I've been in Thailand for 3 months. Yeah sure, being Australian my prejudices about Coups and military leaders becoming dictators, came with me here.

But after doing a simple google search ... I can say a coup is an illegal seizure of power, one that is not allowed in law. And that's simply not the case here in Thailand. As an ex-lawyer, i can say that Thailand's law allows for the military to step in when political parties become deadlocked and fail to do their duty and responsibility to the people who elected them in the hope their living standards would be raised (and after all, why else do we elect a representative to act on our behalf in democracies ... so they're help raise our living standards rather than line their own pockets).

I've listened to General Prayuth speak. I'm a screwd observer and great at reading between the lines. I'm seeing his actions ... starting with immediate payments to rice farmers. His troops out there helping Thais. His determinated stance to improve this country starting with more transparency and less corruption. Transparency is the key of democracies, that's what they are suppose to be about...

How about the international communities reporting a 'coup' firstly look up what the definition of a coup is before carelessly spraying the word with its negative connotations' around the globe? How about democracies like the US and Australia (of which I'm not too proud to be apart of at the moment) look to their own democratic failings and work on fixing 'their own' before they hastily decide to withdrawal support for a country and a man who from what i see from being here in Thailand, wants to improve and lift Thailand to better standards, and in faster time than those before him.

Please read again the rules regarding political threads in General.

Here http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/468924-policy-in-general-regarding-thailand-political-discussions/

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