bust Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 Not a very secret plan really is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 Killing Tinkerbell would create a martyr, not a good idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lusty Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 With the sort of wedge Mr T has at his disposal,I'd think his personal security is very tight. Even so,he was never a genocidal dictator,he was someone who was caught with his hand in the cookie jar like most MP's are doing in one form or another both at home and abroad. The guy does not deserve a bullit in the back of his head or to be blown to atoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 Even so,he was never a genocidal dictator,he was someone who was caught with his hand in the cookie jar like most MP's are doing in one form or another both at home and abroad. Really?? Have you forgotten what happened in 2003? Obviously drug dealers are not good guys but do a search on this and find out how many of these guys met their maker under Thaksin's drug stamping out plan. Thousands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallenda Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 "...he assumed it was just an outline of a general plan for responses to anticipated measures from Cambodia, he (Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban) said." Not exactly an outright denial. Well I guess we should disregard the PM's denial of it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallenda Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 "...he assumed it was just an outline of a general plan for responses to anticipated measures from Cambodia, he (Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban) said." Not exactly an outright denial. Yeah I guess the PM's direct denail shouldn't count if some underling said this then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted December 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 Lets look at Thaksin for a second...his policy his reign. Who, besides himself, benefited the most? who suffered the most? Yes he was corrupt. ALL Politicians it seems are corrupt. Yet, the poor got *something* under his regime. Did the elite really lose anything? Or did they get a taste of what he took? Now lets look at the alternative. A majority appointed government. Appointed by who? the Bangkok elite? Will the poor have a voice under this? will it be heard? Think the alternative to Thaksin will be any better? Will the poor get anything? Ok so Thaksin sucks, the alternative sucks...and the people are stuck in the middle...sound familiar? What choice would a wise man make in such a situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 << Did the elite really lose anything? >> The answer is a most definite YES! The T-man appointed his own relatives and supporters to high positions where they could rake in the corruption. The people who for years had occupied those positions were understandably pissed off. (The Petroleum Authority is one instance that comes to mind.) Mr T's greatest mistake was in alienating these folks. He was simply too greedy for his own good. Politicians are supposed to share the wealth, not seize it all for themselves. << A majority appointed government. Appointed by who? the Bangkok elite? >> Uh ... you don't understand parliamentary democracy. Thaksin's own last government was "majority appointed". His party did not have enough to form a govmt on their own. It's sort of the US Congress where the majority of the members members pass or reject proposed laws. The current PM is the head of a coalition of ELECTED members of Parliament. Bangkok hardly has enough votes to elect a PM. In fact, much of the Dems' strength really lies in the South. Newin brought in his faction to join the Dems in forming the government, and Newin is from Khorat - not Krungthep. The govmt has a majority thanks mainly to MPs from Bangkok, the South, and the Khorat-lower Isaan area. The middle class was happy to see the last of PM Thaksin, since his "help the poor rural folks who vote for me" policy was based on spending tax money collected in the cities (minus his own, of course, since rich folks never pay taxes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 nothing new, the fight for the honey pot is far from over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 Yeah I guess the PM's direct denail shouldn't count if some underling said this then. It's curious that Ahbisit would deny it and the deputy appears to be qualifying the denial. I guess we'll just have to wait and see the document. If it exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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