Wed 20 Sep 2006
One thing I haven’t seen much press on in the coverage of the recent coup in Thailand is why the military needed to intervene in the affairs of a democratically elected government. I heard from some guy at work that there was an election there scheduled in November but was unable to confirm this — if true that means this coup was not about corruption at all but simply because they were unwilling to accept the likely results of the upcoming election. That’s pretty scary. Then again, when are coups not scary?
September 20th, 2006 at 9:32pm
Coups suxxor.
In completely unrelated news, I’m fretting about my undergrade GPA. Film at 11.
September 21st, 2006 at 5:21am
Um, duh, a little coup called the AMERICAN REVOLUTION. That wasnt scary, that was God’s will!
September 21st, 2006 at 10:28am
Were they simply unwilling to accept the results of the upcoming election, or were they unwilling to accept the results of an election nearly guaranteed to be fraudulent? Hardly appropriate speculation for people who know nothing about it (like me).
September 21st, 2006 at 10:30am
geek: That’s indeed the right question to ask except I don’t see it being asked or addressed.
September 21st, 2006 at 5:59pm
Two things: First, the prime minister dissolved parliament a few months ago, so I’m not sure it was really a “democratic” government that was overthrown. Second, his popularity took a nose-dive in the months before the coup, so it is very doubtful that it had anything to do with the military fearing the results of the election.
And I’m still gonna get you!!!