1 hour ago, lonewolf99 said:

I am probably not allowed to post the link so I won't - but if you look up an article about Gen Apirat chief of the army in the Bangkok Post. he "lashes out at old communists" that are behind all the problems according to him in Thailand. This was on the 12th of Oct 2019.

The war against communists in Thailand lasted from 1965 to 1983....how many ex-pats knew that? Basically the whole time the USA was fighting the Vietcong and the USA was using Thailand as a base to flatten 3 neighbouring countries a guerrilla war was going on in LoS.

 

Also, the communist party of Siam was founded in 1926 by extreme left wing chinese that had fled China.

 

So why now, does this junta government lie down like lap dogs to big brother China and seeks help from mother Russia to train the troops?

 

as with all things reported about Siam.....all very very bizzare....

Monarchy and communism is like black and white, can't never comply thus grey.... but Thailand, the only country in SEA that never been colonized by the West, is smart enough to see through things clearer and deeper than many others... I don't say Prayuth & co., are smart but there are those with the real powers... I'm Thai so I know what I'm talking about.

 

Today's Russian constitution was "made in the USA" by the USA and the Russian oligarchs (most of them in the UK now) since the beginning of the 90's, therefore "the fifth pillar" embedded, and not much communism in both its' politics and economics. Putin knows...

 

China has always said to be a communist country but not much when it comes to economy. You can see many rich Chinese like Jack Ma, the owner of Huawei and many more, every where. Chinese citizens are free to do business and can get rich as long as they keep their mouths shut about politics.

 

On the other hand in the West people can mostly "free" to speak their opinions on politics (no much nowadays since Facebook and Youtube tend to ban them), but economically is the opposite from the Russia and China. They also pay too much in taxes in almost every country in the West so that they, the people have not much left for their own savings for the rainy days. The majority in the West are very dependent on the systems and their governments, especially for their old ages... and if the systems collapse... most of them go broke in a blink of an eye... So much for the "freedom" and "democracy" for the leftists' democracy, that you guys now want to live in "the third world country" and under the junta like Thailand... ????????????

 

Edited January 16, 20206 yr by Bjrda77

On 1/15/2020 at 1:38 AM, bangkokfrog said:

Interesting. Thai students study English at school for 12 years and most can't hold a very basic conversation. How could they be expected to become fluent in Russian in just 10 months?

That was the first thought that crossed my mind.  

9 hours ago, lonewolf99 said:

So why now, does this junta government lie down like lap dogs to big brother China and seeks help from mother Russia to train the troops?

Simple, commies are finally winning. They'll take over Siam in no time. US can't be arsed to come fight them again.

18 hours ago, overherebc said:

Don't know all the details but on UK news they are reporting the whole gov'has resigned. Where would that leave Putin???

I don't know but he named a previously unknown as PM