i agree with GERNO  100%

If I was not settled here with farm, motorbikes, car and gf, I could have left the country since this would have been the last nail in the coffin. 
 

we all know by now where Thailand is going, and that is not with the west. This is an warning to all of us for the future sake of our retirement here in Thailand. 
 

They choose China and Russia above the West!
 

Pathetic and cowardly

 

I believe this is the first negative post about Thailand I have so far written on this fora! Enough is enough

Thailand will not rush to condemn Russia over Ukraine, but will they be sympathetic and supportive to all the Russian tourists and Russian ex pats ? Who are in Thailand and can't pay their bills because their credit cards and bank accounts have been frozen. Also as flights have also been banned to Russia how will these people return home?

War can be complicated, but sometimes it's pretty obvious when one side is acting like an insane murderous maniac. This Foreign Minister is a fool.

40 minutes ago, Guderian said:

Well that's hardly surprising. After all, they didn't "rush" to condemn Japan in December 1941, they simply threw open the doors and said, 'Sawatdee Nipoon', please enjoy a nice long stay here. Some might call this approach realpolitik, but most people have another word for it.

They were a fascist dictatorship under Phibun back then so no surprise. The government would have been very sympathetic to the Japanese.

 

Also explains why all the atrocities committed against other Asians and POWs happened on their soil. 

 

Singaporeans still remember Thais for this. 

 

It appears that some of those tendencies and sympathies are still much alive among the inadequates. 

1 hour ago, Pabs said:

Totally Agree, good to see Thailand with taking a common sense approach. Western leaders are pathetic and weak and have only their own interested at stake. Just remember the west unsettled the entire Arabic world over notions of weapons of mass destruction that didnt even exist.

 

I'd like to see how consistent you would remain in that opinion if China decided to invade Thailand and indiscriminately bomb Bangkok, Udon Thani, Chiangmai, Phuket, Pattaya, etc. It doesn't matter what "western leaders" did with the Arabic world. That has absolutely nothing to do with the issue at hand. Trying to formulate such an opinion to support murdering terrorists because other people who you don't like did it to somebody else in a different part of the world over different issues is a very bizarre way to create a justification.

Shameful and cowardly.....economy and tourist dollars more important than human rights...and they call themselves Buddhists.

Of course not. Tyrants don't condemn tyrants.

9 minutes ago, johncat1 said:

Thailand will not rush to condemn Russia over Ukraine, but will they be sympathetic and supportive to all the Russian tourists and Russian ex pats ? Who are in Thailand and can't pay their bills because their credit cards and bank accounts have been frozen. Also as flights have also been banned to Russia how will these people return home?

On past form they'll put them in a boat and tow them out to international waters.

FM Don if you don't open your mouth no one will say you are dumb..????

16 hours ago, greeneking said:

Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, China....and Thailand.

Shame.

Versus nato and all their killing, raping and pillaging in the middle east in the last 30 years. What are you smoking? 

Makes sense. A committee will be formed to appoint a sub-committee to work on a response that will require relevant agencies input to advise the sub-committee in preparing a response to the committee that will be discussed by senior government officials that will likely require further investigation. These things take time. 

23 minutes ago, Hummin said:

If I was not settled here with farm, motorbikes, car and gf, I could have left the country since this would have been the last nail in the coffin. 
 

we all know by now where Thailand is going, and that is not with the west. This is an warning to all of us for the future sake of our retirement here in Thailand. 
 

They choose China and Russia above the West!
 

Pathetic and cowardly

 

I believe this is the first negative post about Thailand I have so far written on this fora! Enough is enough

Please send me a picture of your girlfriend and belongings.
As I am a good person, maybe I can take on your burden.

Imagine the couple are arguing each other without harming their children. Perhaps we can call that a natural path. We can not accept if they are arguing each other and killing their children. That is NOT a natural path. 

 

I am afriad to say that situation is exactly the same to what happen to the innocents in Ukraine. ????

 

 

35 minutes ago, Brickbat said:

He’s right ! 
NATO drove Russia into bed with China 

Masters of War

 

And all “ news” is also war mongering

China has been successful with all the exporting to the west, they don't want a war as it effects them if the west is effected. They seem to be distancing themselves from Russia

2 hours ago, Daimler said:

They go with the money.

Thai-style diplomacy aka 'Bamboo diplomacy' needs to be admired. Due to their stance Thailand was able to escape colonialism.

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

USA is at war continuously for over 200 years, don't see any sanctions against them.

Classic whataboutery …. however, you forgot to blame Global warming, Brexit, Transgender pronouns and fracking  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

What a Loser????

Weak

what he is saying is that "we arent really sure who will come out on top in this conflict, so we wont choose a side until we know we will be backing the winner"

A masterpiece of non-confrontational "Thainess".

This gov't has itself in a position of damn if you do damn if you don't. With their track record, if they were to criticize Russia (or Myanmar or any other oppressive regimes), there will be voices saying "as if their own s**t doesn't stink."

 

"No F-35s for you!"

41 minutes ago, Hummin said:

 

Now MONACO clamps down on Russian assets.

 

Well done.

4 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

Classic whataboutery …. however, you forgot to blame Global warming, Brexit, Transgender pronouns and fracking  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The world is a deleted place with humans creating dissasters all over rhe place. Always been like like that since the first cicilation. The fight for resourches and land will continue to the end

 

ALL we can do, is to close our eyes and enjoy the champagne as it last! 
 

 

5 minutes ago, StraightTalk said:

Thai-style diplomacy aka 'Bamboo diplomacy' needs to be admired. Due to their stance Thailand was able to escape colonialism.

Thailand ultimately escaped colonialism because the two powers decided that they would rather have a buffer country between their colonized countries to avoid having a direct border that conflicts could occur across, rather than anything thailand did diplomatically. 

 

Ukraine was serving as that buffer region between nato and russia and the increasing likelihood of it no longer serving that purpose has a lot to do with the invasion we are seeing now

7 minutes ago, StraightTalk said:

Thai-style diplomacy aka 'Bamboo diplomacy' needs to be admired. Due to their stance Thailand was able to escape colonialism.

Thought that didn't stop the Japanese to come in and do some atrocious things. They don't realize they are more colonialized now than ever. Political colonization by CCP, economic colonization by Japan, and cultural colonization by Korea.

16 hours ago, SheikYabodyline said:

For a country that prides itself on having Buddhism as one of the three pillars of state, Thailand shows remarkable flexibility in its interpretation of that philosophy. One might almost be tempted to say that morality here is driven solely by selfish considerations, not the least of which is the god Mammon.

When you think about it, even making merit is an entirely selfish action, to benefit themself. It has no other purpose. Anyway. Thailand is Buddhist in name only. So many things that happen in the country break every rule of Buddhism.

Won't be many places for Russian tourists to go after this, so he's hoping that Thailand can be at the front of the queue... screw morality

10 minutes ago, poskat said:

Thailand ultimately escaped colonialism because the two powers decided that they would rather have a buffer country between their colonized countries to avoid having a direct border that conflicts could occur across, rather than anything thailand did diplomatically. 

 

Ukraine was serving as that buffer region between nato and russia and the increasing likelihood of it no longer serving that purpose has a lot to do with the invasion we are seeing now

You forget one thing, Ukraine already had been ruled from Moscow during soviet, and they do not want that to happen again. They know and therefor seeking to the west. 
 

who would you have choosed to side with? 
 

Cuba is an good example as well

22 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

Classic whataboutery …. however, you forgot to blame Global warming, Brexit, Transgender pronouns and fracking  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Classic avoid to answer the statement