Comments on: Red, Yellow Blur in Thailand http://the-diplomat.com/2010/06/17/red-yellow-blurs-in-thailand/ Know The Diplomat, Know Asia Thu, 24 May 2012 01:55:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: FirstAdvisor http://the-diplomat.com/2010/06/17/red-yellow-blurs-in-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-3512 FirstAdvisor Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:57:39 +0000 http://the-diplomat.com/?p=4858#comment-3512 To the best of my knowledge, the world doesn't care about any unrest or conflict in Thailand. The country has very little to sell that's worth buying, and the nation's best claim to fame is its squealing, giggling hordes of very eager and very cheap prostitutes. Realistically, the sex tourism industry is the major item holding the Thailand economy back from bankruptcy. The political disputes of Thailand are extremely boring and tedious, so simplistic, dimwitted, passive-aggressive and slow-paced that they put outsiders to sleep with their mundanity. Probably no other nation in the world has such dull disagreements in internal politics as Thailand. In simple realpolitick, the people who have the support of the military are the people who win in any dispute, and that appears to be a practical fact the protesting farmers just don't understand. To the best of my knowledge, the world doesn’t care about any unrest or conflict in Thailand. The country has very little to sell that’s worth buying, and the nation’s best claim to fame is its squealing, giggling hordes of very eager and very cheap prostitutes. Realistically, the sex tourism industry is the major item holding the Thailand economy back from bankruptcy. The political disputes of Thailand are extremely boring and tedious, so simplistic, dimwitted, passive-aggressive and slow-paced that they put outsiders to sleep with their mundanity. Probably no other nation in the world has such dull disagreements in internal politics as Thailand. In simple realpolitick, the people who have the support of the military are the people who win in any dispute, and that appears to be a practical fact the protesting farmers just don’t understand.

]]> By: David Brown http://the-diplomat.com/2010/06/17/red-yellow-blurs-in-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-3490 David Brown Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:13:31 +0000 http://the-diplomat.com/?p=4858#comment-3490 The government can listen to everyone. But unfortunately they cannot actually do anything unless their amart/military bosses agree. Reconciliation means bowing down and agreeing to the amart/military and its Abhisit and Sutheps job to make that happen otherwise they will be replaced by someone that will. Meanwhile the reds are flexible, they want to introduce democracy where the government can only rule for 3 or 4 years and then has to go to the people to either be allowed another term or be replaced. The amart/military don't understand democracy they just want to rule forever. Tradition or progress, which way do the Thai people want to go? The government can listen to everyone.

But unfortunately they cannot actually do anything unless their amart/military bosses agree. Reconciliation means bowing down and agreeing to the amart/military and its Abhisit and Sutheps job to make that happen otherwise they will be replaced by someone that will.

Meanwhile the reds are flexible, they want to introduce democracy where the government can only rule for 3 or 4 years and then has to go to the people to either be allowed another term or be replaced. The amart/military don’t understand democracy they just want to rule forever. Tradition or progress, which way do the Thai people want to go?

]]> By: David Brown http://the-diplomat.com/2010/06/17/red-yellow-blurs-in-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-3489 David Brown Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:10:50 +0000 http://the-diplomat.com/?p=4858#comment-3489 The military did not attack the Yellows and there was a witchhunt when the police tried to move them. The Yellows drove on a truck to Don Mueng and shot at taxi staff while ordinary citizens hid in fear, the Yellows killed some reds and their own people, bodies left at the airports. The reds drove around the city peacefully and were cheered. The military deployed snipers but the reds resisted when the military attacked the first time, then the military deployed snipers again, forced police to move in front of them, some rogue military engaged while the reds resisted the second attack as much as they could. The police and the military fought each other at SalaDaeng(?) police station, the reds leadership surrendered and asked their supporters to go home peacefully. Some agents provocateurs were paid by the owners to secure insurance money for rebuilding some aging department stores Now the military, village scouts, BPP, all the traditional royalist actors are spread around the country spreading terror amongst the citizens, with no accountability. "Normalcy" Thailand? The military did not attack the Yellows and there was a witchhunt when the police tried to move them.

The Yellows drove on a truck to Don Mueng and shot at taxi staff while ordinary citizens hid in fear, the Yellows killed some reds and their own people, bodies left at the airports.

The reds drove around the city peacefully and were cheered.

The military deployed snipers but the reds resisted when the military attacked the first time, then the military deployed snipers again, forced police to move in front of them, some rogue military engaged while the reds resisted the second attack as much as they could.

The police and the military fought each other at SalaDaeng(?) police station, the reds leadership surrendered and asked their supporters to go home peacefully. Some agents provocateurs were paid by the owners to secure insurance money for rebuilding some aging department stores

Now the military, village scouts, BPP, all the traditional royalist actors are spread around the country spreading terror amongst the citizens, with no accountability.

“Normalcy” Thailand?

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