To speak honestly:

Foreigners here have no say and cannot be supporters of any political parties in Thailand.

We can only have views and not class ourselves as supporters. Any Farang who attempts to join the protests or publishes anti party or pro party propaganda in their own right (name) into the public domain would be arrested, imprisoned, than deported.

It’s all about what no one is admitting, who gives a toss which party gets in providing they leave us ex-pats alone to continue on with our lives as normal in Thailand.

I don't live in Thailand, but:

wouldn't a coup bring in just another lot of corrupt, incompetent characters, only with the difference that you couldn't oust that lot in elections or otherwise?

And don't I remember that after the last coup (post-Thaksin, pre-Samak) the military-led government made some major economic policy mistakes?

When there's a worldwide economic crisis hitting, I don't think you want a bunch of amateurs running the show.

If the military does step in and take over again, I suspect that things will settle down.

And I suspect pockets will lined with the country's wealth. Brilliant idea.

Not.

If the military does step in and take over again, I suspect that things will settle down.

And I suspect pockets will lined with the country's wealth. Brilliant idea.

Not.

And you don't think that wasn't happening when Thaksin and company were in power ?

Or now with the oh so honest PPP holding the reins (and still answering to Thaksin) ?

Do you think Thailand would be better off with:

a government run by a party that may be dissolved soon (and it's members banned from politics for election fraud),

that is headed by the brother-in-law of a man the Thai courts have convicted and sentenced to prison,

and still takes it's orders from that same convicted criminal, who has fled the country ?

That's the kind of government that should be running Thailand ? But you don't think they would line their pockets with the country's wealth ?

I think even members of the PPP would be shocked to hear that anyone thought of them as honest politicians.

That's the kind of government that should be running Thailand ? But you don't think they would line their pockets with the country's wealth ?

Blah blah blah blah blah - let's all hide in our bomb shelters and wring our hands in unison. boo hoo boohooooooooooooo.

The military is designed to kill people and break things. What happened the last time they had power?

1. They broke things.

I guess you need 1 and 2 this time huh?

I can't believe that the majority of voters support violence to solve a political battle. This sounds a bit like the pre Iraq invasion time when the majority of yanks supported the invasion. The use of brain cells didn't happen then but that doesn't mean that Thailand needs to follow the same idiotic ideal now.

I can't believe that the majority of voters support violence to solve a political battle. This sounds a bit like the pre Iraq invasion time when the majority of yanks supported the invasion. The use of brain cells didn't happen then but that doesn't mean that Thailand needs to follow the same idiotic ideal now.

Well, if memory serves me correctly, the last time there was a coup, there was no violence.

Why do people assume that a coup this time will be like a full-out war ?

Do they think the "reds" will come out an battle the army ? From what I've seen and heard and read, the only battle the "reds" have been in, is one in which they were paid and then boozed up before performing a pathetically poor attack on the "yellows".

Who is going to pay them to stand up to the army ? Some iron bars and slingshots against tanks and rifles ? It will take a lot of Lao Khao and special "I am Invulnerable" tattoos to convince them to battle the army.

There may be some loosely organized, sporadic violence, but I wouldn't expect any "civil war" level incidents.