Should Thailand buy oil and gas from Russia and Iran?

[digger70]

Of course they should .

Thailand must look after it's own people so if they can buy  cheaper oil & gas then it would  benefit the people of Thailand  at the pump.

[roquefort]

2 hours ago, starky said:

Vietnam was a police action.  Lol.

Congress authorized troop deployment in Vietnam, but, because it did not issue a declaration of war on North Vietnam or the Viet Cong, the Vietnam War is, technically speaking, not considered a war in the United States.

Something like a Special Military Operation then?

[rumeaug]

7 hours ago, starky said:

Well as a country that sucks up to China. And as a country that has never taken a side in any war as their only interest is their self interest I don't see why not.

  Money number 1 always seemed like a bit of a fancy but in this context it just shows Thailand for what it really is, a base nation in the truest sense of the word with no morals, no real values, ignoble and at times apathetic of and incredibly cruel to its own populace.

Quite accurate yes ????

[Srikcir]

If Russia is willing to accept Thai chickens and durian fruit in payment - it would be a perfect exchange. 

[DaiHard]

1 hour ago, sammieuk1 said:

Yes buy it the impound the delivery ships remove the engines and put them in submarines or buy from somewhere that doesn't have a genocidal maniac in charge very difficult situation for a general masquerading as a PM ????

That's the spirit. Let's start a world war just to keep you happy.

[chilly07]

8 hours ago, starky said:

Well as a country that sucks up to China. And as a country that has never taken a side in any war as their only interest is their self interest I don't see why not.

  Money number 1 always seemed like a bit of a fancy but in this context it just shows Thailand for what it really is, a base nation in the truest sense of the word with no morals, no real values, ignoble and at times apathetic of and incredibly cruel to its own populace.

Gross exaggeration. Many more countries out there much worse than Thailand. Mine for one! Guess which?

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Of course, it is depressing to have to pay almost double to fill up your car or scooter at the pumps, but is that a small price to pay against the possibility of an impending WWIII?

Lets have WWIII and sort it all out after.????

[pmarlin]

9 hours ago, starky said:

Well as a country that sucks up to China. And as a country that has never taken a side in any war as their only interest is their self interest I don't see why not.

  Money number 1 always seemed like a bit of a fancy but in this context it just shows Thailand for what it really is, a base nation in the truest sense of the word with no morals, no real values, ignoble and at times apathetic of and incredibly cruel to its own populace.

Thailand fought in the Korean  War and the Vietnam war. That was taking sides.

[ThailandGuy]

Then question should not be  "should....." but "When Thailand is gonna buy Russian Gas?"

 

I wonder what the USA will do when Thailand does.

[sambum]

The only way to stop Putin from taking over countries when he feels like it is for the whole world  (and that includes Thailand!) to refuse to deal with Russia, thereby ruining its economy.

Unfortunately, the Russian people may suffer for a while as a result, but the end will justify the means as hopefully the populace will say "enough" and rise up and "depose" him. I think many Russians already (including a number of the Armed Forces) are unhappy with his agenda, so the cracks are beginning to appear.

 

The alternative is unthinkable. 

[sambum]

3 hours ago, digger70 said:

Of course they should .

Thailand must look after it's own people so if they can buy  cheaper oil & gas then it would  benefit the people of Thailand  at the pump.

And to hell with everybody else, especially the Ukraine, eh?

[jesimps]

7 hours ago, Robert Tyrrell said:

Good Morning ???? 

 

The Question is Thailand, Do you support Oppression, Dictatorship and Genocide !!?

Some very serious!! Questions ! 

Depends on whether you're from Bangkok and the south or the north and east of the country.

[StevieAus]

10 hours ago, starky said:

Well as a country that sucks up to China. And as a country that has never taken a side in any war as their only interest is their self interest I don't see why not.

  Money number 1 always seemed like a bit of a fancy but in this context it just shows Thailand for what it really is, a base nation in the truest sense of the word with no morals, no real values, ignoble and at times apathetic of and incredibly cruel to its own populace.

Considering European countries are still buying oil and gas from Russian they too must meet the same definition ?

[AnotherFarang8]

Should Thailand people eat?

The question of the same level of silliness.

 

If Europeans want to starve, let them.

[Jai Dee]

More off-topic and argumentative posts have been removed.

[geisha]

8 hours ago, jethro69 said:

"never taken a side in any war"??? Prove me wrong, but during Vietnam war Thailand was one of only 5 who were allies with the US. I think the only good thing that came out of it was Pattaya.????

Thailand only accepted the US for their very own benefit !

[EricTh]

The oil price now is too expensive. Thailand should start buying cheaper oil from whichever country they want.

 

That should bring down oil prices

[Aussieroaming]

Ukraine earns money now from Russian oil and gas being pumped through Ukraine. Thailand should create business relationships with countries that benefit the Thai people. Ukraine has many supporters and wont begrudge Thailands decision. Ukraine allows the continued pumping of Russian oil and gas through its sovereign land for its own reasons and wouldn't stop if Thailand made a request for Ukraine to cease pumping Russia's oil and gas.

 

Russia is in the wrong morally in my view but I have learnt that morals vary everywhere and my opinion is only mine.

 

 

[flossie35]

6 hours ago, Guderian said:

Not a good idea. There would be a chance that Thailand might end up subject to secondary US sanctions, and if they included the sort of financial sanctions imposed on Russia and Iran then the Thai banking system might end up locked outside SWIFT and foreigners would be unable to access their pensions and savings held abroad. On top of driving hundreds of thousands of retirees out of the country as a result, it would also single-handedly destroy the foreign tourism industry, unless visitors are willing to pay for everything in gold or crypto.

The US can't sanction everyone!

[flossie35]

2 hours ago, jesimps said:

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3 hours ago, pmarlin said:

Thailand fought in the Korean  War and the Vietnam war. That was taking sides.

The wrong side in the latter case. Not sure about the other one.

[xtrnuno41]

They better act fast. In EU they are very slow and now Uniper, located Germany (Finnish) gas supplier is in big trouble and with that all of EU. All is connected with each other, so whole EU is getting into problems. The company is almost bankrupt and need financial support. And Germany (maybe EU?) HAS too do so, otherwise lots of problems. For household and industrie every where in EU.

 

Another thing is 11 juli there would be normal maintenance on the gas pipeline from Russia and the question is, will Russia open the pipeline again?

Hurray for all our "leaders", again they mess up the whole world.

 

Could there be a criminal organization, like a Spectre? Yeah yeah, it is from James Bond, but... many weird things happened when we entered the new age.

There was SARS, MERS and later covid. Financial crisis in 2008, then we had covid, now Russia, with included an energy crisis and in that time a breakdown in digital coins. And not to forget climate change.

It is a weird time (again or still?)

[Pedrogaz]

Definitely. They should buy as much discounted Russian Iranian and Venezuelan oil as possible. 

[Joseph98765]

Sure, if the oil gets back to 30 b. x liter as it was before.... go for it!

[xtrnuno41]

17 minutes ago, Joseph98765 said:

Sure, if the oil gets back to 30 b. x liter as it was before.... go for it!

Would love to buy petrol for, what is it now, 37 baht? Now i pay in "my "country 

92 baht/LTR. I have to drive to Belgium, where it is 72 Baht, combining it then with buying tobacco, also cheaper. Most of the price is tax for government.

We are the champions in highest price of the world, we beat Hong Kong.

hooray!

[Hellfire]

4 hours ago, AnotherFarang8 said:

Should Thailand people eat?

The question of the same level of silliness.

 

If Europeans want to starve, let them.

It is quite a bad idea that Thai people should eat Russian oil. There are better options available.

 

 

[Hellfire]

3 hours ago, EricTh said:

The oil price now is too expensive. Thailand should start buying cheaper oil from whichever country they want.

 

That should bring down oil prices

And this will also keep bringing down the population of human beings in Ukraine. Not as if that was equally important to the prices of oil…

[AndyFoxy]

3 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Definitely. They should buy as much discounted Russian Iranian and Venezuelan oil as possible. 

Totally agree. The world order is changing. The States and Europe are toast. BRICS is it.

[brianthainess]

On 7/6/2022 at 3:25 AM, webfact said:

that is being arranged by the government and chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha this week.

Why should these 'meetings' be chaired by Little Tu Tu the bloke who has 'ARANGED'  it all.

[brianthainess]

Will it be Russian oil or stolen from Ukraine ?

[SunnyinBangrak]

Yes of course Thailand should buy cheap Russian oil and gas. The war between NATO/Biden/Ukraine and Russia has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Thailand or its people.

 Getting involved in skirmishes that have nothing to do with you is a great way to end up with egg on your face.