The yellow shirts were at the airport for 8 days, after which they left peacefully, leaving (edit) no little damage. Nothing was done against the red shirts for nearly a month.

little damage? the Thai economy? the humiliation and scorn of the international community? the stranded tourists? are you serious?

The then government did act against the yellow shirts at government house.

jeeze... that's ok then!

But it clearly refutes your statement that the government didn't do anything.

The red shirts saw what the then government did to the yellow shirts at government house. They also saw what the current government did to them in 2009. In 2010, they came prepared.

The red shirts were given the option to leave Ratchaprasong peacefully, as the yellow shirts did, but they refused that offer. They just kept raising the stakes until the government had to act.

The yellow shirts were at the airport for 8 days, after which they left peacefully, leaving (edit) no little damage. Nothing was done against the red shirts for nearly a month.

little damage? the Thai economy? the humiliation and scorn of the international community? the stranded tourists? are you serious?

The then government did act against the yellow shirts at government house.

jeeze... that's ok then!

But it clearly refutes your statement that the government didn't do anything.

The red shirts saw what the then government did to the yellow shirts at government house. They also saw what the current government did to them in 2009. In 2010, they came prepared.

The red shirts were given the option to leave Ratchaprasong peacefully, as the yellow shirts did, but they refused that offer. They just kept raising the stakes until the government had to act.

did you read m y posts? about I agree they made a HUGE blunder and should have left?

did you read m y posts? about I agree they made a HUGE blunder and should have left?

I would dispute your claim of it being a 'blunder'. Many people pointed out when the first offer was made on TV to all of Thailand and the world, that since the elections would come AFTER the October 1st military reshuffle, that the reds wouldn't accept simply because it didn't meet Thaksin's needs. You can call it a blunder but the violence was well planned and planned from before the rally started as can be shown by Arisaman's calling for the burning of BKK in advance of the rally and the fact that bangkok burned.

Dear me, people died & all you care about is a headline on a forum . How cold can people be.

"How cold can people be" should be in reference to those who used them as expendable pawns in the fight for power and money.

The violence up north has always been coming from the side that wants

no dissenting voices against their propaganda that controls the people of Issan.

That is a very interesting observation and we will see how this plays out at election time.

Last May the reds decisively lost control of the streets and it is this that they are mourning for more than anything else.

The fact that Arisman is still in hiding is testament to that defeat.

Maybe he will return when the election is called and the reds will continue Thaksin's dual strategy of pressure through violence to assist their political objectives.

If Thaksin for one moment thinks he is losing the next election, the violence will be upped.

His tactics are predictable and repetitive.