Nonsense!
The anti democratic forces in Thailand were never going to be swiftly defeated. Thaksin sure as hell gave them an almighty scare, he had them running in fear that their demise would be immediate. Alas, it turned out to be a case of close, but not quite. Make no mistake, democracy and freedom are coming to Thailand in the near future and there is nobody, absolutely nobody, who has more claim to being the primary force that has turned the dream of millions into a reality than Thaksin.