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By: shellsea

shellsea — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:27:39 +0000

Yes I agree with phomuing.

By: Leopold

Leopold — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:21:59 +0000

Hmm … There’s a good laugh …

Since when people who evade taxes are considered as good people?

By: Pho muing tai yet mae

Pho muing tai yet mae — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:43:24 +0000

i and our colleagues love thaksin, he and his family are good people. I guarantee with my reputation. We all included millions of Thai people miss him so much. We will wait to see him forever. We hate insurgent.. we hate coup. Goddam army. Bullchit

By: chang dek

chang dek — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:14:16 +0000

Its all because of those “tree children”!

By: BangkokDan

BangkokDan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:32:46 +0000

Interesting matty, a “next Thai coup more sympathetic to Thaksin.”

Such a coup though would imperatively lead to heavy bloodshed.

I doubt though that the Thaksin, hero of the poor, wants to go down in history as the man willing to sacrifice his own people.

A Thaksin reinstalled by a coup would have to rule by loyalty by force.

Bangkok people would never accept this. They’d be willing to fight.

Thaksin’s too much of a divider. He can’t unify the kingdom anymore. Not today, not tomorrow.

He’s history.

Why is none of his stalwarts publicly pledging loyalty to Thaksin – when Thaksin is facing the probably most difficult day of his life?

To be associated with Thaksin has become too risky.

He’s gone. Others will try to get their hands on his money and share the loot.

BangkokDan

By: matty

matty — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:13:42 +0000

Those frozen Thaksin billions – $2.0 billion or so (depending on exchange rates) won’t be easily forgotten … and getting them unfrozen would be paramount in Thaksin’s mind. (The man thinks he’s still Thailand’s most loved leader and the man must still think those billions are his, legally or otherwise). Not for democracy, not even to re-defend the Thai poor. Not for the rule of law nor fair justice.

This time this will be all about recovering the loot for Thaksin!

Thaksin will continue to wheel and deal, will threaten and will cajole, will bribe and promise commissions galore … anything to get the Thaksin billions back!

What would Thaksin be willing to pay a Thai general, any general, to get his billions back? 25%????

Could the next Thai coup be more sympathethic to Thaksin?

By: BangkokDan

BangkokDan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:43:27 +0000

Points taken ThaiCrisis, you raise important issues. I rather think though that it has become too risky for his lieutenants to associate/deal with Thaksin. He'll be dropped over time. A future without Thaksin looks suddenly more promising than with him. They can play the Thaksin-card from afar and benefit, without having to involve him. As said by Thaksin, and he's not making that up: Thailand has become a dangerous place for him. I guess he's not only facing the dangers of enemies. BangkokDan

By: ThaiCrisis

ThaiCrisis — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:28:11 +0000

I share the current enthusiasm … even though Thaksin is talented and much, much more smarter than the pathetic Thai generals and other Thai “elite” but he was clearly corrupted.

However, I think we should not use the stamp “case closed” too soon.

My point: Thaksin is in exile … again.

He was in exile from September 2006 (when ousted by the military coup) to the end of February 2008 …

That didn’t prevent the political situation to worsen.

With popular support, political support (the PPP), huge financial means, and now -I guess- a burning rage against the “invisible hand” responsible for his faith … Thaksin will remain a serious liability.

My point: Now the situation is clearer, it’s impossible to foresee any “reconciliation.” It’s a fight to death.

I don’t believe that Thaksin will give up. Never.

And I would like to add that time is playing in favor of Thaksin … The succession issue is not settled … Far from it.

Thaksin is still young …