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11 minutes ago, Middle Aged Grouch said:

Europe is already giving a safe haven and a free entry to all the Ukrainian mafia or the muslim potential terrorists threats or the excessive migrants from Africa.

Nazi's. all Nazi's

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3 hours ago, suestra29 said:

If I remember Thailand wanted to buy the latest US fighter planes  

This prime minister is leading Thailand into isolation by his actions. 

Yes correct but US said no, was in the news a few weeks ago. try to keep up

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4 hours ago, bob smith said:

The sooner we get to a global world order instead of these tit for tat nation states the better. I personally don't consider myself a citizen of any particular country, I am a citizen of the World and I want a global passport system with free trade and movement for eveyrone.

 

Thats how it should be. Instead of judging each other by our differences in race, religion, ethnicity and the like - if instead we are all part of one global community then I think the likelihood of wars arising for arbitrary reasons would be greatly reduced. 

It will take another couple of millenniums for the human race to reach such a high state of intelligence - if ever!

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"I suppose as usual I am out of the mainstream step. I fully support Putin, I think he is the world's leading statesman who makes Biden look like a village idiot. I think his war in Ukraine is entirely justified and when he meets his maker (if there is a maker) he'll come out just fine. The Lavrov/Putin team is exceptional, no diplomatically phrased lies just cold hard facts about the US that the propagandised west cannot understand. Ask one of your friends what are the rules od "rules based order". No one knows, they have never been discussed, agreed or published from any forum.

Then look at the back-ups. The west better hope that Putin doesn't get sick because Medvedev will finish the war in two days (OK a bit shorter that Donald Trump will???????). The Russian have leadership in depth and the west has, well Rushi, or Emmanuel Napoleon, or Scholz, or god forbid, Biden and Blinken."

 

 

Well said, I believe Stalin and mao. are left out.. But, spot on..

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This could be quite clever diplomacy by the Thais, if amoral.

Srettha probably knows Putin is highly unlikely to accept the invitation. The US would put enormous pressure on the Thai government if Putin actually set foot on Thai soil, to arrest him. Putin knows he is only safe visiting China and North Korea.

The Thais did some fence-sitting in WWII, this is another example.

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5 hours ago, sirineou said:

I think many confuse netrality with aligning with one side. 

Why should the PM of Thailand visit with Biden but not Putin?

I know, I know , Putin has Ukrainian blood on his hands where where The US has not invaded anyone lately. 

Well there is the small matter of Putin having an international arrest warrant on his head for being a war criminal, whereas   Biden doesn't.

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4 minutes ago, jesimps said:

Well there is the small matter of Putin having an international arrest warrant on his head for being a war criminal, whereas   Biden doesn't.

Yes, "small matter of Putin having an international arrest warrant"  !!!

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4 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

This could be quite clever diplomacy by the Thais, if amoral.

Srettha probably knows Putin is highly unlikely to accept the invitation. The US would put enormous pressure on the Thai government if Putin actually set foot on Thai soil, to arrest him. Putin knows he is only safe visiting China and North Korea.

The Thais did some fence-sitting in WWII, this is another example.

Putin has accepted the invitation for next year, the Thai's did a bit more than fence-sitting in WW2 Thailand officially adopted a neutral position during World War II until the five hour-long Japanese invasion of Thailand on 8 December 1941, which led to an armistice and military alliance treaty between Thailand and the Japanese Empire in mid-December 1941. At the start of the Pacific War, the Japanese Empire pressured the Thai government to allow the passage of Japanese troops to invade British-held Malaya and Burma.

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10 minutes ago, Sigmund said:

What the majority here are rightfully worried about is the tax changes next year and if long stay tourist visas will be given with less hassle to quality european tourists (90 day visa exempt). 

Sorry, Mr. "quality" European tourist, get ready to fork over a pile of dough if you stay over 180 days. 

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6 hours ago, webfact said:

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Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Thailand to strengthen the two countries’ ties.

 

Srettha said he extended the invitation to the Russian president during their meeting in Beijing on Tuesday. It was the first meeting between the two leaders who are in China to attend an international forum on the Belt and Road initiative.

 

“I asked Russia to promote mutual trade in agricultural commodities and increase investments in Thailand. I also invited President Putin to visit Thailand to strengthen our relations,” Srettha said in a post on X social media platform.

 

Srettha also noted that more than one million Russians have visited Thailand this year and his Cabinet recently approved an extension of the period of visa-free stay for Russian tourists from 30 days to 90 days.

 

Source: Thai PBS 2023-10-18

 

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Just when we though we have already hit the bottom....

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6 hours ago, proton said:

I thought Putin was a wanted war crimes offender with an international arrest warrant out on him? Does Thailand not respect international law.

Interesting scenarios Putin visiting and an all out fiasco for Thailand. My guess, Putin says thank you for the invite (but it will not take place).

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