Thailand-Russia relations remain strong, but at what cost?

[BarraMarra]

52 minutes ago, retarius said:

On wanted trumped up charges about removing unaccompanied children from a war zone. Grow up will you? Read something about these issues instead of swallowing BBC or CNN propaganda hook line and sinker.

How about Committing Genocide on another country's population? ratariouse. A war crime in it self. Destruction of Civilian infrastructure is another war crime want me to carry on but the Thais don't seem bothered about that. Instead, they are welcoming a leader who has an international arrest warrant on his head.

[freeworld]

5 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

What part are you not understanding Srettha Putin is a wanted war criminal for untold amounts of terrorism around the world you should be chining him not sucking him you have gone Ruble blind and its disgusting 🤔 

What a shame those in the US govt can't be held to the same standards in the ICC.

 

 

from HRW

'US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on March 17 threatened two staff members of the International Criminal Court (ICC). He called them out by name, claimed they were putting Americans at risk, and intimated that the US could act against them, as well as other ICC personnel and their families'

 

Can anyone really take the ICC seriously.

[freeworld]

11 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:

How about Committing Genocide on another country's population? ratariouse. A war crime in it self. Destruction of Civilian infrastructure is another war crime want me to carry on but the Thais don't seem bothered about that. Instead, they are welcoming a leader who has an international arrest warrant on his head.

But the ICC seems to be quite OK with what Israel is doing in Gaza, no charges or arrest warrants out on anybody.

[BarraMarra]

There are ongoing topics on the Middle East Freeworld. This is about Thais friendship with Russia.

[freeworld]

4 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:

There are ongoing topics on the Middle East Freeworld. This is about Thais friendship with Russia.

Up to Thailand and their elected leaders. Nothing to do with non citizens and foreign expats poking their noses everywhere.

[BarraMarra]

15 minutes ago, freeworld said:

Up to Thailand and their elected leaders. Nothing to do with non citizens and foreign expats poking their noses everywhere.

it's a topic to be discussed and a web forum to discuss anything going on its not sticking in one's nose in. You do realize these are foreign Expats expressing their opinions on here.

[freeworld]

3 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:

it's a topic to be discussed and a web forum to discuss anything going on its not sticking in one's nose in. You do realize these are foreign Expats expressing their opinions on here.

Yes no problems. I get that.

[JensenZ]

2 hours ago, Des1 said:

My thoughts on this are not about trade, but rather the dark road we are going down with the rise of authoritarian regimes. We are a species of warring tribes, history cannot be denied and we are long overdue for another global conflict and we are moving in that direction. Thailand may try to take the position of neutrality. They held on to that idea while capitulating to the Japanese in our previous world war, or they may decide to hitch their wagon to Russia and China. No one is fooled by that. As I said, it’s about choosing sides when deciding what sort of world we want to live in. China has no friends in Asia, aside from Russia and North Korea. That speaks volumes. Actions have consequences. Just my opinion.

I disagree. Thailand has been a military dictatorship for most of the last 10 years yet the rest of the world turned a blind eye, other than a few feeble comments here and there. Thailand is unimportant on the world stage, so staying neutral in this conflict will be of no consequence at all. They'll fly under the radar like they always have.

[metisdead]

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[George Aylesham]

6 hours ago, bob smith said:

disgusting.

 

spineless Thailand never ceases to amaze me.

Not spineless - just a very canny minnow which has successfully survived in an ocean of sharks.

[sammieuk1]

16 hours ago, retarius said:

On wanted trumped up charges about removing unaccompanied children from a war zone. Grow up will you? Read something about these issues instead of swallowing BBC or CNN propaganda hook line and sinker.

I see your ready to define stupid the "next level" in a couple of lines 🤔

[Northstar1]

Russia and Thailand both have a military dictatorship!

[Tidal wave]

17 hours ago, retarius said:

On wanted trumped up charges about removing unaccompanied children from a war zone. Grow up will you? Read something about these issues instead of swallowing BBC or CNN propaganda hook line and sinker.

Grow up? you very funny and smoking to much green.  

[metisdead]

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[jaideedave]

18 hours ago, John Drake said:

Yes, that's true. But it does have clients in Laos, Cambodia, and for all the disguised complaining on Vietnam's part, Vietnam. Thailand is becoming one, too. Already, in northern Laos, and this was ten years ago, Chinese nationals have simply moved into the country and set up shop. The figure I saw at the time was 800,000 Chinese. Now, with Thailand's visa free entry for Chinese, the way is set up for the process to be repeated in Thailand. Once they're in, you'll never get the Chinese out. Besides they already have plenty of "cousins" in Thailand to help with their settlement and colonization.

I find your opinion very interesting.They come in through the Belt&Road Initiative.Once you sign up you're finished as an independant country.The massive debt can never be repaid but will demand concessions galore.Free Visas is one example.Can Laos pay down the debt for the new rail line to China? I think not.LOS is on their radar.We used to visit Sihanoukville back in the day but I understand its been damaged by their yellow cousins.Dozens of examples around the world of the generous Chinese investments gone bad.

[Tom H]

On 10/21/2023 at 2:42 PM, gearbox said:

Big success for who? The Vietnamese don't have multinationals and big brands. It will be used by the Chinese and others to set up manufacturing there and funnel goods to EU tariff free,  same way as Australia gets a lot of "Thai" cars.

You have no clue about FDI from EU to V.

[gearbox]

2 minutes ago, Tom H said:

You have no clue about FDI from EU to V.

I answered a post about FTA, not FDI.  Do you know the difference between these two?

[Tom H]

6 minutes ago, gearbox said:

I answered a post about FTA, not FDI.  Do you know the difference between these two?

Your nonsense becomes bigger and bigger. EU-V, China is in Asia located:).

We leave it like this because the FTA was followed with a tremendous EU investment in Vietnam.

 

Documented in Eurocham Vietnam:).

😉

 

[gearbox]

1 hour ago, Tom H said:

Your nonsense becomes bigger and bigger. EU-V, China is in Asia located:).

We leave it like this because the FTA was followed with a tremendous EU investment in Vietnam.

 

Documented in Eurocham Vietnam:).

😉

 

FDI and FDA are not closely related, Vietnam attracts investments due to its educated workforce and work ethics, not whether a country has a FTA with it.

 

Anyway, straight from the official Vietnam sources about the FDI in first half in 2023:

 

https://www1.mpi.gov.vn/en/Pages/tinbai.aspx?idTin=58156&idcm=122

 

Singapore first, Japan second, China third, South Korea forth, EU doesn't even get mentioned.

 

Tremendous seems to be only your imagination.

[Irish star]

On 10/21/2023 at 11:14 AM, JensenZ said:

Would you be able to give just one or two examples of how it actually hurts Thailand? 

Russians are running Phuket Now , basically 

[Irish star]

10 hours ago, Tidal wave said:

Grow up? you very funny and smoking to much green.  

Don’t bring up alcohol , we know your agenda more green bashing 

[Irish star]

On 10/21/2023 at 2:35 PM, gearbox said:

Eventual Putin visit is a non event for most Thais, they don't know who Putin is.

He’s not getting out of Russia , China maybe but he’s not gonna travel 

[retarius]

Just steer clear of Zelensky, a con man if ever I saw one and I saw a lot when I was inside. He'll try to chat you up for arms and money, then he sells the arms to Hamas and pockets the money for villas around the world (a new charity he's setting up). Thailand cannot afford to be friendly with this chap even for the magic of a photo-op. Incidentally looks like the Yanks hare dumping him.

[Chris Daley]

In Russia aligned Thailand and eating pies.  No one will cart me off to war I am useless. 🥳

[Chris Daley]

The blue suit <deleted> is starting to get annoying.  Just endless PR.

[Dogmatix]

On 10/21/2023 at 2:35 PM, gearbox said:

Eventual Putin visit is a non event for most Thais, they don't know who Putin is.

Hit the nail on the head. Thais don't care because they have no idea who the sod is.

[bannork]

Settha, the kowtowing salesman

 

[BengMelea]

I see ASEAN and many of its followers are following the US propaganda line with this "Russian invasion" story of Ukraine. After a US facilitated coup in Ukraine installing a "NAZI" government that went to war within its own country killing it's own Russian speaking people, who didn't want anything to do with the unelected government that seized power. Then this government wanted to join NATO, and its on the border with Russia. Putin didn't want this, and put up with the "ethnic cleansing" going on in its neighbouring country so put forward a peace proposal thas was rejected. Anyone remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Similar analogy. Thank goodness for Putin!

[jayceenik]

I am a senior Belgian. I'm pro-Putin, pro-Russia. 100%.

The hatred Europeans and Canadians have developed for Russia is a great US propaganda success.

My Lord, be a former SS volunteer having fought on the side of the Nazis against Russia in WWII and the entire Canadian Parliament will applaud you!

Goebbels is smiling, wherever he is now. 

 

The Canadian Armed Forces: Casualties

42,042 men and women of Canada's armed forces died during the war

 

 

BTW, I fought in Vietnam in the US ARMY.

Extended tour. Honorable discharge. Bronze Star.

I like the USA.

But this war in Ukraine is a US proxy war that's destroying Europe.

Deindustrialization. Weakening of the Euro.

 

 

[John Drake]

On 10/23/2023 at 1:57 AM, bannork said:

Settha, the kowtowing salesman

 

 

The long quote from the Polish body language analyst in the Khaosod article is devastating. Srettha, he says, actually tries to make himself smaller and put himself phsyically underneath Putin in a craven subserviant position.