23 minutes ago, ParkerN said:

but he's like the guy riding the tiger - ha can't get off because if he does the tiger will eat him.

Priceless !!!

20 hours ago, dbrenn said:

Nonsense. Thailand is advancing and becoming more prosperous.

 

Yep. Quite right.

 

Pass the Kool-Aid.

 

 

A post using a disallowed reference to the PM has been removed. 

 

Troll posts and the replies have been removed. 

53 minutes ago, ParkerN said:

 

Yep. Quite right.

 

Pass the Kool-Aid.

 

 

That response takes the easy way out, in that it requires no thought and doesn't contribute anything to the discussion. 

1 hour ago, ParkerN said:

Yep, the people who chose him (or agreed with Prem's choice) chose well. A wannabe without very much talent but with unbridled ambition and convinced he could make a name for himself as he saviour of Thailand - all for the undying glory of someone else.

 

He's looking tired now, as he should, he's been running out of steam for a while, but he's like the guy riding the tiger - ha can't get off because if he does the tiger will eat him. Same same, this guy's instructions came from a source that tradition and accepted practice say can't be named and can't be denied. Getting off the tiger voluntarily is a no-no. Can't be did.

He's a conservative who offends your liberal sensibilities and perhaps made your visa more difficult to get, but people voted for him. I did too. He doesn't want Thailand to become like the western world, and Thais like him for that. The western world is not so great, which is why you hang around Thailand.

The 2013 land deal would have forced anyone else from the "wrong" party into having to flee the country.

 

But for Prayut, does it really matter?

 

600 million baht from a British Virgin Island corporation incorporated days before the sale. 

 

As he said at the time, "What's the big deal".

 

Keyword search: Bang Bon, 600 million baht, 69 Property Co Ltd

 

The cash came from Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi. 

 

 

Edited February 26, 20206 yr by mtls2005