8 hours ago, scorecard said:

And if that upsets the generals so be it / bad luck. Show them who the boss is - the elected government. 

And get on with downsizing the army and cancelling say 200 more 'sleeping' generals and colonels.

 

Start a new model, no conscription, a small intelligent well trained well paid Army with modern equipment. Again if that upsets the generals so be it / bad luck. Show them who the boss is - the elected government. 

If you did that then the generals may find it difficult to tell them to take arms against their own people.

13 minutes ago, BritScot said:

If you did that then the generals may find it difficult to tell them to take arms against their own people.

So they need to do the work.

 

Bottom line a quality government should never allow a situation to develop where the military needs to take an action against it's own citizens. 

1 hour ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Mentioning lead balloons, how is the repair of military aerostat for surveillance use in the south coming on?

Just as soon as aircraft are bought for the RTN aircraft carrier docked at Sattahip and the RTAF get a couple of F-35's the aerostat can be patched (unless some submarine engines need to be bought).  A lot will depend  on the Thai military getting other countries to buy more durians and rice. Durians for weapons.

Edited September 4, 20232 yr by Pib

3 hours ago, 2baht said:

You mean like act humanely??? I dont think they will, they are too greedy!

OK, but what I'm really saying is that the elected gov't / the people of Thailand should NEVER be intimidated by the military and should NEVER be concerned about upsetting their delicate feelings.  

Chinese weaponry seems to be buzzing in ears…. But no motors