Chalerm ready for action in far South fight

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Chalerm ready for action in far South fight

Two retired generals enlisted to tackle unrest

Published: 31 Oct 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung has said he is ready to take charge of national security and operations against insurgents in the deep South.

Chalerm: Does not support violence

Mr Chalerm said he is waiting for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to appoint him to oversee national security affairs as a replacement for former deputy prime minister Gen Yutthasak Sasiprapa.

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dontetley
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Discussion 11 : 31 Oct 2012 at 06.3611
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Drones, mercenaries, atomic bombs! All wrong! Thaksin had the answer but the coup killed its chances of success! All he needed was more time, more paper, and more origami folders! The other problem was that most of the origami birds were intercepted by government stealworkers who sold the origami birds to souvenir sellers in Pattaya who in turn sold them to idiots!
Remember this: (copied from BBC 2004)
The Thai government has dropped an estimated one hundred million paper origami birds in an unusual peace bid.
The birds were dropped by military planes over the country's Muslim south after a surge of violence in the area.

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Discussion 10 : 31 Oct 2012 at 06.2910
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#9 - The US has been at it, killing people in Afghanistan-Pakistan for over 10 years! It doesn't work in subduing the population, and they have no right to be there in the first place. Real numbers indicate 80% of everyone they kill are civilians. The other 20% are armed, but not even necessarily "terrorists" - whatever a "terrorist" might even mean. Killing people isn't the answer. Find the cause and deal with it directly. Use force only if necessary.
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Discussion 9 : 31 Oct 2012 at 05.469
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Musashi #7, unless we can return Law & Order to the Deep South, you can forget about all of those wonderful programs, as they can be easily blown to pieces in a matter of seconds. Drones come in all sizes, shapes & capabilities, including those which can be dropped from the air to secretly monitor activity around suspected houses or areas in real time. And when terrorist suspects move, they can be tracked by small & cheap arial drones. In essence, we can put any terrorist suspects on secret surveillance 24/7. Most IEDs were planted at night, which can be easily detected by night sensors carried by the drones.
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Discussion 8 : 31 Oct 2012 at 05.008
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spiceman #6: I can see that you have good intentions in helping Thailand. However, drones are not exactly helpful when we consider those bad guys are hiding in the dense jungles. There is merit though in your other suggestion of having foreign advisers or army personnel to help our money-crazy but impotent army.
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Discussion 7 : 31 Oct 2012 at 04.527
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lookmoo #3 spiceman #2: Winning the hearts and minds of the people through alleviating poverty and improving education (madrasahs are not exactly helpful in getting jobs later in life), reducing criminal activities..amongst others will help more than military intervention.

But both of you are right in that we will need help from foreign armed forces to combat the violence - since our generals are more interested at asking for money each time violence breaks out. People in the south knows that local insurgents, Malaysian special forces and jihadists have been hanging out in our deep south, crossing the borders by sea and by land at ease. We
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Discussion 6 : 31 Oct 2012 at 04.436
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Khun Zulu #4, it is war on the terrorists, not innocent people, OK? If you know anything about the US Special Operation like the SEALs, they must operate strictly by their rules of engagement, to capture or kill terrorists only, while leaving everybody else unharmed. The drones and stuffs is to help them develop actionable intelligence, which can be acted upon. They operate exclusively at night using $65,000-a-piece night-visino goggles, relying mainly on the element of surprise and ability to turn night into day. They basically own the night. All of these are the result of careful analysis and planning, pitching their strength against t
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Discussion 5 : 31 Oct 2012 at 04.305
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Chalerm, like his Dubai overlord, can only compound the tragedy unfolding in the South. He is not qualified to run a noodle stand let alone mind armed unrest, and would best serve Thailand by sitting on his hands and doing nothing until PTP is drummed out of power - hopefully soon.
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Discussion 4 : 31 Oct 2012 at 03.564
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spiceman, post 2.555 :) you want foreign mercenaries on behalf of the thai government go on war on it's own people, with drones and stuff, like Obama is doing it in pakistan? which nightmares are torturing you?
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Discussion 3 : 31 Oct 2012 at 03.353
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They have like 1.600 Generals i Thailand (that count excludes Lieutenant General, Major General, Senior Colonel, Colonel Lieutenant etc etc)?? and needs to draft another 2 ex-generals to do the job??

Thailand should hire foreign military professionals (contractors) to do the job. 500-1.000 of them will probably make the difference.
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Discussion 2 : 31 Oct 2012 at 03.062
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I think Thailand should cut its losses by outsourcing the cleaning up of the Deep South to foreign mercenaries, preferably a team of former US Navy SEALs or Russian Special Ops, along with their high-tech equipments, like drones, night-vision goggles, on loan from the US which will be needed by them. Then, whatever it costs will be deducted from the defense budget. It is time to starve out an army of those fat Thai generals. Other than that, it will just be a continuation of incompetence and stupidity in the highest order. Meanwhile, innocent people continue to be murdered and their properties blown to pieces.
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