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"Globally we are entering a very fragile state: is Asia ready?"

I would rather say it this way:"Western countries are entering a very fragile state: is Asia ready to fight for the West?"
And the answer should be: "And what about this face in the mirror? Why does not he go and fight for the West in the Ukraine? Why does he want Asia to fight for him instead?"

There is a huge difference between Russian expats and the Western ones. If you look at the results of the elections, for example, to the Russian State Duma, you will see that anti-Russian pro-American marginal parties have been winning the elections among Russian expats in Thailand for decades.
Therefore, you can form a certain opinion about what kind of people they are. They are very similar to Assange/Snowden supporters in the USA.

We will see a lot of efforts to involve neutral countries into the Ukrainian conflict. Will the West benefit from this? Yes, it will. But what about ordinary expats? I am sure they would prefer to enjoy peace and silence of a neutral country.

29 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

In his talk show last night, Russian state TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov had this to say about Bucha: "The war against Russia entered a new phase today... Very soon they'll accuse us of genocide... To all appearances this whole provocation was plotted by the British"

 

You will get your gift from Salisbury for sure with a gift wrapped nose cone ???? 

Bucha is raising of the stakes in the game. This will allow Vlad to double the number of soldiers in this war. Russian TV is preparing grounds for this.

On 3/7/2022 at 11:08 AM, finnsk said:

Everybody knows there is no winners if the biggest nuclear powers make war with nuclear weapens.

China will be the winner.

400k are not necessary to be transferred from the abroad to meet the requirements, right?

10 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I was just reading a Russian media source (RIA Novosti) with Google translate from a twitter link and the theme of it was clearly that Ukraine needs to not exist. A total annihilation of Ukraine and a name change. [...]

Many people have noticed that the official goals of the Special Mission are complete nonsense. Officially, Russia would like to perform "denacification" of the Ukraine and then go back quickly. Is it possible? Of course not. Because even if you "denacify" the Ukraine, Zelenskyy will cancel everything 2-3 months later. And what`s next? Repeat the Special mission every 2-3 months and pay thousands of people lives for it?

1 or 2 years ago we all were in such a situation. But now it has become very easy to get a jab. Maybe you still think that it is too hard to buy vaccine.

I paid 3300 baht in the Thaksin Hospital Suratthani. No queues, no waiting, everything finished in 10 minutes for the first time. Another 10 minutes 1 month later and you have a QR code and freedom of travel.

57 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

Plenty of them going home in body bags.[...]

How many? From ~1500 (from Russian sources) to ~15000(from Ukrainian sources)
And how many soldiers can Vlad mobiliZe? About 30 million soldiers (full mobiliZation).
15000 of 30 million is about 0.05%. This will not stop the true eastern leader.

1 minute ago, impulse said:

In Crimea, 2 separate western companies did surveys a year after the annexation and both found over 80% of Crimeans wanted to stay aligned with Russia.

Yes, It is true. Is it important?
Let's imagine there is a family who stole your house. Are you wondering what percentage of people in this family support the stealing? I am sure you are not. Police officers also are not. It simply does not matter for anyone.

16 hours ago, Hellfire said:

Is the West really ready for the Ukraine's victory? Not sure. Many in the West would prefer Ukraine being defeated. Because, otherwise, they should face the numerous consequences: nuclear threats by crazy Vlad, Russia's deconstruction, serious global instability and so on. My opinion: deeply hedonistic West is not ready to face any of those scenarios. Prove me wrong.

This is a war between Russia and the West to say the truth. Of course, it is much better for the West to win this war than to lose. This like 2+2=4

On 4/1/2022 at 11:14 AM, Lacessit said:

If you do not consider Putin to be a war criminal, IMO it demonstrates the moral vacuum you live in.

I suppose that every country which participated in war in this world said that the enemy leader was a war criminal. But only the winner`s version will be in history books.
In the Ukrainian war it is still not clear who is the winner and who is the war criminal. So most countries prefer to wait and remain neutral.

I have received a yellow book of "COVID-19 CERTIFICATE OF VACCINATION" from "MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH THAILAND".
It does NOT have any QR code.

Is it possible/allowed to use it to book Thailand Pass? 

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Thailand may not participate as with almost every other country on the planet, but they will be as <deleted> as everyone else if the nukes get used. Hopefully wise heads are advising Joe and Boris and the French guy.

The fact that North Korea still exists and continue to threaten US clearly demonstrates that even 5 nukes are enough to ensure that nobody will bomb you at this planet. If nuclear war were possible, North Korea would not exist already.

1 minute ago, Will B Good said:

I think the difference is the potential for an all out war leading to a nuclear confrontation, which none of the other conflicts come close to.

The difference is that the Western countries are in fact extensively involved into the conflict. But Thailand is not involved. So it is just one of the 100000 wars for Thailand. This is your war, not Thailand`s.

Nuclear war means that Russia and USA will flatten each other. Thailand will not participate in this for sure.

1 minute ago, Hellfire said:

Did you see the Putin’s one month old speech where he said that Russia stands no chance in a conventional war against NATO? 

I believe this is true for today. And an US National Security Advisor Mr Brzezinski explained why: because while 500 billion dollars owned by Russia’s elites still lie in American banks he can’t see any chance of Russia using its nuclear potential.

But Russia is already in the beginning of a huge replacement of the elites. So the situation can change very quickly.

Just now, Hellfire said:

And what about 20th century defeats against Japanese, Afghans, Finns to name just few? 

War in Finland is very similar to the present Vlad`s Special Mission. Finland won because of the help of the other western countries.

3 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Then Russia still owns East Germany. Did they "legally exit"? If so, how?

Wars are not necessary. They are just a common method to motivate another country to sign necessary papers.

1 minute ago, ozimoron said:

Then Russia still owns East Germany. Did they "legally exit"? If so, how?

The Eastern Germany have exited with the active help of Russia. So it is legal for sure.