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Inthis scenario, I think there are more parties with hidden incentives involved and the one that lose most is the government. This is not somehow a coincidence. We know that recent elections suggest stronger voting base for Democratic Party, while Puea Thai/red/Thaksin are losing ground and most of ...

Now that I am back in Thailand and have seen the aftermath of the wanton destruction unleashed by the UDD... I can't help but feel sorry for all the little business people and employees who lost their livelihoods to these very criminal acts of arson. To this day the Center One and Baiyoke markets (...

Please excuse my ignorance but how does this vote buying work? surely if the voting is done in secrecy then one would take every bribe offered to him or her then simply vote for their person of choice, can anyone out there explain? :cheers: It's ironic, but this system is based on morale. What i me...

You spout history that suits you, so tell me when Thailand built just one Hindu Temple in the last 1,000 years? It never has, but the Cambodians, with a much longer history did, because they originally worshiped Hindu gods. And that is to whom the temple was dedicated. I think this reasoning cannot...

Of course everyone looks after their own in thai politics, it an ancient tradition :-) But here we are in the 21st century and no one cares about it. Thais seem so down trodden and fearful. I had hoped the current PM was the future, but he has failed. he too clings to the dirty, medieval Elite powe...

I don't think it's only PAD who is being jingoistic(extremely nationalistic), but the majority of the Thai people is. Because of this fact, PAd tried to propaganda, using nationalism to gain votes, while Abhisit as the PM in a Democratic system has to appease the majority (and trying not to compromi...

The question that we should be asking is do we have the stomach for war? Does the country have enough money to wage war? Did they take into account of how long would it take to finish the war? And if we loose then what would happen to our country after the war. Now much penalty would we be paying w...

Hi trtrz I myself did thought the same line as you are thinking about sharing the site with Cambodia under management which also could be lease out. The problem is Ahbisit isn’t strong enough to make a stand with PAD. He shouldn’t worry about his job more than what he could do for the country. He c...

But in reading the words from Abhist's appearance at the PAD rally yesterday, I have to admit that they sent a small chill down my back when he spoke of "diplomatic and military means". "Diplomatic means" I agree with. "Military means" would result in tragic consequenc...

From what I gather, the main problem of this conflict is that the temple happens to be along the border and Thailand and Cambodia are holding different maps, which slightly have different borders, where one happens to include the temple in another country to the other map. Nevertheless, I believe th...

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