Just a thought.

Friday, October 10, 2025

Hun Manet..

The 508-mile (817-kilometer) border between Thailand and Cambodia has been prone to flareups of violence for decades.

Cambodia has previously sought a ruling from the UN’s International Court of Justice over disputed areas, but Thailand said it does not recognize the court’s jurisdiction and claims that some areas along the border were never fully demarcated.

The most recent round of violence erupted in July when at least 38 people, mostly civilians, were killed and hundreds of thousands were forced to flee their homes.

Trump held separate phone calls with the leaders of the two countries, threatening to stop trade negotiations if they didn’t agree to a ceasefire.

The two sides met in Malaysia within days and agreed to a ceasefire. However, the conflict over the contested border remains unresolved – even though Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet said that he nominated the US president for the Nobel Peace Prize. Just a thought.

Hate..

Four Decades..

Trump has repeated this claim since earlier this summer, and the White House provided a list of the seven claimed bilateral agreements last month.

While he certainly contributed to brokering a couple of agreements between long-standing foes, his role in securing ceasefires in some of the other conflicts he has boasted about ending has been disputed by some of the countries involved.

Trump certainly deserves credit for hosting the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan at the White House in August, where they finalized a peace agreement.

The two former Soviet republics had been locked in a conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh for almost four decades. Just a thought.

Less Compelling..

The Washington Post editorial board criticized former Vice President Kamala Harris' new book and her return to the spotlight on Sunday, arguing that it was good it happened this week because the Democratic Party did not have "time to waste" on their former presidential candidate in 2028.

The editorial board recounted Harris' several interviews last week, which included conversations with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and ABC's "The View."

The board wrote she "managed to put on a book tour even less compelling than her presidential campaign."

Comment:

With that in mind, where is the leadership for the coming elections.