How oh so humanitarian of the army. Perhaps if the current head of state was not put in place by a military coup in 2006 then these protests wouldn't be happening.
What's that? Military coup? Yes, it happened and these protests are NOT the first, they are just the biggest thus far considering the rest of the world has practically ignored the fact that the "democratic" system the Thai populous is supposed to believe and have faith in has been contradicted by the military. Can someone say "fascism" or how about "dictatorship"? Does that float the boat a little more evenly?
This is absolutely ridiculous. I'm not taking sides of the government or the organized movement of the UDD. (For more info, check the UDD wiki @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_United_Front_of_Democracy_Against_Dictatorship)
..I just find it ridiculous that over 60 people have died so far and all of them are civilians...yet this is not getting the media attention it deserves. How many more people need to die at the hands of a dictator-run military before people take notice? 100, 200, 300, 1,000? This number could keep going before anyone actual realizes that there is a serious problem here...
...Remember Rwanda? How many civilians died there before anyone took notice or cared (I'm not saying the Rwandan Genocide and the Thai protests have any relevance to one another, just using it for comparison purposes).
Here's a link to the article about the military move on the hotel.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/bangkok-hotel-under-attack-as-thai-army-prepares-final-offensive-against-red-shirts-20100516-v6ba.html
If you're planning on travelling to Thailand, specifically Bangkok, you may want to make a slight detour.
Note: Above picture shows civilian protesters in Bangkok after being fired upon by the army. That looks like a woman to me...sad... Courtesy of AFP.
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