Thai soldiers charge towards the supporters of exiled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra (not seen) during clashes in Bangkok on April 13. Thai troops fired warning shots and tear gas in clashes with petrol bomb-hurling protesters in Bangkok April 13 , leaving 70 injured as the government launched a crackdown to enforce a state of emergency. (Photo from Izismile)From Washington Post:
BAN WAI, Thailand -- Although a sense of calm has returned to Thailand after months of political unrest, out in the country's rural heartland the deep anger that drove tens of thousands of people to demonstrate on the streets of Bangkok earlier this year still burns brightly.
For years, Thailand's rural poor have complained that they are courted by politicians at election time, then dropped when no longer needed. They say they have seen few of the fruits of Thailand's economic boom.
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My Comment: Thailand is not only experiencing the impact of the world recession, but with an Islamic insurgency in full swing in the south of the country, and the removal of a popular Prime Minister .... Thailand has all the ingredients to become a (politically) dysfunctional state
Will this change result in revolution ... I doubt it. But protests and strikes with the military in the background to install order is what will probably be the end result.
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