Thailand straight through the Smoke!

(The Emerald Buddha Temple houses the coronation bier which on the day the monarch is to be crowned he is conveyable in to his coronation ceremony. It is the only time he ever sits in this chair. After his coronation it is conveyable once again to the Emerald Buddha Temple to wait for his successor amidst the countless emerald Buddha figures within it. )

Once easily described as the Land of Smiles, the kingdom of Thailand inhabitants are much more than frowning at the gift state of affairs ongoing. None of the major Asian & World press corps has described accurately what is taking place in the 'Jewel of Se Asia' now!

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You need not to have attended the gift Pm's alumni, Oxford University, to understand what is going on now in his charge (???), Thailand. A week & a half ago he publicly stated that only the Thai military could say Martial Law. Then a week ago he declared Martial Law in 15 provinces north of Bangkok which are overwhelmingly politically 'Red Shirt' in affiliation. Then several days ago he added 5 more provinces to the list!

He offered the protesters ( "not terrorists" ) the same choosing date of November 2010 in his valid government mediating proposal. The same offer he made before the protests began, which in fact is nothing more than an extension of 11 months of the customary scheduled elections one year after his political allies & the Thai military settled him in power along with the members of the senate in Thailand. Does whatever reading this begin to think that this sounds more & more like Thailand's neighbor to the west Myanmar (formerly Burma ), where the military openly runs & controls the citizen & government? Read some more, the facts beg you to! The Thai government controls the broadcast media, and influences the two English daily newspapers there. They had given the Udd ( Red Shirts ) their own channel, but that has been taken of the air. The former Thai Pm, Thaksin called for a military pull back and reopening of dialogue. Followed by a similar request by the head of the United Nations several days later. But all this is falling on deaf ears in Thailand, Pm, Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva has outruled any more dialogue. I think that his handlers have nothing else but convinced him that he has power in all this. When he refused the originally scheduled elections because several key members of the military were scheduled to retire this spring and take their pensions with their successors assuming their duties (???). Does any person think this is the rhetoric is in any way, shape or form how a democracy governs? One has the same 'sick' feeling watching the Thailand supreme Court issue its findings on the assets of the former Pm Thaksin when they conveniently took over almost half of his in country assets, To say they appeared damned if they do, damned if they don't, it isn't much of a reach to dream what a controlling military does to persons who do not supervene their desires.

This is the same military that was to be revamped when their suitable scapegoat, the former Pm Thaksin was attending the U N general Assembly and had returned to his favorite Thailand. That must have shaken them out of their boots, they seized power, leveled these ongoing charges against him and every choosing his party or similar political parties won, they created ways to discredit the results!

I have not seen any of it, but have heard from very reliable Thai eye witnesses that the death toll in this ongoing battle for democracy was as recently as last Saturday, the daily account of dead was 20-30 persons, when in reality the dead were being settled in Thai army trucks and taken to only where the good lord knows where but the total was 200 dead! Last Saturday Alone.

Thais telling me their favorite country is just like Burma!

Even before this horrible escalation the Udd ( Red Shirts ) had won the war. It might not have been this week, this month or even this year but all the points had been won and it is just a matter of time before the open honest elections will be held. The Prime priest & the Senate will reflect the peoples majority votes! This violence is just the powerful's greediness being expressed, hopefully for the final time. How much Mr. Abhisit is responsible for all this, by his actions or inactions will be carefully when it all winds down.

This is the supervene up report to my former report on the field several months ago. I am writing & posting this from Singapore not Thailand.

Thailand straight through the Smoke!

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