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You know I fought in a wars got medals from purple heart to silver star But I earned those defending freedom what wars did the now PM former General fight in to get his medals?

I was in Brunei during the Indonesian confrontation and all I ended up with was a campaign medal for being first three times in the NAAFI queue! He must have been like greased lightning!!

YES, they are doing a good job

As about the posters that don't agree with that and try to be funny (JOC), I suggest they go to bed and cry a lot so to drawn their sorrows.

Your opinions are irrelevant.......mine is sensible

Hey Zorba! If I could call you what I'd like to call you on here and not be banned, I would. On the other hand, you could be just a closet red shirt who enjoys winding people up, so I won't give you the pleasure of getting all orgasmic at my expense.

I agree this is political and most likely, since no one was supposed to die, decided by the fugitive felon former PM whose allies are dropping out of power faster than he can keep track of. This is a desperation move and will likely continue. I was near downtown Bangkok during the 2006 New Year's Eve bombings for which Thaksin was also suspected. He was suspected because he had just been deposed by the 2006 military coup. Very similar circumstances today. Patience is not in Thaksin's psyche and it makes it obvious when bad things happen right after 'bad' things happen to Thaksin. It is my opinion as I cannot prove it so all you Thaksin defenders/lovers, don't bother to argue with me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Bangkok_bombings

My goodness, it took six posts for Thaksin to get a mention. Doesn't matter what the topic is to these yellowshirt/democrat(?)/junta-loving types, they'll blame it on Thaksin. If their pet goldfish has belly-ache, or their dog has piles, blame it on Thaksin. C'mon, expand your imagination a bit and find another whipping-boy, there are plenty of more deserving ones about other than members of the PTP.

By the way, they aren't "dropping out of power" they're being forced out illegally by the overwhelming forces of the amart.

If France and/or Germany had suffered a military coup then the leader of the coup would be tried for treason and democracy would be restored.

But first of all Germany or France wouldn't have a government like Yingluck because a Thaksin would be tried and put into jail years ago, so there wouldn't be any need for a coup.

My goodness, 40 post before Thaksin got a mention. Thought we were going to see the miracle of an entire thread without reference to him (or Yingluck). Guess some people just miss them too much.

How is it wrong to say colored? Should be say black? Oh... Africans? No no no... Let's call them Farangs.

It's not that it's wrong, it's the connotations the word has. Historically it comes from a time where being white was considered normal- and people who weren't white were viewed as lesser human beings- lumping all non-white ethnicities into one . (Which is why there's the contradiction in the term itself- that white isn't somehow a colour).

It's not about political correctness either, before somebody drags out that lazy phrase. It's just about not being a dick.

It's all in the mind of the PC fanatics of the time. I don't know how old you are but when I was young "coloured" was a polite way of referring to non-whites. If you'd have called someone black, the then PC crowd would have come down on you like a ton of bricks. Now of course, black is considered politically correct and coloured a no-no. Causes lots of consternation amongst us old codgers who have no desire to offend anyone.

Maybe it would be a good idea for the PC crowd to distribute regular bulletins as to what is and is not politically acceptable. Mind you, then you wouldn't have anything to whinge about.;

Thank you for your post. I am confident that the immigration bureau will take your suggestion of an extension of stay for three years into account, but this will require an amendment of the Immigration Act. You may have to lobby the members of parliament to achieve your aim.

Members of Parliament? They're extinct.

One may be excused to wonder why a previous Prime Minister who was really into equal right for women and dignity for women, didn't notice this issue.

Probably to many other things to do

What issue? Women wearing shortish skirts on tv?? Strap back, send for the morality police. I'd say the previous PM did well to let people get on with their lives and leave their choice of clothes to themselves.

Give me martial law anyday over bombings and red shirts on the street. They have a track record for violence, if there were some guarantees they would not come come out and start protesting / killing.. and intimidating judges and such. Why not.

But actually I think this is the only thing that keeps them from the streets.

Robbie old friend, let me explain it to you very slowly!!

When a majority of a country's people over and over again have seen their legally cast votes being voided by the juridical system and/or the army, they might lose patience.

That loss of patience may sometimes sadly result in violence, when people reach their breaking point.

Not defending the violence, but I can understand, that sometimes people just had enough!!

You are from Holland, a very democratic country, and you are defending this:

A new Thai constitution being drafted by the ruling junta is a throwback to an era when a royalist and military elite had a stranglehold on politics, analysts and politicians say, warning of dire consequences for democracy.

Beyond me.......................

If a kindergarden was run by democracy, the kids would vote for eating ice cream all day long till they got sick and fat and/or the kindergarden went broke. Fortunately there is no democracy in kindergardens, and the teacher has absolute power. The reason noone complains about that setup is that everyone agrees the kids have no idea what is good for them, or for the kindergarden as a whole.

Personally I think the same could be said for a very large portion of the Thai electorate.

I am quite certain that any PM candidate promising to borrow an enormous amount of money abroad at any interest rate and then distribute say a million baht as a gift to each and every thai, would win any election.

The fact that it would obviously turn Thailand into Greece would matter little to most Thais. Most Thais don't even know about Greece's current situation, they cannot even find it on a map.

And that is why many if not most Thais are simply not qualified to vote, especially not when many of the politicians don't care about the future of Thailand either.

I'd love to tell you what I think of you after your last two posts but I'd probably be banned again. How on earth the mods allow you to get away with your derogatory comments about the Thai people I'll never know. Maybe it's because you're a yellowshirt. I will just say that your posts are possibly the most patronising I've ever seen on this forum.

If the abolish the death penalty how can prayuth execute those that oppose him. He has now just granted himself ultimate power which means he now has the authority to kill anyone who speaks against him. The death penalty will be here as long as prayuth is in charge.

Pro democratically-legal death penalty for murder maak maak

Anarchists can be the most peaceful and friendliest people unless they feel betrayed.

Guess many Red Shirts are rather disappointed by the party they supported, more precisely: by the elite that promised them a better future.

Party leaders in future elections should not make promises that they can't keep.

Difficult to keep promises when you're forced out by the military sticking a gun up your rear end.

"So, next time, please elect a good government into power.

Presumably he means: elect a government comprised of the wealthy and elite in Bangkok, who already own and run everything else in the country, or there will be another coup. And we will keep having coups until you, the electorate, learn to do things our way right.

So, in your opinion, was the previous government 'good'?

Not talking elected , democracy etc

Dunno, they were kicked out by the military before they completed their term of office, as were most previous non-yellow govts. It's like asking to give an opinion on a house that's only two-thirds built. I can't give you an interim opinion on this one either because I may be carted off for attitude adjustment sessions.

rather stupid message to send, already posted on another thread about this - and a very clear line needs to be drawn as to who would qualify for this and who would remain in jail or continue to face charges

The victims of violence in Thailand are the innocent peaceful and law biding - their rights must be considered also

I think the answer to who qualifies is straight forward enough. It will be based around shirt colour.

It will be based upon their involvement and what it amounted to - in a general 'limited to the crime' amnesty the colour of your shirt doesn't matter.

Only a yellow shirt would say that, confident that shirt colour matters to the junta.

Whatever methods the police have used here, I am quite certain they are behaving better than they under Chalerm where they knew they had complete immunity from investigation.

I see the usual hypocrites on here are crying foul after the red-shirts and the disgracefully biased "HRC" of Thailand made predictable allegations. If you people had made similar comments during Pheu-Thai's time in office when Chalerm predicted the crime on day one then slammed the case shut on day two after full confessions, maybe some of us would listen to you.

Like I keep saying, the Junta is a bad choice from worse options. Nobody is saying they are whiter than white, but they are a step up from that last dirty bunch.

Almost always, in making a reply to a post critical of the junta, it's followers on here harp on about the PTP, Thaksin, Yingluck or in this case Chalerm. This is just one in a long line of juntas, most of which were before Thaksin/PTP's time. I'd be grateful if you lot would stick to replying to the current thread (to which you obviously can't think of a reasonable comment), not constantly referring to your favourite party.

At least he has a mind of his own and shows up to make speeches, and doesn't need to rely on a script writer.

Some of you may disagree on how he runs the country but at least he's doing something unlike a certain ex-PM who is more concerned about travelling aboard & shopping and crying crocodile tears when something goes wrong.

You mean the one that was voted in by the people of this country?

I have nothing against Gen Prayuth but deary me this govt is in desperate need of a skilled public relations team.

Some of the comments and stories that are allowed to come out in the media are laughable - this story being no exception.

It seems that Prayuth has had little or no media training whatsoever.

But then again why would he, he's a military general and not a career politician.

Then why does he not stick to generaling and leave politics to the politicians? For a politician he'd make a very good bus driver.

Democracy Thai Style simply means "We are the military, and we decide what is democratic and what isn't. And if we don't like something, then it ain't democratic."

For a minute there I though that you were talking about the PTP after they won the election and decided to do what Thaksin said to do.

Remember the 2011 election slogan? Thaksin thinks, PTP acts.

Here we go again, Thaksin this, Thaksin that, Thaksin the other. The thread is about the junta, can't you stop pining for Thaksin for a few minutes?

Thai politics will never be normal. This version certainly seems to be better than anything we have had in the last decade.

Reading your comment convinces me that you've chosen a very apt name.

some posters are soooo gullible.

But why talk about yourself, I would hide this embarrassing flaw in your character if I was you?

Next you will be saying that Thaksin was a model citizen that cared about the people and was booted out of Thailand through politically motivated means by those nasty elites that ganged up on him!!!.

There you go again harping on about Thaksin when the thread is about missing Thai temple medic. Every day I become more convinced that you junta maniacs are really missing him.

I would have expected that financing a criminal organisation would already be in the book as unlawful.

Bad news for the taxpayer re the military.

In the land of very little consideration whatsoever, they choose to consider this lol.

Surely its one of the few things that doesn't need much in the way of cognitive function to determine that "Yes indeed, financing terrorism should be illegal."

But not written into law by the previous govt? Financing a private army?

Unlike this one which IS the army and is financed by the poor old taxpayer.

Maybe many are not happy about their lot with spiralling debt and a slowing economy its hard to see how the government can put a positive spin on things,

How about blaming just a little bit on the previous government wasting almost 600 BILLION Baht on a blatant populist policy designed purely to get them into power!!!

Think how that could have helped the economy if the money hadn't have been spirited away and disappeared by so many corrupt people.

The junta cheerleaders never cease to amaze me, they spend years shouting for the PTP to be kicked out of power, then when it happens, they can't stop talking about them. The thread's about Prayuth's PR teams. I think you miss the Shins really.

"Nobody doubts his intention was good".

Nonsense! I doubt it very much.

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Yes its only Justice that the people who have overthrown the Constitution with a Military takeover now seek impeachment of those who had the temerity to try and change the constitution by democratic means

If is wasn't plain to see before it certainly is now. This coup is purely to remove opposition of the elite and push honest working Thai's back to Serfdom

Get an education, Pratt!

Well funny , took you long enough to think that one up , those long winter nights must fly by

Bearing in mind his past quotes, and where he comes from this probably represents unparalleled heights of sophistication!

And where he comes from? Oh I see, a thick mick, a paddy, a bog trotter. Ha ha ha very good. Must remember that one. Or maybe I should write "where he come's from"

Guess the mods are only banning junta critics for personal attacks. Seen several from this junta fanatic lately getting by without any censure.

Let them go, just don't let them come back.