Just think of young immature lad who's been in a western army 6 months and the skills he would acquire in that time and you have the equivalent of the little junta general !!

 

1 minute ago, Liverpudlian said:

Time is ticking away for the Rolex kid.

I fear that's just a wind-up.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Making no effort to mask his anger and irritation, he said no democratic or communist leader had ever done so.

Well as he weren't democratically erected that one don't count .. 

And making parallels with Communist leaders don't portray him in the best light when Stalin , Mao and Ceausescu are just 3 that come to mind .. 

He just has that boy next door image doesn't he... so soft yet so mature for his 13 years... wow.... he's amazing and could be PM one day!! ????  when HE GROWS UP!!!!!

Edited February 1, 20197 yr by pattayadgw

In the good old days the ousted would have their heads on pikes next to the moat. Ah, bring back the medieval times .. I mean the rest of it, 90% is already in use in Thailand.

 

Where are the yanks when we need them.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaek_Phibunsongkhram#1957_coup_and_exile

Edited February 1, 20197 yr by DrTuner

The thing about self appointed leaders is they can be immature,pyscopathic,selfish,non caring,mean,enslaving,any bad thing you can think of but they will keep the power and they know it.Who will take it from them? No one stopped Hitler till it became international.

Wait for it, wait for it !

1 hour ago, Just1Voice said:

This clown couldn't lead a troop of Cub Scouts, let alone a totally screwed up and corrupt country.

 

And after 4 years of practice - - slow learner comes to mind.

This is going to be a very interesting period coming up, just hope it doesn't all go to s#$% because it's going to affect a lot of people...

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52 minutes ago, LivinLOS said:

Remember when they had to collapse an elected government because YL sacked a non compliant subordinate ?? And that was an abuse of power.. 

 

Those Junta supporting farangs must feel like total imbeciles now all that was predicted, has come to pass.. 

 

Those TVF 'Junta Hugging Cheerleaders' of a few years back seem to have mostly evaporated.

 

I wonder why???

I had an American friend who was Gung Ho Pro Junta when they first took over.  Talk to him now and he won't even mention politics. 

What a jerk

 

14 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

Those TVF 'Junta Hugging Cheerleaders' of a few years back seem to have mostly evaporated.

 

I wonder why???

Prayut took off running but slowed to a crawl after the introduction of section 44 and few other backward moves,  like all military junta's he's hand strung by a discipline that doesn't exist in the public domain, therein lies the problem , Asian Generals have never been known to be great statesmen.

5 minutes ago, chainarong said:

Prayut took off running but slowed to a crawl after the introduction of section 44 and few other backward moves,  like all military junta's he's hand strung by a discipline that doesn't exist in the public domain, therein lies the problem , Asian Generals have never been known to be great statesmen.

I doubt if I can think of a single one who was good at anything, other than lying and corruption. 

 

41 minutes ago, Anythingleft? said:

This is going to be a very interesting period coming up, just hope it doesn't all go to s#$% because it's going to affect a lot of people...

That's pretty much guaranteed, the question is will it be the funny kind you can shrug off as usual or will there finally be some (probably violent) movement into the 20th century.

21 minutes ago, Just1Voice said:

I had an American friend who was Gung Ho Pro Junta when they first took over.  Talk to him now and he won't even mention politics. 

The problem is many an expat tends to think of military from their home countries. Generally military men are regarded as honest, above reproach.

 

What they struggle with is comprehending that Thai military is for profit organization. It runs companies for profit, and it's as embedded in the Thai corruption as any of the equally corrupt politicians.

 

The other problem is, it's fairly inept! 

 

There is a reason the US pivoted towards Vietnam as a buffer to China.....they know the Vietnamese can actually fight!

I sincerely hope the governments of the civilised world are taking note of comments like this. Political person? This guy doesn`t have a clue.

With all the tooing and froing lately, will there be any monitoring of the upcoming election?

Why would they care? No oil or gas here for them.

I thought ousting was reserved for the ones which got elected....did he mean do say coup me?

1 hour ago, Chris Lawrence said:

silly billy

Was that said in your very best Denis Healey voice? It's much more effective as a put down that way...

 

 

 

The next couple of months should Prove interesting... or scary. 

The assembled Press once again should have simply packed up their gear and walked out. More fool them for putting up with it.

Just now, baboon said:

The assembled Press once again should have simply packed up their gear and walked out. 

I think rotten tomatoes and eggs would fit well in this scenario.

Just now, DrTuner said:

I think rotten tomatoes and eggs would fit well in this scenario.

Yeah, but him pelting them...

4 minutes ago, baboon said:

The assembled Press once again should have simply packed up their gear and walked out. More fool them for putting up with it.

Yes, Baboon: it is really embarrassing to watch how those 'journalists' sit there all cowed and sheep-like - scared even of their own barely moving shadow.

 

Thailand: you have got and are getting what you DESERVE (and Prayut ain't going anywhere!).

 

Edited February 1, 20197 yr by Eligius

I often wonder how the leaders of today get elected, oh sorry, he wasn't ????

 

The above said, he is right up there with Humpty Trumpty and Rodrigo Duterte and the like.

 

Bring on the elections jerkoff, Thailand will have the last laugh, I hope.

26 minutes ago, djayz said:

The next couple of months should Prove interesting... or scary. 

My money's on scary, I think this guy's lost the plot, and that makes him a dangerous man to have 300,000 soldiers prepared to obey him. I think the odds against a civil war are beginning to shorten right about now.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, chainarong said:

Prayut took off running but slowed to a crawl after the introduction of section 44 and few other backward moves,  like all military junta's he's hand strung by a discipline that doesn't exist in the public domain, therein lies the problem , Asian Generals have never been known to be great statesmen.

And very suspect in the field they are supposedly been trained, although seem to excel in corruption, golf, and butt kicking

Edited February 1, 20197 yr by Artisi

1 minute ago, HalfLight said:

My money's on scary, I think this guy's lost the plot, and that makes him a dangerous man to have 300,000 soldiers prepared to obey him. I think the odds against a civil war are beginning to shorten right about now.

 

 

 

Would it be unreasonable to think that not all of the 300,000 hold the same view and some might even be anti junta in their thinking and consider there is a better future for Thailand - just a thought, as I along with many others don't really know.. 

10 minutes ago, Artisi said:

Would it be unreasonable to think that not all of the 300,000 hold the same view and some might even be anti junta in their thinking and consider there is a better future for Thailand - just a thought, as I along with many others don't really know.. 

Eminently reasonable, and there's conflict there. The Watermelons have a loyalty to their region (largely Isaan and the North) but measured against that, is the army training designed to knock all rational thinking out of them. 'Jump' - 'how high?' That's going to lead to all manner of discipline problems on both sides of the coin, which I believe is the major explanation for the beatings-up and hazing of new and new-ish recruits which is certainly sanctioned higher up the tree than the NCO's who usually dish it out. That and the natural Thai tendency to be a nasty SOB, suppressed in the wider population.

 

Mind you, I think as soon as the army orders army action against family then we're in the end game. Oh, and by the way, I don't think anyone 'knows', I certainly don't - been proved wrong too many times.

Edited February 1, 20197 yr by HalfLight