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THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 16 January 2025
Thailand's Defence Minister Demands Strategic Overhaul Amidst Violence File photo for reference only In the wake of a recent attack in Pattani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Phumtham Wechayachai has called for a comprehensive overhaul of Thailand's southern border strategy. This follows a motorcycle bomb incident that left several defence volunteers and civilians injured. The Minister has sharply criticised the current strategy and urged for a more unified approach that moves beyond the repetitive lifting and reinstating of emergency decrees. Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1349024-thailands-defence-minister-demands-strategic-overhaul-amidst-violence/ -
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Thailand's Defence Minister Demands Strategic Overhaul Amidst Violence
File photo for reference only In the wake of a recent attack in Pattani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Phumtham Wechayachai has called for a comprehensive overhaul of Thailand's southern border strategy. This follows a motorcycle bomb incident that left several defence volunteers and civilians injured. The Minister has sharply criticised the current strategy and urged for a more unified approach that moves beyond the repetitive lifting and reinstating of emergency decrees. Phumtham highlighted the failures of the existing dual-focus strategy, where military operations complicate peace negotiations. He stressed the need for these areas to be handled separately to achieve meaningful progress. The Minister has directed his advisory team to review past challenges and develop a coherent strategy that better integrates security and peacebuilding efforts. Key to his initiative is the formation of a revised peace committee aimed at identifying and addressing current policy shortcomings. Phumtham is scheduled to visit the southern region with Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra today, the 16th January, to focus discussions on enhancing peace efforts. The Minister has also underscored the importance of modernising military operations with advanced technology. He pushed for the use of drones, satellite systems, and surveillance tools to boost operational efficacy and reduce dependency on large patrols. Moreover, he proposed reassigning some personnel to disaster response roles and suggested early retirement schemes for senior officers to streamline the force. This call for transformation comes on the heels of another violent attack in Narathiwat province, where a father and son, both Border Patrol Police officers, were killed by an explosive device followed by gunfire. The incident has heightened the urgency for a reassessment of current strategies to address the ongoing unrest effectively. -- 2025-01-16 -
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Pete Hegseth Pledges to Restore Warrior Ethos in U.S. Military
Degraded? Really? And you know that how, Rambo? Fake Alphas males like Hegseth and his (possibly) future boss have a Colonial/Imperialist mentality, where they fancy themselves superior to "s-hole" countries and cultures. Show me someone who calls himself a "warrior" and I'll put money down on a new war. To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. A guy who fancies himself a warrior is wont to send someone, perhaps himself (though not for the guy with bone spurs), into a conflict. The US will go to war with Iran in the next 4 years. Hamas lost its leadership, but has as many of its own "warriors" as before 7 October, perhaps more. As former DCI and SecDef Robert Gates used to say when he was informed some terrorists had been taken out, "How many more did we create today?". More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the outbreak of the war. Likely that has led to the creation of tens of thousands more Hamas warriors. Does the new Administration have a plan to address that? To address Iran, which re-started it U235 enrichment and nuke program after 45 abrogated the JCPOA. Oh, and let's not forget Panama and Greenland. The soon-to-be POTUS never says anything he doesn't actually intend to do. Last time he had some sane and rational guardrails around him, such a Gen Mattis, SecDef Esper, Gen Milley and a few others who got in the way of his insanity. With Hegseth, Patel and others, he will not have any guardrails this time. Also, as soon as the Repubs halt assistance to Ukraine, Putin wins and his eyes will shift to Estonia, and maybe eastern Poland. China will see lack of US resolve and---as economic problems cause unrest in the Middle Kingdom---will move on Taiwan. By the way, anybody out there think Repubs like Lankford, Thune, Rubio, even McConnell and Graham, believe Hegseth is actually qualified to run an $840 billion entity with 3 million employees? Hegseth is an armchair warrior's view of a leader, besides being a drunk. -
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THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 16 January 2025
Supreme Court Petitioned to Return Thaksin to Jail Amid Allegations File photo In a dramatic turn of events, former Democrat MP Charnchai Issarasenarak has officially petitioned the Supreme Court to consider sending Thaksin Shinawatra back to prison. Efforts are also sought to investigate alleged irregularities in his release facilitated by the Corrections Department. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1349023-supreme-court-petitioned-to-return-thaksin-to-jail-amid-allegations/
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