Goat Roper

15 Somchais to grab 1 bird.

And they call themselves guards.

Gnus would be a better word.

You must have just arrived Thailand, ever heard of 'Dog-packs' in Thailand?

If you threaten or attack police anywhere in the world then expect them to respond.

Really! Respond with deadly force?!

she needs time to clear anything that could be used against her govt from the office and to make sure there is no incriminating paperwork/files etc that can be accessed by him on his return, pretty simple really

I'll bet all the paper shredders are busy.

The ticking sound is a clock but the problem is, there is C4 attached. Only in the dreamms of the traditional Thai elites and some foreigners will the PTP and their supporters disappear, if and when they try their world famous court coup act. The result of such a coup may in the longer run be the permanent dismise of these elites. But the red shirts and PTP voters will not disappear, they will just become more angry and the country will just become more divided.

The guy in the desert will not go away easy and he is the one in control and the person to deal with, not YL. When and if YL goes the Shins assets in Thailand will become vulnerable. The Dubai Duke's only interest is $$$$$$$, IMO. This whole process of YL going is going to be a long and retracted process.

I bought a sack full exactly the same as your requirement from Amorn Electronics in China town. Amorn has other stores all around Bangkok, go there and I am sure you will find what you need.

And the yellow farangs start to dream again.

How many times have you declared victory now?

In the fight against cancer, one must cut and poison and blast.

Many victories may be declared along the way but until the cancer has gone, the war continues

And often, all that activity is for naught. The patient eventually dies. There is no cure for most cancers. One goes into remission.

Troll postings, wasting band width and not relevant at all IMHO.

And the yellow farangs start to dream again.

How many times have you declared victory now?

Well, they feel important to live in a country of desperate and oppressed people, that's why they support military dictatorship, massacres of civilians, and widespread robbery and corruption (Thaksin government was by far the LEAST corrupt in history of Thailand, according to Transparency International)

With a population of desperate and starving people, they will run around with their miserable pensions feeling like the "farangs kings" who can buy anybody, from the little daughter of a desperate farmer to the countryside maiden who will clean their rooms for a miserable salary.

Fist act of the new army government will be to lower drammaticaly the minimum salary. That's what yellowish farangs are looking for: feeling rich in a desperatly poor country

Max seems you are an expert on all things concerning the Thai government and what's best for the Thai people.! May I ask how long you have been in country in order to develpe your opinion? After thirty years in country myself I am having trouble with your assessment. Are you from eastern Europe? Maybe Venezuela?

After having looked and compared the new Altis to the Honda Civic imo it is hands down the Civic has much better quality all around. Too much thin plastic in the Altis.

He has just as much right to express his opinion as the yellows have, the army best not disrupt the country more than it is already polarized,

Cheers

But smetimes, Kikoman, some views posted here are reprehensible. It's not about opinion - it's about facts.

I totally agree with what you said that "some views are reprehensible". A prime example would be advocating military coups and unelected People's Councils because "democracy is not appropriate for Thailand because most Thai people are too stupid to vote for the right people".

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Whoa! Wait just a minute. First of all Thai people are not 'too stupid' to vote for the right people. If you understand Thai culture and the system used (Rote) to educate the masses then you will understand the client-patron relationship. Thais are not stupid, in most cases they do not have the luxury of a proper education.

What happens if you refuse to sign up? Do you get sent off to a re-education camp?

I believe the current method of attitude correction is sending a few of "the boys" to visit your wife while you are otherwise engaged.

Where did you get that piece of information from? Is that what is known as carrying out a duty of pleasure?

It was widely reported that a rice farmer protesting non-payment from the government was forced to desist after his wife was visited and threatened by alleged red shirts. AFAIK it never got past intimidation as he withdrew from the protest, but we appear to have a widely different view of "pleasure".

Remember a few weeks back when a few hundred farmers had their minds changed about demonstrating against the government? One of Barnhan's goons convinced this group to return home after a fourteen hour stay in Bangkok? I am still confused about that.

Please, somebody tell me we are not stuck with her

Sorry to say Costas it's because of the Dubai Duke. IMO he is afraid of losing assets if she goes.

So this is what they mean when they say "Buy High and Sell Low" I always wondered about that

Sounds like they should set up a political party and put some policies together. Thailands democracy deserves a better opposition than the democrats, who are the worst political party in thai history.

The democrat party do stumble a lot but there are lots of very bright and capable people on tap, no I don't mean Mark.

I have a serious question for those with more knowledge about where the RTA recruits from?

If the RTA has a significant proportion of recruits from the North and East, as in Red areas, what do they think will happen if a civil war were to ever break out? Do you think these soldiers will stand and fight against their kin, or will the Army collapse and have many units classed as combat innefective/Non Mission Capable?

It's all very well saying things like "Send the Army In" but it's not really that simple, loyalties within the Army will be tested and stretched to the limit, how would you react if you were ordered to go and "Crush" a village that you belonged to?

Last thing Thailand needs is a civil war..

If civil war should breakout God forbid IMO it will be fought mainly for control of Bangkok and possibly Chiang Mai. I don't think there will ever be an instance of the military or others wanting to 'crush' a village as was done in Vietnam back in the day. The problem in a civil war is you won't know who the enemy is.

I agree with the Bangkok part, but why would anyone fight for control of Chiang Mai? There is absolutely nothing of value there? Just alot of crazy red shirts and a few tourists.

There is no vital infrastructure, no important natural resources, no harbour. It may be an important tradepoint to some neighbouring countries, but not the only one, so can easily be replaced. Further, those tradepoints matter mainly to the people in Chiang Mai, not to the rest of the country. Most international trade is done by ship. Yes, there may be alot of culture and beautiful scenery, but none of that is important in terms of war.

You might as well try to take Koh Samui :-)

There's Doi Inthanon just up the road, the highest point in SE Asia. The American's thought it important enough to build a listening.... sorry.... research station on the top of it.

IMO Chiang Mai may very well be a strategic location if the sh*t storm comes. The reds will have to control Chiang Mai and Bangkok. The VKong felt it was necessary to capture and control Saigon in 1975. IMO the control of Bangkok and possibly Chiang Mai would be necessary in order to stand off any kind of strong resistance. Bangkok is the Prize.

aside from the TV Suthep Fan Club, I'm not sure if anyone cares anymore. BKK hardly notices this lot now.

YL and gang do.

Robbie, I don't support Thaksin, nor his style of rule, I just don't get caught up in the hatred and emotion of what happened in 2010, I wasn't there, I can't comment accuratelty as to what went on, on the ground, other than to make observations based on reading and watching articles here.

I do know a thing or two about insurgency and anti terrorism, seen it done it got the t-shirt, I'll give you an example of recent events in Iraq, several months ago now, AQ and ISIL took over Fallujah and Ramadi, TOOK OVER, these cities are massive, the Police there and the local Army units ran!!!! You're not talking about 10's of thousands of AQ/ISIL either, you're talking about no more than several hundred tops... they took cities <deleted>!!

2-3 Months ago the Iraqi Government announced they were sending the Army in to crush these terrorists, and reclaim these two cities, there was news reports on the TV every night, lots of pictures of the Iraqi Army all kitted out with the latest US Gucci gear, more things attached to their M4's than a Swiss army knife, all singing and dancing as if they've just won a war..

They got their asses handed to them on a plate,and had to pull back, they rushed Military hardware that was on order including Mi24's and Mi28's to these cities, straight from Umm Qasr Port and begged the Americans for a rapid supply of AGM114 hellfire misiles for their UAV's, and Fast Air (F16's)

It's all gone quiet, the Euphoria was short lived, the Iraqi Army has not been able to claim either City back, they will take an area, hold it, then quit and go home at night, only to have the area retaken by the Insurgents, they had all the gear, all the hype, the training the works... they just didn't have the backbone or stomach to die for nothing, many of these units that were sent to Fallujah came from the South, Shia's and they didn't feel any compunction to die for a Sunni city.

What's my point you might ask? The point is don't assume the Army is the answer and assume that their loyalties are not elsewhere

Your spiel is about very militant Muslims in their own country in the middle east, not the same as Thais in Thailand. I doubt very much that the Thai military has on hand any of the ordinance you mention. Just no comparison here to anything in Iraq. The Muslims are much more devoted to terrorism and they don't get tired.

I have a serious question for those with more knowledge about where the RTA recruits from?

If the RTA has a significant proportion of recruits from the North and East, as in Red areas, what do they think will happen if a civil war were to ever break out? Do you think these soldiers will stand and fight against their kin, or will the Army collapse and have many units classed as combat innefective/Non Mission Capable?

It's all very well saying things like "Send the Army In" but it's not really that simple, loyalties within the Army will be tested and stretched to the limit, how would you react if you were ordered to go and "Crush" a village that you belonged to?

Last thing Thailand needs is a civil war..

If civil war should breakout God forbid IMO it will be fought mainly for control of Bangkok and possibly Chiang Mai. I don't think there will ever be an instance of the military or others wanting to 'crush' a village as was done in Vietnam back in the day. The problem in a civil war is you won't know who the enemy is.

I hope F H that you are realizing what the one you have been supporting with your posts is trying to do to this country.

G R I suspect you are wrong there I cant see the reds wanting to take on the army or anyone else in their strongholds, likely they would go for soft targets and try to spread any opposition as thin as possible, things like disrupt power and water supplies, how would BKK go if the main transmission lines were down in several places ?

I see from the OP that their army is going to be trained by a retired General, he will know exactly where everything is and how best to disrupt.

Then there are the police, we saw where their sympathies lay in 2010, so far this time they have been completely useless including Tarit with his DSI and Chalerm with his SOE.

You are talking about terrorist attacks and yes IMO that is always a possibility but it will drag the issues out for a long time and the Thais have no stomach for prolonged attacks, if that is their strategy but I don't think that will happen only on a small scale. The red army will still in the end need to have control over Bangkok. The disruption of electricity and other utility's will not put them in favor of anyone, imo of course.

looks like she had a heavy night on the turps, what a face. Yes how dare the army set up areas to offer protection for non udd people, if the udd want to shoot or blow them up now it is very hard with the army there, they have to go. So the reds are women, tell that to the ones that shot/blew up the protesters, I dont know about women more like cowards hiding behind women and ko te is a drop kick, he starts all the bullsh*t then whinges when it backfires on him, thida wants to blame someone she look no further than her and the members of the udd that are calling for all this crap.

She does look bad, maybe she's been burning the midnight oil boning up on the Communist Manifesto and it seems it has taken it's toll on the old Communist woman.

I have a serious question for those with more knowledge about where the RTA recruits from?

If the RTA has a significant proportion of recruits from the North and East, as in Red areas, what do they think will happen if a civil war were to ever break out? Do you think these soldiers will stand and fight against their kin, or will the Army collapse and have many units classed as combat innefective/Non Mission Capable?

It's all very well saying things like "Send the Army In" but it's not really that simple, loyalties within the Army will be tested and stretched to the limit, how would you react if you were ordered to go and "Crush" a village that you belonged to?

Last thing Thailand needs is a civil war..

If civil war should breakout God forbid IMO it will be fought mainly for control of Bangkok and possibly Chiang Mai. I don't think there will ever be an instance of the military or others wanting to 'crush' a village as was done in Vietnam back in the day. The problem in a civil war is you won't know who the enemy is.

How does the Thai army excuse away and rationalize that they stood by and did nothing in December 2008 for a week when the PAD commandeered the Bangkok airport and closed down all traffic for nine days and stranded hundreds of thousands of tourists? How does the general view the army's culpability in this most serious breach of Thai security?

Or to go even further back in history when Field marshal Sarit Thanarat was Prime Minister of Thailand if a person got caught stealing they got a bullet in the head. Yea them Yellow shirts closed down the airport but that too is history.

Well, little sister has initiated what she hopes will be a military reshuffle. I predicted an attempted judicial reshuffle was the logical next step. And now surprise, surprise! Here it is. Hey TS, you're becoming VERY predictable. 'Need to watch that...

I saw in the local rag this morning that YL and her convict brother are attempting to sign up 100,000 "Volunteer democracy Guards" <deleted> is that?! My guess is that it is nothing more that Red shirts that will be given a shirt with lots of official looking patches on it plus some kind of Badge to flash. Possibly a whistle and a night stick, will go well with their uniform.

Noisy, shouting, queue jumping tourists can come from any country - but huge groups of noisy, shouting queue jumping tourists will be from China.

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This is very true, back in the late 70's early 80's the Japanese were a very difficult bunch to deal with and they certainly match your description above.

Last year I spent half the year off and on looking for double edge razors and double edge blades. My wife and I gave up after exhausting all the avenues we could find. I ended up ordering from Amazon and had it all delivered to my door no muss no fuss. BTW, the Feather blades I received were made in Thailand.