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Have the Navy got their toys yet that were mentioned in a budget report some months ago?

The Coup is in motion and the winner will be Thaskin, of course.

This may become bloody this time and many people will have to leave the country and live in exile, but not Thaskin, never again.

I´m sure all the foreing investors are trembling (even tho they prefer Thaskin´s time in power over Abishit proxy for the army) because of what is in the pipes and soon will be bursting out.

True freedom has never been experienced in Thailand, at least not without heavy dosage of corruption, but freedom has a price and the Thais must pay that price by stop repressing their anger and frustration, this constant lack of confrontation and supression.

They must fight this out and come to a conclusion they can live with.

This is the price for freedom.

Welcome back, Thaskin, and better luck this time.

Here’s a few facts some of you might want to think about.

1) According to international monitoring agencies, the last election which gave Thaksin and his party an overwhelming majority, was rated as one of the “cleanest” elections in Thai history.

2) The latest report from Transparency International, which rates every country in the world in regards to corruption, has now ranked Thailand LOWER than it was during the Thaksin years. So the “justification” that the coupe was necessary to get rid of “corruption” is a joke, as corruption is now more rampant than it was then.

3) Under Thaksin, Thailand paid off the entire interest of their IMF loans, and would have – if things had continued – paid off the entire loan within 5 years. NO leader of ANY country has EVER been able to accomplish that financial feat.

4) Prior to the coupe Thailand had 5 billion Baht surplus, in less than a year the military backed government managed to wipe that out and bring in a 200 billion baht deficit, and it’s growing larger by the day.

5) After the coupe the good General stated that the coupe was necessary: “….because we couldn’t find any way to remove him (Thaksin) democratically.” Yeah, that’s a real good reason.

6) During a speech at a U.S. University, Sondhi, the leader of PAD, told the audience that the coupe was necessary “….because the Old Power Elite of Bangkok were losing their power and they wanted it back.” To which Sondhi fully supported.

The coupe wasn’t to get rid of corruption. It was to get rid of a man who had stepped on the toes of too many rich & elite in Bangkok who hated his populace policies, and for recognizing the poor people of Thailand. He was upsetting the apple cart of the Elite who care only for themselves, and who regard everyone else as 2nd class citizens, and they couldn’t stand that.

Analysts say the coupe set Thailand back about 12 years. I think that’s a very conservative figure, and that the real one is more like 20 years. And if the divisions in Thai society that the coupe has created continue to worsen, that figure could become even higher.

This government is formed by judicial and military coup. Why now should the army coup… itself?

On the other hand, if Thaksin pull a coup. It would irredeemably erase anything and everything he had worked or claim to be. Does not make sense.