Coup Lite In Thailand -- The Globe and Mail editorial
When the armed forces of a country declare martial law on television saying, “This is not a coup,” the citizens of the country might well infer a coup is exactly what has just happened .
But in the case of Thailand, the military may well be telling the truth. Politics in that country have have become topsy-turvy. Thailand has been paralyzed by fights that have spilled beyond democratic institutions, creating disorder and threatening worse. And for the time being at least, the armed forces appear to be observing neutrality between the principal factions.
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