Popular Post wombat Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, elgenon said: What's to stop Russia and China from annexing anything they want? Going on history? ....absolutely nothing 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetphet Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 5 hours ago, Jingthing said: The elephant in the room is if China decides to play copycat with Taiwan. The U.S. won't/can't get directly involved in Ukraine but arguably has an obligation to defend Taiwan. This has the makings of a potential WW3. Obviously hopefully not. If the proverbial **** does hit the fan, China will try to expand. I wonder if North Korea, would feel emboldened as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 with hypersonic weapons making conventional warfare obsolete and China backing Russia all we are going to see is Saber rattling like we have never seen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbox Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 10 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said: Au contraire Thailand may be a good place to ride out any global instability. Thailand is definitely not a place to ride this out for people on fixed income like state pensions. Russia is one of the biggest mineral and food exporters, if the price of oil and wheat continues to climb, higher inflation may follow. If the pensions are not indexed appropriately the teeraks may eventually boot out the incumbents and look for better deal. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) "Peacekeeping functions".....is that the new "Police peacekeeping functions" like in the Vietnam War? Edited February 23, 2022 by wombat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BE88 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 If all international trade comes to a halt due to this war in Europe, I will have to resign myself to eating only (mama) every day, it would be good to have a good supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Just now, BE88 said: If all international trade comes to a halt due to this war in Europe, I will have to resign myself to eating only (mama) every day, it would be good to have a good supply. Yep, better to stockpile along with toilet rolls, unless you still got a larder full from early 2020. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andycoops Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 As the rise in oil prices takes effect Thailand will feel the pain along with many other countries. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jerrymahoney Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, gearbox said: Thailand is definitely not a place to ride this out for people on fixed income like state pensions. Russia is one of the biggest mineral and food exporters, if the price of oil and wheat continues to climb, higher inflation may follow. If the pensions are not indexed appropriately the teeraks may eventually boot out the incumbents and look for better deal. From NY Times Updated Feb. 22, 2022, 3:29 a.m. ET But unlike China, which is a manufacturing powerhouse and intimately woven into intricate supply chains, Russia is a minor player in the global economy. Italy, with half the people and fewer natural resources, has an economy that is twice the size and Poland exports more goods to the European Union than Russia. “Russia is incredibly unimportant in the global economy except for oil and gas,” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/21/business/economy/ukraine-russia-economy.html 3 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Soikhaonoiken said: As the EU & USA started to impose sanctions on Russia, this will start to affect tourists from the block visiting Thailand and mainly Phuket Good 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BE88 Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 7 minutes ago, jacko45k said: Yep, better to stockpile along with toilet rolls, unless you still got a larder full from early 2020. I already bought toilet paper rolls for three years, so if a nuclear war breaks out, I can always stay in the bathroom to dry myself quietly 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaan sailor Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 10 minutes ago, gearbox said: Thailand is definitely not a place to ride this out for people on fixed income like state pensions. Russia is one of the biggest mineral and food exporters, if the price of oil and wheat continues to climb, higher inflation may follow. If the pensions are not indexed appropriately the teeraks may eventually boot out the incumbents and look for better deal. And who might give them a better deal? Chinese farangs? Russian farangs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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10baht Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 4 hours ago, garyk said: You retiree's better set aside some funds for a rapid departure. ? You think I am heading back to Russia before my Phuket holiday is over? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post swm59nj Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 I’m feeling it personally. A small percentage of my investments portfolio is in the stock market. Which has lost money. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Daithi85 Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 2 hours ago, NanaSomchai said: They should have already left. They have had two years to do so with the so-called COVID-19 extensions. But of course people abused said visa extensions and saw this was a new way to maintain themselves longer in the Kingdom than they should already have. When sh*t finally hits the fan for good in Thailand... you don't want to be there, trust me. The only people that should of left are the people who constantly complain, bitch and moan about everything Thai. For the rest of us life is great here. ???????? 6 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloquent pilgrim Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 3 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said: China play a big part in what is happening in Ukraine right now. Ha ha ha .... what utter nonsense 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post portlandtree Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 5 hours ago, garyk said: You retiree's better set aside some funds for a rapid departure. What for? here is one of the best and safest place to be 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, vandeventer said: In the short term Russia will win but as time goes by more and more countries will be against Russia for invading Ukraine. No one country can stand alone in this world today, just look at Chine losing more and more friends. I don't buy that. China has plenty of friends now. Russia doesn't. But Russia has made a deal with China and that's ominous for the west and democracies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mran66 Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 5 hours ago, garyk said: You retiree's better set aside some funds for a rapid departure. ... I would say even more strongly - if you still there, use the funds right away to get a ticket immediately and fly to Thailand...weather much better, and Russians bother less here... 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dazinoz Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 3 hours ago, NanaSomchai said: When sh*t finally hits the fan for good in Thailand... you don't want to be there, trust me. Ok, let's say I trust you. So why don't I want to be here? Whats going to happen here thats not going to happen elsewhere? 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 2 hours ago, hotchilli said: None. Well, I agree but then ... my retirement funds are taking a hit ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wwest5829 Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, phetphet said: If the proverbial **** does hit the fan, China will try to expand. I wonder if North Korea, would feel emboldened as well. China has already unilaterally claimed and fortified the South China Sea. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 2/23/2022 at 9:20 AM, wombat said: this gets funnier by the moment as saber rattling reaches new levels...now we have degrees of sanctions. from Oz media... It's not really funny at all. The recognition of these two new fake countries by Russia included borders of lots of land the rebels don't control. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silencer Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 A couple of thoughts based on the OP, and subsequent diversions.. - I expect little impact here in Thailand from the Ukraine crisis. Maybe some tourist visit impacts, gas prices, minor supply chain issues for a few products. I'm more depressed by the thought of not having as many scantily clad Russian bikini babes about. - Fair and interesting read on US, NATO, and Russian thinking about NATO post cold war expansion. https://www.vox.com/22900113/nato-ukraine-russia-crisis-clinton-expansion - China is bifurcated about Ukraine. On the one hand it wants to try and support Russia (its new friend) BUT instability is not in its economic interests and territorial integrity is central to its thinking. Creating and declaring "independent" provinces in the Ukraine can be seen as treasonous if the declaration was applied to Taiwan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbox Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Isaan sailor said: And who might give them a better deal? Chinese farangs? Russian farangs? People from countries with substantial pensions which get properly indexed...and people with substantial investment income which rises with the inflation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 18 minutes ago, Jingthing said: It's not really funny at all. The recognition of these two new fake countries by Russia included borders of lots of land the rebels don't control. Absolutely correct. The rebels may hold those two locations but the locations are still part of Ukraine and they have been fighting there for the last 8 years. Putin wants to reunite all of the former soviet union back into a new and remade USSR. His land grab is just the first of many more to come I fear. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackGats Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 7 hours ago, Jingthing said: The elephant in the room is if China decides to play copycat with Taiwan. The U.S. won't/can't get directly involved in Ukraine but arguably has an obligation to defend Taiwan. This has the makings of a potential WW3. Obviously hopefully not. I've read on military websites that Taiwan was more than able to defend itself though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, JackGats said: I've read on military websites that Taiwan was more than able to defend itself though. I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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