Army chief warns to look out for ‘proxy crisis’

[Scot123]

6 hours ago, Vacuum said:

We had one.

You still do

[lamyai3]

Ol' fatty said not so long ago he'd be happy to see this crackpot as the next PM. 

[BobbyL]

Considering how close he is to a certain someone you know where is comments are coming from really. 

[Denim]

Proxy crisis.

 

That is, an imaginary crisis , invented by him to stage another ' patriotic ' coup to suppress anyone who threatens the institution by pressing for more democracy and an end to self seeking coups.

 

Got news for you mate. Nobody will swallow those lies any more.

[Donutz]

General Apirat is absolutely mental, a complete idiot. He sees the bogeyman (Mr T...?) everywhere. The poor chap must often wake up screaming at night that the communists are out to get him. I feel sorry for his wife. 

[Donutz]

5 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Is there a race to show who has the least amount of intelligence and integrity among the those at the top of the military or is that part of the selection process?

The most backwards chap gets extra medals. Ohhhhh shiny things!

[greeneking]

a few years back didn't the 'authority' owe the 'mastermind' a few favours that would be called in when he was in the 'big chair?'

My oh my......this is how we must talk in the 'land of the free.'

[Nip]

16 hours ago, bangkokfrog said:

What's the problem, we already have a proxy government!

A 'Po☆y Government' more like.

[TheAppletons]

7 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

while we are on the subject of masterminds I would like to remind you to vote for NC1701A for POTY.

 Consider it done.  

[ChrisY1]

Unfortunately, Apirat is the perfect example of inbreeding.

[Hamster007]

16 hours ago, GarryP said:

He is claiming some evil person is behind everything. I think he should look in the mirror. Then he truly would see pure evil.   

Perhaps he watches too many movies, evil geniuses are everywhere......beware Minnie Me too.

[klauskunkel]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

“A proxy crisis is different from a proxy war; look up their definitions to see how they are different,”

"I can't explain it right now as I am using someone else's brain," he continued.

[RichardColeman]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

However there are people who have ulterior motives and are trying to use these activities as a cover for other objectives

Well, that sounds familiar

[Proboscis]

19 hours ago, TooBigToFit said:

The Army and rest of the military are there to protect the nation from foreign invaders yet Apirat and many general like him approve of taking over the Thai government continually. They are the ones with the continual crisis. They are the ones who constantly are proven to use lies to abuse the nation. He's a pathetic man for a 'general'.

In Asian countries for the past 40 years, armies are not used to protect their respective nations (with the exception of some disputes over border markers) from foreign invaders.

[fantom]

19 hours ago, ParkerN said:

Still got one, just a different proxy.

 

Is this Aprirat chap the full shilling do you think?

 

 

A few roos loose in the top paddock methinks

[Caldera]

“However there are people who have ulterior motives and are trying to use these activities as a cover for other objectives, which defeat the purpose of physical training.”

 

Strange. That perfectly describes what the army does to its conscripts.

 

[yellowboat]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

“The mastermind probably realises it is not possible to fight the authority head-on, so a proxy is appointed to fight for them,” he said. “A proxy crisis is different from a proxy war; look up their definitions to see how they are different,” he said.

The authority makes the laws or does not adhere to them.  That is where Thailand's problems come from.     

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Apirat further explained that a proxy crisis was organised or manipulated by someone to fulfill their goals

Sounds vaguely familiar.. around 5 years ago!

[champers]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Sounds vaguely familiar.. around 5 years ago!

Suthep was Prayut's proxy you mean?

[Benmart]

22 hours ago, TooBigToFit said:

The Army and rest of the military are there to protect the nation from foreign invaders yet Apirat and many general like him approve of taking over the Thai government continually. They are the ones with the continual crisis. They are the ones who constantly are proven to use lies to abuse the nation. He's a pathetic man for a 'general'.

In a "Real Army", he would be a Major or Lieutenant Colonel at best and would respect not meddling in civilian government affairs. 

[neeray]

“Which defeat the purpose of physical training” he says. 

I disagree. I see dual duty. Protest by running and exercise the body at the same time. Win/win.

[DPKANKAN]

On 12/20/2019 at 2:54 PM, Vacuum said:

We had one.

Now it just a poxy government !!! 555????????????????

[brianthainess]

22 hours ago, fantom said:

A few roos loose in the top paddock methinks

A sandwich short of a picnic, a screw loose, .........

[brianthainess]

Physical fitness is most important, if you are running scared of having your finances  dramatically cut by someone more popular than you general, you can keep running, but one day this kingdom WILL wake up.

[Sydebolle]

Apirat Kongsompong is the same stubborn stone head like his father - except possibly the "mia noi" issue. He has not understood his particular position on the organization chart called "Thailand". 

Apirat Kongsompong is EXECUTIVE, i.e. he executes orders he gets from the government. The government is also EXECUTIVE as the latter gets its orders from the voters. 

That, at least, how "democracy" works on the rest of planet Earth! 

[Oziex1]

Aipirat, proxy <deleted>

[billd766]

On 12/21/2019 at 10:08 AM, Proboscis said:

In Asian countries for the past 40 years, armies are not used to protect their respective nations (with the exception of some disputes over border markers) from foreign invaders.

Tell that to the North Vietnamese.

 

Since the end of WW2 they have been invaded by the French, the USA and the Chinese. They are still there and still in charge of Vietnam.

[Assurancetourix]

12 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Tell that to the North Vietnamese.

 

Since the end of WW2 they have been invaded by the French, the USA and the Chinese. They are still there and still in charge of Vietnam.

There has been no more "North Vietnam" since April 30, 1975.

In addition, France did not "invade" Vietnam after the 2nd world war but about one hundred years ago;
the French Indochine exists (existed) since October 17, 1887 ...

As for the Chinese, it has been more than two thousand years that they try to invade Vietnam without ever getting there.

[scorecard]

5 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

Apirat Kongsompong is the same stubborn stone head like his father - except possibly the "mia noi" issue. He has not understood his particular position on the organization chart called "Thailand". 

Apirat Kongsompong is EXECUTIVE, i.e. he executes orders he gets from the government. The government is also EXECUTIVE as the latter gets its orders from the voters. 

That, at least, how "democracy" works on the rest of planet Earth! 

Seems to me he recognizes / executes what he wants to recognize / execute and not much more.

[billd766]

4 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

There has been no more "North Vietnam" since April 30, 1975.

In addition, France did not "invade" Vietnam after the 2nd world war but about one hundred years ago;
the French Indochine exists (existed) since October 17, 1887 ...

As for the Chinese, it has been more than two thousand years that they try to invade Vietnam without ever getting there.

Absolutely correct up to a point. Your post made me look it up and check if I was right. I wasn't totally.

 

I did forget that Japan took over French IndoChina to give its proper name in 1942 to 1945 ( it was run by Vichy France until March 1945) and when the allies won WW2 the French got it back only to lose it all again.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochina#World_War_II

 

After the war, 200,000 Chinese troops under General Lu Han sent by Chiang Kai-shek invaded northern Indochina north of the 16th parallel to accept the surrender of Japanese occupying forces, and remained there until 1946.[10] The Chinese used the VNQDĐ, the Vietnamese branch of the Chinese Kuomintang, to increase their influence in Indochina and put pressure on their opponents.[11]

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam#Reunification_and_reforms

 

In 1978, responding to the Khmer Rouge government of Cambodia, who had been invading and massacring Vietnamese residents in the border villages in the districts of An Giang and Kiên Giang,[144] the Vietnamese military invaded Cambodia and removed them from power after occupying Phnom Penh.[145] The intervention was a success, resulting in the establishment of a new pro-Vietnam socialist government, the People's Republic of Kampuchea, which ruled until 1989.[146] This action, however, worsened relations with China, which had supported the Khmer Rouge. China later launched a brief incursion into northern Vietnam in 1979, causing Vietnam to rely even more heavily on Soviet economic and military aid, while mistrust towards the Chinese government began to escalate.[147]