Army chief Gen Apirat warns Thailand is facing “hybrid warfare”

[webfact]

Army chief Gen Apirat warns Thailand is facing “hybrid warfare”

 

 

Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong warned this morning that Thailand is facing what he described as a “hybrid warfare” being waged by a collection of “ill-intentioned politicians”,  remnants of communist ideologues and “foreign forces” against the country’s major establishments.

 

Gen Apirat referred to a recent visit to Hong Kong by a leading Thai opposition politician during which he met with pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong as an illustration of how anti-government forces are trying to solicit foreign interference in Thai domestic affairs.

 

He did not mention names but showed a picture of Wong taken with the silhouette of someone understood to be Thanathorn Jungroongruangkit, the fire-brand leader of Future Forward Party.  Thanathorn admitted that he was in Hong Kong recently for a panel discussion and a picture he took with Wong has gone viral. He also admitted that he was inspired to enter politics by the fight for democracy in Hong Kong.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/army-chief-gen-apirat-warns-thailand-is-facing-hybrid-warfare/

 

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[cornishcarlos]

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

“ill-intentioned politicians”,

 

aka politicians with different views to those of the "government"

Or generally called the opposition, in most countries !!!

[Thaiwrath]

Their ultimate aim is to win elections

 

 

And Prayut's ultimate aim is to make sure they don't win elections at any cost, otherwise, him and all his cronies at the trough are finished, and Thailand can look to move forward !

[nikmar]

24 minutes ago, webfact said:

Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong warned this morning that Thailand is facing what he described as a “hybrid warfare”

do you get the impression that he's sort of itching to use his new toys.

[Cadbury]

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

Army chief Gen Apirat warns Thailand is facing “hybrid warfare”

Apirat thrusting himself into politics again. Something he promised before he would not do. Telling lies is something that seems to come naturally to military generals.

This could be the prelude and next excuse for another coup.

[tso310]

aah the next PM.

[dimitriv]

Where I come from there, soldiers do not interfere with domestic politics.

[Eligius]

For God's sake, ThaiPBS: stop constantly referring to Thanathorn as a 'firebrand leader'. We are sick of it. He is anything but a hot-headed, ranting and raving 'firebrand'. 

Unlike his opponents - he is sanity and rationality itself!

 

[canopus1969]

Reds under beds

[Lungstib]

Where is the fake news police when you really need them. I can only suppose that a man who is head of a military with no real enemy he has to make one up any way he can. He is depressingly consistent.

[Vacuum]

26 minutes ago, Cadbury said:

Apirat thrusting himself into politics again. Something he promised before he would not do.

I think Thaksin said the same....

[300sd]

If we keep our subjects dumb enough, they may even believe this trash...

[Eligius]

5 minutes ago, 300sd said:

If we keep our subjects dumb enough, they may even believe this trash...

Believe me - it will be the 'educated' ones, the Ph.D.s and university lecturers, who are most likely to go along with all of this (and perhaps will even believe it). There are none so wilfully blind and compliant as those who have been thoroughly brainwashed by the System - and now benefit from it ...

 

[Orton Rd]

Where does the hybrid come into it, is that some sort of cyber political opponent armed with truth lasers and logic bombs?

[Eligius]

The general says of these evil, villainous people: '“Their ultimate aim is to win elections, seize executive power, and to change the Constitution,” he said.

Aiming to win elections, eh? Such hellish, vile, disgusting and diabolical criminals!!!!

(I sometimes wonder if Thailand nowadays is a giant, living satire - it surely must be ...).

 

 

[cmsally]

You need to replace "hybrid" with "hydra" for it to make sense.

[Thailand]

The most dangerous man in Thailand who will not hesitate to use his weapons of war to get the ultimate power he craves.They need to stop him now!

[Eligius]

8 minutes ago, Thailand said:

The most dangerous man in Thailand who will not hesitate to use his weapons of war to get the ultimate power he craves.They need to stop him now!

Yes. Times are getting just a wee bit scary (I would like to say a lot more - but must refrain ...).

 

[nikmar]

10 minutes ago, Thailand said:

The most dangerous man in Thailand who will not hesitate to use his weapons of war to get the ultimate power he craves.They need to stop him now!

maybe the second most dangerous man, if you get my drift.

[Eligius]

3 minutes ago, nikmar said:

maybe the second most dangerous man, if you get my drift.

I get your drift - and I think you get mine ...

[Artisi]

2 minutes ago, nikmar said:

maybe the second most dangerous man, if you get my drift.

And the second most dangerous is hardly ever home, ensuring a_rse is well covered when the place implodes. 

[kingofthemountain]

1 hour ago, dimitriv said:

Where I come from there, soldiers do not interfere with domestic politics.

Unfortunately in Thailand they are in charge of the country

[BuckBee]

biggest issue is ill intention army leaders .

This mess is going end really badly thanks to power crazies like cha cha and apirat ...

[BigBadGeordie]

But in this case....well who knows.

[soalbundy]

1 hour ago, Orton Rd said:

Where does the hybrid come into it, is that some sort of cyber political opponent armed with truth lasers and logic bombs?

The ones driving electric cars that also have a petrol engine, can't trust these environmentalists.

[Eligius]

I think that for those of us who have been studying the political situation in Thailand carefully since 2014 particularly, and especially in the last couple of years - the writing is on the wall. Something (albeit not enough) will eventually give. It won't be pretty ...

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

“hybrid warfare” being waged by a collection of “ill-intentioned politicians”,  remnants of communist ideologues and “foreign forces” against the country’s major establishments.

 

Well, I guess we now are clear on which end of the ultra reactionary scale this guys falls on....

 

[Reigntax]

2 hours ago, nikmar said:

do you get the impression that he's sort of itching to use his new toys.

And the unarmed Thai civilians are about the only force the military won't run away from and hide

[holy cow cm]

“Their ultimate aim is to win elections, seize executive power, and to change the Constitution,” he said.

Everything he is crying about is exactly what they did but they got to do it at the beginning with weapons and the army. He is a sad state of a human being. I would not doubt any little that he will go a few more harder steps than what his daddy did and he maybe alone responsible for a civil war or total splitting of the country if he does. Should be Thai do not kill Thai, but not in his logic as how it looks.

[Fred white]

59 minutes ago, Reigntax said:

And the unarmed Thai civilians are about the only force the military won't run away from and hide

So if the civilians were armed like millions in the US then the average soldier might not listen to the wanna be dictator and Thailand might actually be able to have a civilian run democracy