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Foreign Affairs Ministry clarifies vaccine donation from US


Jonathan Fairfield

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10 minutes ago, Hayduke said:

 

But…there are no brown envelopes on offer. Does the US unreasonably expect Thai government ministers to sacrifice personal profit in the interest of public health?

 

 

 

Yep, Rolls Royce did the right thing and played the envelopes game. 

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4 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

At the moment, the US side is reportedly still working on the donation internally. The vaccine delivery has not yet been scheduled and the US has not coordinated with Thailand regarding documentation yet.

While the USA says it's waiting for Thailand to send the documentation....

Hmmm

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9 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Mis-understandings and clarifications abound in the LOS.[land of screw-ups]

Indeed, so it seems.

 

1. Although this instance came to light, it begs the question: how often does this happen, but never come to light, in the ordinary course of this government?

 

2. Perhaps it's true (what I once read on these pages): the entire civil service is devoted solely to enriching themselves ... so this US vaccine business was cast aside as unproductive ... and left for the tea-lady to deal with.

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2 hours ago, law ling said:

Indeed, so it seems.

 

1. Although this instance came to light, it begs the question: how often does this happen, but never come to light, in the ordinary course of this government?

 

2. Perhaps it's true (what I once read on these pages): the entire civil service is devoted solely to enriching themselves ... so this US vaccine business was cast aside as unproductive ... and left for the tea-lady to deal with.

She is probably more capable than the rest of them in total... 

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3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

While the USA says it's waiting for Thailand to send the documentation....

Hmmm

Clearly the envelope is sitting on some bureaucratic numbnutz desk. He’s in Dutch for not processing it, so remains facelessly silent, and no one else knows who this blockhead is, so they want to pretend it never arrived.


And of course blame the yanks.
Who are patiently waiting.

And since it is 100% criminal for USA citizens to hand over brown envelopes to thai ministers or their minions, they must know that is not happening, full stop.


Let alone give out teamoney for a freebee donation…. Oh, here’s your bribe to accept this free donation. Enjoy!

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6 hours ago, Misty said:

Senator Duckworth retired from the military in 2014.  She is now an elected Senator, not a military officer. Therefore, she should be referred to and addressed as Senator Duckworth.

 

 

Preferred, I would agree. I believe historically, President Eisenhower continued to be addressed as General by some?

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9 hours ago, Hayduke said:

 

But…there are no brown envelopes on offer. Does the US unreasonably and foolishly expect Thai government ministers to sacrifice personal profit in the interest of public health?

 

 

You can’t get kickbacks from the free stuff—sorry.

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57 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Don't think the Thai authorities are in any position to burn bridges at this stage. 

They really aren't very good at this, are they?

To be fair mate they are just progressing with their usual level of day to day incompetence...  

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