Thaksin says daughter will announce his return to Thailand this year

[connda]

Thailand has a jail cell waiting.

[zzaa09]

13 minutes ago, connda said:

Thailand has a jail cell waiting.

Though, the political prisoner section is extraordinarily full. 

[billd766]

34 minutes ago, connda said:

Thailand has a jail cell waiting.

And not one military general since the first military coup in 1932 has ever been in one.

 

ONLY their democratic opponents.

[Artisi]

4 minutes ago, billd766 said:

And not one military general since the first military coup in 1932 has ever been in one.

 

ONLY their democratic opponents.

And rightly so, how dare they challenge our authority to rule the country as we demand it should be run. 

[NoshowJones]

On 1/26/2023 at 4:46 AM, WingFat said:

Will she weep, sob and cry on camera for his return, as did her sister ex-PM Yingluck who nearly ruined Thailand's place in the worldwide rice industry by her ridiculously incompetent "rice pledging scheme" when it miserably failed |??? I was in Thailand in 2014 when Yingluck vomited this stupid idea, the rice farmers bought her line of <deleted>, then realized the only people who benefited were the middle-men and rice-storage operators; Shinawatra cronies. The rice price she demanded was laughed at by the worldwide market and Thailand's rice rotted in the silos while other rice-producing nations picked up the slack.. Eventually, the farmers in the peasant north were literally on their way to Bangkok in pickup trucks with pitchforks in hand ready to skewer her when the coup e' etat occurred (one dozens that have occurred in LOS since the 1930's). This was in 2014, and that's how and why the military took control. No trusting the Shinawatras...then there is Thaksin's wife who benefited from bargain basement price on a prime piece of land in central Bangkok. I am no fan of the current cast of clowns in charge, but the Shinawatras are no better.

At least the Shinawatra's were voted in by the Thai electorate unlike the present unelected PM. Surely he should be going to jail before Thaksin.

[zzaa09]

30 minutes ago, billd766 said:

And not one military general since the first military coup in 1932 has ever been in one.

 

ONLY their democratic opponents.

Can appreciated those who understand [and refer to] that the 1932 affair was a direct military/civilian coup and not the promoted and romantic vision of a popular revolution [it wasn't that] that is repeated over and again. The highly suppressive aftermath and fallout of this coup was devastating, and became the reflective standard of things to come. 

 

In a comparative note, would've been much easier on the country to remain an absolute - which wasn't that repressive or dominating. These dreamy and referenced historiology bookmarks are repeated without closer examination.

[zzaa09]

33 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

At least the Shinawatra's were voted in by the Thai electorate unlike the present unelected PM. Surely he should be going to jail before Thaksin.

Some pedants might suggest that they're all scallywags and associated with the same club. 

Incarceration or banishment towards all of 'em. 

[connda]

1 hour ago, zzaa09 said:

Though, the political prisoner section is extraordinarily full. 

Yeah true - Political prisoners are not a homogeneous lot from a single party or affiliation. 
They are sent there by those who are currently in power regardless of their long-term party affiliation over time.

[josephbloggs]

4 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

Though, the political prisoner section is extraordinarily full. 

Yes it is, but he wouldn't be going there - he'd be going straight to the actual criminal section so we should be good for space.