Country needs long-term military supervision, says Prawit

[wakeupplease]

48 minutes ago, robblok said:

I am here, but I think this is a stupid idea. 

Come on RobBlok I saw an email which I will answer later, i have to say it really impressed me, but you have to ignore the bait mate

[Moonlover]

4 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

And one of the "unique" problems facing Thailand is of course that the military just cannot stop meddling in politics. But I doubt piggy face would include that in his list.

Unique? sorry, not unique at all. My second home is Egypt. It's just the same there as well.

 

I really do make some great choices don't I?

[robblok]

1 minute ago, wakeupplease said:

Come on RobBlok I saw an email which I will answer later, i have to say it really impressed me, but you have to ignore the bait mate

Why ? I was not baited at all, just showing that people like me (i wont say support the junta.. just dislike them less) find this a stupid idea.. an idea that just shows that they want to keep too much control. I totally disagree with this idea.. not that it would have any impact what I think. 

[gk10002000]

sad sad for Thailand and the easy going masses.

[bangrak]

'The country's military need long-term supervision' is what I first read, but my brains are not working 100% anymore, and I must have had a small lapse forgetting where I was, though what I thought was written surely made a lot of sense, well, at least for people coming from first world countries...

[bangrak]

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

Unique? sorry, not unique at all. My second home is Egypt. It's just the same there as well.

 

I really do make some great choices don't I?

Morsi was not a great choice for sure, makes Thaksin look like an angel... But at which point does an army become the legitimity to intervene in internal, civilian, political matters? A BIG question! There is little doubt the German army should have taken Hitler and his bunch of lunatics 'out' when they started to rise... And IMO so the Turkish army should have done with 'Adolf' Erdogan when he became a danger for his nation (and for a large part of the civilised world)...

[candide]

1 hour ago, robblok said:

Why ? I was not baited at all, just showing that people like me (i wont say support the junta.. just dislike them less) find this a stupid idea.. an idea that just shows that they want to keep too much control. I totally disagree with this idea.. not that it would have any impact what I think. 

Unfortunately it is not only an idea,  it is exactly what they are going to implement with the new constitution, the super strategy committee, etc....

[mania]

Seventy Million Thai's vs a ragtag space fleet

 

Come on  Thailand Cowboy Up ....Or are you going to just bend over? Again?

[docshock13]

What an utterly arrogant and condascending thing to say to the people that pay your salary and have to swallow your excrement daily. I thought Napoleon from Animal Farm was a fictional character. Guess not!

[Reigntax]

5 hours ago, robblok said:

I am here, but I think this is a stupid idea. 

 

Its not an idea. It was the intention from day one. Only the naive or junta beneficiaries cannot see the obvious.

[robblok]

9 hours ago, candide said:

Unfortunately it is not only an idea,  it is exactly what they are going to implement with the new constitution, the super strategy committee, etc....

I am not against long term planning as it is often lacking because governments don't want to implement things that cost money now and only pay off in the future (if longer as their term) Because this does not help them to stay in power.. spending money while there is nothing to show for it during their term. Especially in Thailand something like that would be useful.. how many times have we seen Thailand wants to be the hub off.. (fill in the flavor of the day). A bit more real planning would be good.. so in theory it would be good but in reality it has too much power (too much military vs politicians) and I doubt its aimed at helping the country forward.. but just helping themselves at some of the corruption money otherwise destined for the politicians. 

[LannaGuy]

11 hours ago, robblok said:

Why ? I was not baited at all, just showing that people like me (i wont say support the junta.. just dislike them less) find this a stupid idea.. an idea that just shows that they want to keep too much control. I totally disagree with this idea.. not that it would have any impact what I think. 

yes dear Robblok but this is not entirely surprising ALL junta's get addicted and won't let go because they are 'saving' the country right?  why trust the people when you have the guns?

[klauskunkel]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

In a bid to solve Thailand's "unique" problems

Thailand's "unique" problem is the military in the first place (couping and re-couping and re-re-couping)

However, and here come the silver lining, Thailand has also a fundamental trait of ineptitude in all levels of government administration, therefore, it is much more preferable to have an inept institution in control, rather than someone who knows what they are doing...

[YetAnother]

what arrogance !

[TheFishman1]

Well another promise fair election don't think so they have all the power and not wanting to give it up TIT

[Misterwhisper]

11 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Unique? sorry, not unique at all. My second home is Egypt. It's just the same there as well.

 

I really do make some great choices don't I?

That's why I put "unique" in quotes. The problems Thailand faces are in reality not nearly as unique as piggy face claims them to be in order to justify why he and his military ilk are so sorely needed.

[Misterwhisper]

8 hours ago, docshock13 said:

What an utterly arrogant and condascending thing to say to the people that pay your salary and have to swallow your excrement daily. I thought Napoleon from Animal Farm was a fictional character. Guess not!

The irony is that he even almost exactly looks like Napoleon from the UK animated movie; see OP photo.

[docshock13]

16 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

The irony is that he even almost exactly looks like Napoleon from the UK animated movie; see OP photo.

Yes! His image was actually what evoked my comparison. Orwell must have been required reading in the military academy's "Authoritarianism 101" classes. 

[MichaelJohn]

One day the little people of this country will stop turning a blind eye and a deaf ear and rise up against the elite who think they can control this country.

[Nip]

Clearly not One but Two Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.... History details clearly whats coming next and it ain't gonna be pretty. Last out turn off the lights.

[Jonmarleesco]

'"There will be only five or six military heads there just to make sure that all blocs can move forward together."'

 

Blocs and heads. Must be the reason the Thai army has all those generals. 

[hansnl]

18 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Thailand's problems are not unique. The poor are fed up but have been so conditioned through lies and propaganda.

 

The rich simply don't wanna give an inch. Therefore, the rich have to use guns to control the population. 

 

It's incredibly simple. 

The richt don't want to give an inch?

It is very simple.

It is the same in your and my country.

And to be able to do so, democracy is misused, threats are made, big business can do what it wants to do, justice is raped, etc.

And in some countries the police or the armed forces are used.

Openly or covered.

And any give the not rich will ever get is purely cosmetic.

Same everywhere.

[pentap]

Just an excuse.

[dbrenn]

What he means is that nothing will change for the foreseeable future.

 

[rkidlad]

13 minutes ago, hansnl said:

The richt don't want to give an inch?

It is very simple.

It is the same in your and my country.

And to be able to do so, democracy is misused, threats are made, big business can do what it wants to do, justice is raped, etc.

And in some countries the police or the armed forces are used.

Openly or covered.

And any give the not rich will ever get is purely cosmetic.

Same everywhere.

Yes, it can be very similar in other countries. But I was referring to Thailand. 

 

As a progressive who watches progressive shows and makes progressive comments on particualar subjects, I don't compare what's going on in other places to the subject at hand to lessen the story's impact. If there is a thread about Trump's USA, I don't compare it to life in Bulgaria, etc. If it's about Russia, guess what? I don't say the same thing happens in Bahrain, so suck it up and accept it. 

 

Remember when you were a kid and you'd do something bad but get caught by the teacher. You might say that so-and-so did it as well. Your teacher would say "I don't care what so-and-so did. I'm telling you off". Yea, that stayed with me. Also, I despise false equivalence. 

[baboon]

43 minutes ago, hansnl said:

The richt don't want to give an inch?

It is very simple.

It is the same in your and my country.

And to be able to do so, democracy is misused, threats are made, big business can do what it wants to do, justice is raped, etc.

And in some countries the police or the armed forces are used.

Openly or covered.

And any give the not rich will ever get is purely cosmetic.

Same everywhere.

Same everywhere. Except that it isn't. 

[CantSpell]

16 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

''Oversee'' of course means keeping one hand in the Till !

2 hands and the nose you mean 

[Revolutionary]

The army is no worse than any of the previous governments over the last 10 years. At least the streets are not blocked off by demonstrators, the airport is open and no more barricades and violence on the streets. 

[connda]

It would be easier to simply say that a government ruled by a military junta is superior to democratically elected government.  Lord only knows that the little people aren't capable of self-determination.  What do you expect from a culture that is strongly influenced by patronage?  
Personally I don't care who runs the country.  The one commonality that they all have is a dislike for outsiders.  You may marry a Thai, settle down, have kids, contribute to Thai society, but you'll never be accepted, well, unless you're independently wealthy.  So who cares what the form of government is or who pulls the levers of power.  Foreigners are uniformly not really accepted or welcome to stay.  Tolerated is a better description.  

[baboon]

29 minutes ago, Revolutionary said:

The army is no worse than any of the previous governments over the last 10 years.

Yes it is.