Comments on: Exploit Thy Neighbor: Preah Vihear & Those Chauvinist Thais

By: number&number

number&number — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:08:35 +0000

Tit for That! It’s clear that the whole Preah Vihear border issue has been regurgitated for Thailand’s current EPK, and will backfire on them as they are unashamedly only reacting to this issue out of boredom and desperation. The “act” is that of spoilt / nasty children who become vehemently venomous when a neighbor has success, like the issue that the Thais ignored until it won an international UN Heritage award … was this process initiated by a Thai?

By: BangkokDan

BangkokDan — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:17:34 +0000

And Cambodia's recent dark history, Mo, isn't used by Cambodian nationalists in those tense days as a political tool? As a tit for tat? BangkokDan

By: Mo

Mo — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:48:00 +0000

Thank you for writing such a wonderful and thoughtful article. We, Cambodians, suffered too much from the past wars, and we’re not looking to fight another war.

A big majority of Cambodian knew that the current conflict did not represent the greed of the Thais majority. We all blamed the border standoff on PAD and their untranationalist supporters.

Nationalism is great, but blind nationalism with ignorance is dangerous.