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Exactly what the US would love to see.

A war with Russia to save its currency, while it not being fought in their own back yard.

But when it escalates..................................

We had difficulties in contacting the Pegas Touristik Company responsible for the flight,” Sosnov said.

We already had an article this morning about how much this tour company were important to Thailand's tourism, and how much of an asset they were.

I mean..... 200.,000 supposed employees and they had trouble getting hold of anyone.

You couldn't make it up.

We also have UK troops going out there under the guise of 'training' when Cameron categorically told the people that they would NOT put troops on the ground in this conflict.

Everyone knows there will be a full scale ground combat force from the west. Probably will have to wait until after the next UK election, then it will be all systems go.

I wish they would just stop interfering in middle east wars, they are not any of our business. Let them sort out their own problems in their own way. The west will not be affected half as much as it is with our meddling.

From article:

In defence of recent allegations by a group of local tour guides that foreign travel agents were illegally employing foreign guides (story here), Mr Nikon said that although Pegas Turistik was a Russian-owned company, it employs more than 200,000 Thais and benefits many more locals in the tourist industry.

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Response:

Employs 200,000 Thais? This makes it one of the largest employers in the country, eh?

If you read the article properly you will see this is a crass and misleading statement.

“We have contracts with 700 hotels. Just multiply that by 100 employees per hotel and you will see how many Thais have jobs from our business,” he said.

So they don't employ 200,000 Thais at all, the 700 hotels they have contacts with employ 70,000 Thais.

The rest of this so called workforce will be almost certainly employed by other business owners.

I have contracts to supply confectioneries with schools that combined probably have well over 1000 teachers, does that mean i can go around boasting I employ over 1000 teachers?

I think he has a cheek to get angry about misrepresentation when he is doing it himself....... what a berk.

Have you noticed that there is a spate of arrests of Europeans wanted in their home countries.

Police trying to counter their crap reputation due to the damage it received from the Kho Tao case farce?

How many other countries will give free land to the poor?

I can't think of any.

But it is not enough for Thais, they want more.

No wonder they can't develop, they remain as dependant as infants their entire life and tit feeding them constantly won't help them to grow up and take the bull by the horns.

The critics say they need to be more effective, while their working process and appointment of committee members must be more transparent.

A logistical impossibility.

Also too many people lack the desire, and the clean out is nowhere near what it should have been.

Even if they cleared every single person out of politics, the civil service, the police at every level. etc etc etc.... They would all be replaced with equally corrupt and scandalous people. Like the report said yesterday. Lying and cheating is instilled almost at birth here. It can never change.

They need to have the 'Thainess' knocked out of them first..... good luck with that.

Your system is only as safe as your 'super minister'.

Corrupt 'super minister' = corrupt system.

The chances of Thailand getting a non-corrupt 'super minister' = REMOTE.

Here we go again.

'The world's biggest this'

'The world's greatest that'.

If you want to see a truly spectacular continental transport network, then jump on a plane to Europe.

Even 20 years from now and this place won't even be as impressive as Europe's network was 30 years ago.

But if it makes them feel good to massage their ego, then let them go ahead.

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I see the brainiacs have been busy! 95% of Thai farmers wouldn't know an Android from their armpit!

I see the brainiacs have been busy! 95% of Thai farmers wouldn't know an Android from their armpit!

You can bet the younger members of the family know and how to use to the best advantage.

This technology is not for the use of the farmers, it is for the use of those handing out the subsidies and the DSI. So they can see exactly what has been planted and what is sitting fallow.

What they should be looking at is the RFID skimming techniques.

Someone can walk past you in the street, or stand next to you in a crowd and skim the details off the card without even touching your card.

The scammers are always one step ahead of the game.

Let's hope they start with looking at HK offshore bank accounts of past and present politicians and their families.

This is actually a fanfare announcement that it is business as usual in Thailand and everyone can look forward to more of the same in the future. Forget reforms, it is a smokescreen.

It goes to show that the NLA are as politically biased as everyone else. It is anything but neutral. Their first task and the division is already exposed for all to see.

Either that or the only reason for abstentions and 'no voters' is that they think they don't have the right to hear the case in the first place. It may not exactly mean they disagree that they deserve impeachment. they may all think they do deserve to be impeached, but just not up to them to handle it. But I doubt it, i think it is all about political leaning. pro/anti Thaksin and all that.

What this country needs is an actual people's revolution before it will wake up these criminals. The NLA are nothing more than an extension of the corrupt political elite.

OK... so let's say at the current situation of peacetime.

If the Thai authorities for example offered full Thai citizenship with full voting rights and everything else that comes part and parcel with being a Thai such as land ownership etc. But they made you sign an agreement that if at any time in the future Thailand found itself in a state of war, then you must be available to be conscripted into active service.

Would you reach for the carrot?

OK..... so let's change the rules a little.

Let's say that Thailand just happens to be at war with your home country.

Would you find it tough to make a decision?

Would you go back to your country and fight against Thailand?

Why would I want citizenship, as per your OP, of as country I was fighting against.

Confused ...

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Because I sensed a resounding 'NO' vote across the board, or at least that was how it was emerging.

So I thought I would spice it up a bit to generate a debate.

Some people may be adamant in their refusal to fight for Thailand at any cost. So I spun around the formula to see if they were feeling a much bigger sense of loyalty to fight for their own country even if it was against Thailand.

Obviously the offer of full citizenship is removed from the second scenario.

I am sure after all that many Germans living in England before the outbreak of the 2 great wars would have put on a uniform and picked up a weapon. (the would have been made to in a lot of cases).

Just trying to stimulate debate.

A Country that does not give equal rights,and discriminates against westerners,and treats Thais as superior beings,has no right to expect Foreigners to die for them!

lol! britain did exactly that with thousands of colonial troops!!

Yes they did.Most countries do the same, it is called allied cooperation.

If the US has a beef with another country, then you can rest assured British troops would be sent there (whether they like it or not) to fight for US foreign policy.

I see the UK are going to end up putting troops on the ground in Iraq again, this time against ISIS. Even though the British public was promised that there would be no troop deployment in Iraq.

No mention of US troops being deployed (yet).

Sure seems the story has changed dramaticly from a few month ago when the U S downgraded Thailands rating on human rights. Just go re-read the articles written then, Thailand doesn't have a problem with human trafficing, besides Thailand doesn't care what the U S and EU think anyway.

Thailand will care a lot if sanctions are imposed by the EU and USA.

It will cripple the entire fishing industry and exporters and hit the Thai economy.

If Thailand still fails to comply, the sanctions will be widened to other products.

Thailand will certainly care. Don't fool yourself. It also has knock on effects across many sectors where other importers will dislike Thailand's use of human trafficking and boycott them off their own backs.... including tourists.