@John ******

you played a part that was all. The RAF had the air, the Royal Navy the sea.

The Germans abandon Operation Sealion after the defeat of the Luftwaffa in the Battle of Britain.

As for the USA pulling chesnuts out of anyones fire you lost to Vietnam, the communists are still in power. Iraq, all you managed to do was create ISIS and reduce the Christian population by 80%. As for Afghanistan, the Taliban are still in power. Libya, you and NATO brought back slave markets and human trafficking. Not an enviable record.

As for the Marshall plan all we ended up with was an Oligarchy run by Germany and France. It's called the EU now. So you could say Germany won in the long run by political means and not the gun.

@Michael ********

it's a verifiable reservation only and expires after 48 hour's. No refund.

@John ******

funny. John Wayne won WW2, yeah heard that one. Far too many Hollywood movies give that impression. No, the Americans did not capture the enigma machine as portrayed in U571.

@John ******

not wrong. So let the world by Airbus and leave the yanks to Boeing. As for Jack Daniels, give me a good malt anyday. For me, I hike and nothing of my kit is REI.

@John ******

well if you had read my comment it answered the OPs request.

@Joseph ******

85/thai-officials-face-us-visa-curbs-over-uyghur-deportations

No. Came in on a 60 day exempt. Got a 30 day extension. But on the visa run just wanted to see my outbound reservation which I had. Retired and married to a Thai. Probably helps.

One wonders if Trump keeps pissing on Thailand those visa runs for Yanks might prove interesting.

I will never use VFS having used them in both Abu Dhabi and Bahrain to get my wife a UK visa. Horrible service and treated us very badly. If you need a UK passport renewed do it on the UK. The Peterborough office was very good. Trying the post office this year.

The service was so much better when the embassy handled this.

If you fly in get an e-visa. The queue at visa on arrival was biblical at Vientiane..

@Christopher *******

Take a tour. I am sure the guys on here will find a work around.