Has the "Ukrainien-Fewer" reached Thailand?

[thaibeachlovers]

4 hours ago, swissie said:

PS: Is there a chance that Thailand would take in "Western War Refugees"? If yes, (as a matter of caution), I would prefer to already book a room at "Lulu's Bar and Grill" in Pattaya.

IMO only if they have lots of money and can pay.

[thaibeachlovers]

2 hours ago, papa al said:

The USA would never do something like that.

 

I take it that is sarcasm.

 

 

BTW, the USA is built on Native American land invaded by colonists.

[ezzra]

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Half a million untrained drunks with no motivation to fight more like. But they are motivated to steal home appliances.

Interesting anecdote, a fragment of papyrus showing a roman soldier's salary calculations has been discovered in Masada Israel (Masada is an ancient fortress in southern Israel’s Judean Desert where the Roman army has besieged the revolting Jewish group) that the soldier salary was much less than his expenses docked the army and it was assumed that lotting and keeping the loot was the real reward of why a roman soldier has joined the army back then.

[ozimoron]

Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats are a bluff, Boris Bondarev, a former Russian diplomat who resigned publicly over the invasion of Ukraine last year, has said.

Bondarev, 42, quit his job as an arms control expert at Russia's diplomatic mission to Geneva in May 2022, the only Russian diplomat to have quit publicly over Putin's war. His open resignation letter described the war as "not only a crime against the Ukrainian people, but also, perhaps, the most serious crime against the people of Russia."

 

https://www.newsweek.com/putin-bluffing-nuclear-threats-russian-diplomat-boris-bondarev-1782784

[Damrongsak]

6 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Washing machines being most popular... what is it with Russians and washing machines???

Mama wants one that doesn't leak.

 

[Damrongsak]

5 hours ago, mistral53 said:

Invading a sovereign country is only a crime if the 'other side' does it, never when we do it ourselves.

Oh, it's a "police action".  Pull your country to the side, get out and lay on the ground!

[CharlieKo]

8 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Interesting that you only mention casualties on one side. Hmmm. 

Interesting that you think Ukraine can beat Russia!

[KhunLA]

Only on this forum.   

 

I personally don't know anyone who cares or talks about the UA/RU conflict, unless in reference to the fake news for price increase/gouging.

[Jingthing]

2 hours ago, CharlieKo said:

Interesting that you think Ukraine can beat Russia!

Depends how you define beat on either side.

The truth is nobody knows the outcome of this war and whether it ends this year or lasts 100 years.

[brianthainess]

Putin is a dictator and Russians are welcome here with open arms by The Thai military government who will not condemn Russia for their invasion of Ukraine. 

[bobbin]

3 hours ago, CharlieKo said:

Interesting that you think Ukraine can beat Russia!

Interesting that you joined last December.. about the same time Thailand was already receiving massive numbers of fleeing Russians.. Thailand being one of the few countries worth visiting that hasn't severely restricted Russian "tourists"..

 

Some are trying to escape an early and violent death in Ukraine, while most are enjoying a nice winter break. These are the ones that I give the "evil eye"..

[userabcd]

11 hours ago, papa al said:

The USA would never do something like that.

 

List of wars around the world the USA has participated in, it seems the US has never stopped being in a war.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States

 

Given their penchant for participating in global countries wars it seems strange that they have not actively entered into this war at the invitation of Ukraine.

 

Edited February 22, 2023 by userabcd

[jayceenik]

13 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Washing machines being most popular... what is it with Russians and washing machines???

In Vietnam I was a heli pilot. On the base we had hooch maids to do our laundry. A clean uniform every day. When I saw these Russian soldiers hauling a washing machine out of a bombed building I thought immediately that they were taking it to their quarters to do their laundry. That was obvious to me. How else would they get clean clothes? But then I see this from my personal military experience.

 

[papa al]

2 hours ago, userabcd said:

List of wars around the world the USA has participated in, it seems the US has never stopped being in a war.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States

 

Given their penchant for participating in global countries wars it seems strange that they have not actively entered into this war at the invitation of Ukraine.

 

Uncle Joe left the gear in Afghanistan.

 

 

[ozimoron]

3 hours ago, userabcd said:

List of wars around the world the USA has participated in, it seems the US has never stopped being in a war.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States

 

Given their penchant for participating in global countries wars it seems strange that they have not actively entered into this war at the invitation of Ukraine.

 

Off topic deflection.

 

1 hour ago, papa al said:

Uncle Joe left the gear in Afghanistan.

Trump set a tight timeline to leave. It would have been impossible for the US to retrieve everything in that time. Most of what they left would be of little use to Afghanistan. The good stuff left with the troops.

 

The US left 78 aircraft procured for the government of Afghanistan at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul before the end of the withdrawal. These aircraft were demilitarized and rendered inoperable before the US military left, the report states.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/27/politics/afghan-weapons-left-behind/index.html

Edited February 22, 2023 by ozimoron

[MrJ2U]

15 hours ago, mistral53 said:

Invading a sovereign country is only a crime if the 'other side' does it, never when we do it ourselves.

Definitely sound brainwashed by the Russian propaganda. 

[Jingthing]

4 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Putin is a dictator and Russians are welcome here with open arms by The Thai military government who will not condemn Russia for their invasion of Ukraine. 

I don't like Thailand's neutrality but I really can't blame them.

But when countries like Thailand and Mexico  play the neutrality game they really can't complain when they are considered less than top tier globally.

[ozimoron]

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

I don't like Thailand's neutrality but I really can't blame them.

But when countries like Thailand and Mexico  play the neutrality game they really can't complain when they are considered less than top tier globally.

Thailand doesn't have a social security system to protect its citizens from an economic downturn.

[thaibeachlovers]

5 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Putin is a dictator and Russians are welcome here with open arms by The Thai military government who will not condemn Russia for their invasion of Ukraine. 

It's nothing to do with Thailand, so why should they condemn Russia? I can think of a different country doing basically the same thing that gets a pass by the west.

[thaibeachlovers]

4 hours ago, userabcd said:

Given their penchant for participating in global countries wars it seems strange that they have not actively entered into this war at the invitation of Ukraine.

Seriously? IMO it's because Russia can actually hurt them, unlike the other countries they go to war in that have no means to affect the US mainland.

[thaibeachlovers]

11 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

Mama wants one that doesn't leak.

 

Perhaps you think they are going to mail them home? No way they'll fit in a backpack.

[userabcd]

1 hour ago, ozimoron said:

Off topic deflection.

 

Trump set a tight timeline to leave. It would have been impossible for the US to retrieve everything in that time. Most of what they left would be of little use to Afghanistan. The good stuff left with the troops.

 

The US left 78 aircraft procured for the government of Afghanistan at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul before the end of the withdrawal. These aircraft were demilitarized and rendered inoperable before the US military left, the report states.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/27/politics/afghan-weapons-left-behind/index.html

Off Topic.

[userabcd]

40 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I don't like Thailand's neutrality but I really can't blame them.

But when countries like Thailand and Mexico  play the neutrality game they really can't complain when they are considered less than top tier globally.

Did they complain?

[CharlieKo]

5 hours ago, bobbin said:

Interesting that you joined last December.. about the same time Thailand was already receiving massive numbers of fleeing Russians.. Thailand being one of the few countries worth visiting that hasn't severely restricted Russian "tourists"..

 

Some are trying to escape an early and violent death in Ukraine, while most are enjoying a nice winter break. These are the ones that I give the "evil eye"..

Wrong.

[CharlieKo]

1 hour ago, ozimoron said:

Off topic deflection.

 

Trump set a tight timeline to leave. It would have been impossible for the US to retrieve everything in that time. Most of what they left would be of little use to Afghanistan. The good stuff left with the troops.

 

The US left 78 aircraft procured for the government of Afghanistan at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul before the end of the withdrawal. These aircraft were demilitarized and rendered inoperable before the US military left, the report states.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/27/politics/afghan-weapons-left-behind/index.html

It always someone else fault. Joe was President at the time not Trump.

[CharlieKo]

46 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I don't like Thailand's neutrality but I really can't blame them.

But when countries like Thailand and Mexico  play the neutrality game they really can't complain when they are considered less than top tier globally.

It must be so frustrating for America when countries don't do as they are told. I think a multi polar world will leave America on the side lines. Even Africa is not listening to the USA anymore. They welcome Lavrov like a hero.  

[JimmyJ]

17 hours ago, swissie said:

 What we call "cannon fodder" are declared "National Heroes" in Russia after every war.

FYP:

"What we call "cannon fodder" are declared "National Heroes" in every country after every war."

Edited February 22, 2023 by JimmyJ

[JimmyJ]

1 hour ago, MrJ2U said:

Definitely sound brainwashed by the Russian propaganda. 

Neo-McCarthyism.

 

Anyone who disagrees with the official narrative.

 

Your comment reeks of someone 

brainwashed by USA propaganda.

 

[JimmyJ]

12 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats are a bluff, Boris Bondarev, a former Russian diplomat who resigned publicly over the invasion of Ukraine last year, has said.

Bondarev, 42, quit his job as an arms control expert at Russia's diplomatic mission to Geneva in May 2022, the only Russian diplomat to have quit publicly over Putin's war. His open resignation letter described the war as "not only a crime against the Ukrainian people, but also, perhaps, the most serious crime against the people of Russia."

 

https://www.newsweek.com/putin-bluffing-nuclear-threats-russian-diplomat-boris-bondarev-1782784

Let's risk the future existence of the human race on 1 man's subjective opinion.

 

Beyond that, a nuclear war is always likely to begin "accidentally"  - Numerous close calls historically.

Edited February 22, 2023 by JimmyJ

[ozimoron]

14 minutes ago, JimmyJ said:

Let's risk the future existence of the human race on 1 man's subjective opinion.

 

Beyond that, a nuclear war is always likely to begin "accidentally"  - Numerous close calls historically.

Ukraine MUST defend itself. If Russia uses nuclear weapons it will be 100% Putin's fault.