Can not forgive but this country should forget that this despot ever existed. He and his ilk have brought nothing but disgrace and destruction to the Thai people for their own personal gains. The Shins have been a malignant cancer devoid of character and responsibility and have little or no empathy with either the country or the citizens. Obsessed by only their own stature and wealth they have continually raped this nation for over a decade and deserve to receive the contempt for the damage they have caused.

No the country should not forget, they should take all this family got in Thailand and give it for the poor. Land, properties, cars. As well as an example for the next wannabe dictator.

"Overjoyed with news that he is about to have twin granddaughters"

She's been pregnant for five months and he's probably known about the pregnancy since before the coup.

Due to the timing of the announcement now this is probably part of a larger coordinated plan with the greens. Everyone can hope this is a move towards reconciliation. Win win.

Is she married?...if so anyone know who the poor soul may be?.....

Edited August 17, 201411 yr by ChrisY1

His offspring can be born or visit him in whichever country he resides in. If he desires to return to Thailand to visit, he needs to put all that in the rear view mirror...

Thaksin knows very well in which direction the economy is headed.

He eagerly waits for the day when people will say "remember the good old days, when Thaksin was in charge?"

Unless the regime can come up with something other than "crackdowns", such as a sound economic strategy to avoid economic ruin, Thaksin will have his wish.

Economic ruin? Are you referring to the rice scheme, which has been abandoned?

Personally I don't understand the analogy. Becoming a grandfather, does not coincide with becoming apolitical. Thaksin remains a political bumbler who's luck has about run out.

It would appear that Khun Thaksin has received some more bad advice from one of his PR or strategy teams.

This announcement has just proved beyond all doubt who was, and still is, giving orders to the PT party and by extension their Government as well as the red shirt leaders.

If anyone believes he thinks up all these moves himself then they must be deluding themselves for it has been shown several times in the past that he has hirelings at his beck and call to do these things for him.

'Thaksin thinks PT acts'....Well PT may have acted but the Thaksin thinks bit is a myth.

Thaksins advisors think and he passes their thoughts on.

I take immense pleasure in knowing that these kids will grow up asking who that square headed man in the photo in the hallway is.

He may see them once or twice a year, but his arrogance, cowardice and corruption is costing him far more than the money was ever worth.

...he will die a sad, lonely man.

What he should be saying to them is ' Forgive and FORGET me as soon as possible '.

"It quoted a Pheu Thai source as saying that Thaksin wanted the Pheu Thai and red-shirt leaders to forgive and forget and end the conflicts during the tenure of the junta."

The key words being "during the tenure of the junta", after which it was be back to S-clan business-as-usual, or so he hopes.

But at least this suggests that attempts to form a breakaway-state in Lanna, or a government-in-exile, will receive no further support or advice from overseas for the time being.

Thaksin knows very well in which direction the economy is headed.

He eagerly waits for the day when people will say "remember the good old days, when Thaksin was in charge?"

Unless the regime can come up with something other than "crackdowns", such as a sound economic strategy to avoid economic ruin, Thaksin will have his wish.

Economic ruin? Are you referring to the rice scheme, which has been abandoned?

abandoned, leaving a 500 - 700 - ??? billion Baht government guaranteed debt at BAAC, thanks to Thaksin ? Nice wish Thaksin is said to have

Ahh...Freddy has been ordered to forgive and forget his victims

what a revolting snivelling little coward this man is a total bully that when someone stands up to him he collapses into a heap I just hope those followers he still has art last take of their blindfolds and see this vile man for what he is

Is anyone still claiming that he is NOT the mastermind behind ALL the problems here and running the country illegally from abroad?

Yes, of course. All the usual suspects. Career PTP/UDD/Thaksin apologists & denyers, the lot of them. But a bit more cautious now. Some of them may be justifiably nervous now that the "overseas payment" financial records are surfacing and some may well have been paid trolls as we suspect. (Is this working)??? However, they are all masquerading as Democracy ADVOCATES now,because it is illegal to be Democracy ACTIVISTS anymore.

"Respect my terror bombing" didn't work but every time you hear ":Respect my vote" remember who is doing the talking.

I have no respect for Thaksin, Yingluck, PT, their Ministers, the UDD, the red shirts or any of their supporters here. Nothing they have done deserves respect, quite the opposite in fact.

There has been an ongoing campaign for the last 10+ years by Thaksin to destabilize this country, undermine the support for democracy and the Monarchy and effectively set Thaksin himself up as the new Messiah in Thailand, where he expects to be loved and adored and to have no questions asked cos he's doing it "for the people" . . . it's all cynical greedy bullshit. And so many just don't see it.

The man is fast becoming irrelevant in the political arena, so to keep his image of a " benevolent "

godfather figure he comes up with the last aces in his sleeves, yes Mr. T we all know about your

"forgive and forget " ploys....

"Thaksin orders"

Well I guess that about says it all.

Well it looks as though we may be in the vast majority of thinking mate. and the rest of the sound posters

".....forget and end the conflicts during the tenure of the junta."

repeat... during the tenure of the junta.

It's also been reported he recently told one of his daughters that at the first opportunity he will resume his activities.

Thaksin knows very well in which direction the economy is headed.

He eagerly waits for the day when people will say "remember the good old days, when Thaksin was in charge?"

Unless the regime can come up with something other than "crackdowns", such as a sound economic strategy to avoid economic ruin, Thaksin will have his wish.

Economic ruin? Are you referring to the rice scheme, which has been abandoned?

......................"a sound economic strategy to avoid economic ruin"..........................

I would have thought kicking out the PTP, locking up the crooked members of that hoax party (all of them in my book) trying to fix all the fubars created by Yingluck and co', and shutting down the Thai Rouge, would be a good way of avoiding economic ruin.

Thaksin orders? Lol. He is still struggling to stay on the scene.

Edited August 17, 201411 yr by A1Str8

A beaten man with no where to run to. Ha ha and now he will promote himself as a caring grandfather with love in his heart to all fellow men. Look into his eyes and what do you really see.

What do I see? I see a man who enjoys bolloxing things up big time. I see a shyster who is up and down, hot and cold, switching his fixations as often as a kid with $5,000 in small bills, going between a weapons shop and a chocolate factory with a shared doorway. He's like a flag flipping on a pole in a gale. One day payinga head monk to gather all the monks at a wat to honor him (and his astrologer) in an elaborate well-publicized ceremony. The next day, arranging to clandestinely transfer big money to Red leaders in Thailand for military mischief. The next day, calling down to Liberia to secure more blood diamonds. A busy man.

And the cow jumped over the moon ...

WHOOSH! There goes a pig flying by too

A lot of the charges are frivolous, and should have been thrown out by the courts years ago.

Reminds me of that silly bunch of Republicans trying to impeach Bill Clinton, as if no Republican ever cheated on his wife.

Why make the statement now? got to get his name in the news as people are already forgetting him?

That's a fine thing to say to win brownie points, keep up the nice guy image (he believes) HE is the main sharag and instigator ---what a false face he wears. pewk.

I think that you are actually a closet red shirt trying to avoid detection by holding extreme opposite views.

Doubt if it's really anything to do with babies on the way.

Probably part of the deals that may well have been done?

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"Thaksin orders"

Well I guess that about says it all.

Could this be the same Mr. T who is no longer involved in politics and his last job was caddying ?

Tells pt and reds to forgive.

Forgive what?

Forgive surely entails someone being wronged in some way, and then that persons forgives the person(s) who have wronged them.

So how have pt and the reds been wronged?

Wow, what did Thaksin do wrong to receive all this negativity?

Seems like a nice airport.

Skytrain is pretty cool.

The 30 baht per visit medical program seems to help many in need.

Everyone benefited from the economic recovery from the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

Reducing poverty from 21.3% to 11.3% is a good thing I think.

Balancing the national budget and producing fiscal surpluses for 2003 to 2005 would be considered fiscally responsible.

Foreign exchange reserves doubling seems like a success.

Government Lottery for education would have not only reduced illegal gambling, but provided education for those in need.

Privatizing MCOT and increasing freedom of speech seems like a move in the right direction.

Student Loan Fund (SLF) helping low income students get an education with low interest rates was nice.

Supporting Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project was a cool idea.

Wholesale power pool competition in the energy markets lowering these costs would tend to benefit the people.

Introducing Islamic law and making Pattani-Malay (Yawi) an official language in southern region seemed like a start to help reduce conflict there.

Transformation of the government department, ministries, and provincial governors operating style of the traditional bureaucracy into a more results-oriented instrument would have been awesome.

Crackdown on mafia crime was long overdue.

Profit agreements with Cambodia on the huge oil potential in the gulf of Thailand could have made Thailand energy independent.

I take immense pleasure in knowing that these kids will grow up asking who that square headed man in the photo in the hallway is.

He may see them once or twice a year, but his arrogance, cowardice and corruption is costing him far more than the money was ever worth.

...he will die a sad, lonely man.

You are a sick f*** taking pleasure in the break up of a family.

Edited August 17, 201411 yr by dukebowling

When the fox which is leading a pack of foxes, and which is having trouble getting into the hen house, says: "I love all you hens! Please forgive us. We will leave you alone and not attack you anymore. Foxes, let's withdraw!" Would you believe the fox?

Obviously a paid announcement.....or..someone at The Nation loves him!!

Wow, what did Thaksin do wrong to receive all this negativity?

Seems like a nice airport.

Skytrain is pretty cool.

The 30 baht per visit medical program seems to help many in need.

Everyone benefited from the economic recovery from the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

Reducing poverty from 21.3% to 11.3% is a good thing I think.

Balancing the national budget and producing fiscal surpluses for 2003 to 2005 would be considered fiscally responsible.

Foreign exchange reserves doubling seems like a success.

Government Lottery for education would have not only reduced illegal gambling, but provided education for those in need.

Privatizing MCOT and increasing freedom of speech seems like a move in the right direction.

Student Loan Fund (SLF) helping low income students get an education with low interest rates was nice.

Supporting Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project was a cool idea.

Wholesale power pool competition in the energy markets lowering these costs would tend to benefit the people.

Introducing Islamic law and making Pattani-Malay (Yawi) an official language in southern region seemed like a start to help reduce conflict there.

Transformation of the government department, ministries, and provincial governors operating style of the traditional bureaucracy into a more results-oriented instrument would have been awesome.

Crackdown on mafia crime was long overdue.

Profit agreements with Cambodia on the huge oil potential in the gulf of Thailand could have made Thailand energy independent.

Hilarious, thanks for the laugh.

Wow, what did Thaksin do wrong to receive all this negativity?

Seems like a nice airport.

Skytrain is pretty cool.

The 30 baht per visit medical program seems to help many in need.

Everyone benefited from the economic recovery from the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

Reducing poverty from 21.3% to 11.3% is a good thing I think.

Balancing the national budget and producing fiscal surpluses for 2003 to 2005 would be considered fiscally responsible.

Foreign exchange reserves doubling seems like a success.

Government Lottery for education would have not only reduced illegal gambling, but provided education for those in need.

Privatizing MCOT and increasing freedom of speech seems like a move in the right direction.

Student Loan Fund (SLF) helping low income students get an education with low interest rates was nice.

Supporting Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project was a cool idea.

Wholesale power pool competition in the energy markets lowering these costs would tend to benefit the people.

Introducing Islamic law and making Pattani-Malay (Yawi) an official language in southern region seemed like a start to help reduce conflict there.

Transformation of the government department, ministries, and provincial governors operating style of the traditional bureaucracy into a more results-oriented instrument would have been awesome.

Crackdown on mafia crime was long overdue.

Profit agreements with Cambodia on the huge oil potential in the gulf of Thailand could have made Thailand energy independent.

And you wonder why some people think that there are imposters out there being "rewarded" for their glowing opinions of Thaksin and his cronies. I just don't see why they would think like that.