tantrum turns deadly
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/01/2020
» The opinion piece, "Was the killing of Iran's Soleimani justifiable?" on Jan 8 misses the point. The point is that Donald Trump was feeling frustrated about a number of things (being impeached, the attack on the embassy in Iraq) and some dim-witted general gave him the option of lashing out to express his frustration and he did. Afterwards, all his enablers are trying to make it sound like some rational, well thought out decision, but in fact, it wasn't much different than a small spoiled child impulsively lashing out in anger because things weren't going his way.
Pulling hens' teeth
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/06/2019
» After the debacle we have witnessed in the last few weeks with "experienced" politicians pushing for ministerial positions, going back on their previous promises to voters and looking for power incommensurate with their electoral results, the Future Forward Party's problem with a "young and boisterous" member seems rather minuscule.
Try the Bermuda solution
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/08/2016
» These days the bulk of editorials, comments, etc seems to be centred on the traffic congestion and traffic woes in Bangkok. The "Bermuda Solution" could be tried. On the British island of Bermuda, only one vehicle per family is permitted, no matter how many members there are in the family. The prime minister should consider this option.
Trains, ID cards and default
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/03/2016
» Re: “Scaled-down ‘bullet train’ project to begin this year”, (BP March 26).