If you don't know the truth, don't criticize the coup
It is very irritating to read about “foreign government’s comments” about the coup in Thailand that has now ousted the undeniably most corrupt political leader in the world.
Those of you who live in democratic societies--where NO money can be used to buy votes, NO bodily harm can be used to secure votes, NO pre-marked ballots can be arranged and put in place, NO ballot boxes can be switched, NO “ghosts” can walk right in to vote for absentees, NO banning of opposition parties from voicing and debating in Congress, NO air-time for opposition, representatives and senators easily switch their allegiance and “sell” their hearts and votes to the prime minister notorious for buying out “political disagreements”--will naturally criticize the coup that took place on September 19 2006.
All the coups in the past, and in the future, have always been about power struggle or a lust to control and selfishly acquire the power for the coup leaders themselves. But that is NOT the case for this one in Thailand. This military action is not self-serving and has ALMOST ALL the support of the people. And it is such a peaceful coup. This action also narrowly stopped a potential bloodshed as a mass anti-government protest scheduled for the following day, too. Why? Because Thaksin’s men were pitching people against people, and that would have led to an unavoidable civil war.
It’s easy for you out there--who have no ideas or no knowledge about the prequel to the situation--to criticize the military action that occurs here. Will you believe that this military action helps SECURE democracy in Thailand? We have a full trust in them. They ARE the King’s soldiers, and they have acted in order to protect the interest of the people while protecting His Majesty’s safety. They have now got rid of the corrupt businessmen who BOUGHT and BRIBED their way into power nearly 6 years ago.
Once these businessmen-turn-politicians were in, they had re-written, improvised, or amended laws to suit their needs. They sold out national treasures to a foreign government, as well as their families and cronies. Companies belonging to cabinet members and party members would win government project bids after they managed to jack up the budgets of those projects. Massive corruption schemes behind the infamous Suvanaphumi Airport construction and accessory infrastructures associated with it will soon come to light. Those Americans who refused to have UAE control their New York ports would have been “mysteriously silenced” had they been Thais doing a similar thing in Thailand.
The wicked Thaksin government literally bought grass-root people with taxes milked from the middle-class in a Robin Hood fashion. No wonder the poor and uneducated liked the Thaksin government a lot. They thought of Thaksin as their savior. The crooks used fiscal budget to campaign for themselves. They controlled the media and dealt harshly with critics. There was only good news on free TVs and radios watched and heard by the upcountry uneducated, thus, rendering them uninformed. The government intimidated and ridiculed academics and respectable officials/activists who dared say anything against it or expose its dirty deeds.
Ask yourself whether you would adore a government that treats you like these.
Different people have different ideas of "democracy." This is ours. If democracy means corrupt thugs can buy their way into running the country then transferring national assets to their assets list, as well as shutting out all those who dared speaking up against them, we don't want it.
I am willing to bet that the new interim government to be appointed shortly will be one of the best, most capable, and most honest we have ever had in our history. We are trying to correct the legislative mistakes or flaws that had allowed bad people to rule and rob the country. People have now awoken from their long political negligence. We will become more involved and active from now on. We will not let politicians blind and deafen us anymore. So the coup has rightfully restored and preserved democracy in Thailand, not destroyed it. We are grateful to them that they stopped the worse-than-Ferdinand-Marcos leader just in time. The only regret is they should have done it A LOT sooner.
The extensive network of corruption by Thaksin and his men will be exposed. The coup council has ordered probes into all the suspicious government projects involving numerous ex-cabinet members, Congressmen, and some civil servants who catered to them. The search for the crooks' assets' locales will be a monumental task, but the anti-graft team will be relentless, too. We hope asset seizure on the grandest scale will be the result of this.
May I warn that FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS that had played a part in aiding the tyrant, his family, and his cronies, whether in transporting the assets out of Thailand, concealing the illegally obtained assets, or sheltering those traitors, will have to answer to the Thai people. We will brand such governments as co-conspirators to commit crimes against the Thais. They will suffer condemnation from us, and their actions will be recorded in our history for all eternity. We hope they eventually make the right move in accepting what the Thais think.
The ban of political action is necessary at the moment to ensure that Thaksin’s men would not have a chance to do something more damaging. Don’t underestimate the power of people. They do not dare suppress people for long. The coup leaders would not want to change their current hero position into tyrants.
If you don’t know what it was like to live under the Thaksin regime, please stop showing your ignorance and ask those who had lived through it. You need to see how relieved and happy we THAIS have been in the past few days.
Those of you who live in democratic societies--where NO money can be used to buy votes, NO bodily harm can be used to secure votes, NO pre-marked ballots can be arranged and put in place, NO ballot boxes can be switched, NO “ghosts” can walk right in to vote for absentees, NO banning of opposition parties from voicing and debating in Congress, NO air-time for opposition, representatives and senators easily switch their allegiance and “sell” their hearts and votes to the prime minister notorious for buying out “political disagreements”--will naturally criticize the coup that took place on September 19 2006.
All the coups in the past, and in the future, have always been about power struggle or a lust to control and selfishly acquire the power for the coup leaders themselves. But that is NOT the case for this one in Thailand. This military action is not self-serving and has ALMOST ALL the support of the people. And it is such a peaceful coup. This action also narrowly stopped a potential bloodshed as a mass anti-government protest scheduled for the following day, too. Why? Because Thaksin’s men were pitching people against people, and that would have led to an unavoidable civil war.
It’s easy for you out there--who have no ideas or no knowledge about the prequel to the situation--to criticize the military action that occurs here. Will you believe that this military action helps SECURE democracy in Thailand? We have a full trust in them. They ARE the King’s soldiers, and they have acted in order to protect the interest of the people while protecting His Majesty’s safety. They have now got rid of the corrupt businessmen who BOUGHT and BRIBED their way into power nearly 6 years ago.
Once these businessmen-turn-politicians were in, they had re-written, improvised, or amended laws to suit their needs. They sold out national treasures to a foreign government, as well as their families and cronies. Companies belonging to cabinet members and party members would win government project bids after they managed to jack up the budgets of those projects. Massive corruption schemes behind the infamous Suvanaphumi Airport construction and accessory infrastructures associated with it will soon come to light. Those Americans who refused to have UAE control their New York ports would have been “mysteriously silenced” had they been Thais doing a similar thing in Thailand.
The wicked Thaksin government literally bought grass-root people with taxes milked from the middle-class in a Robin Hood fashion. No wonder the poor and uneducated liked the Thaksin government a lot. They thought of Thaksin as their savior. The crooks used fiscal budget to campaign for themselves. They controlled the media and dealt harshly with critics. There was only good news on free TVs and radios watched and heard by the upcountry uneducated, thus, rendering them uninformed. The government intimidated and ridiculed academics and respectable officials/activists who dared say anything against it or expose its dirty deeds.
Ask yourself whether you would adore a government that treats you like these.
Different people have different ideas of "democracy." This is ours. If democracy means corrupt thugs can buy their way into running the country then transferring national assets to their assets list, as well as shutting out all those who dared speaking up against them, we don't want it.
I am willing to bet that the new interim government to be appointed shortly will be one of the best, most capable, and most honest we have ever had in our history. We are trying to correct the legislative mistakes or flaws that had allowed bad people to rule and rob the country. People have now awoken from their long political negligence. We will become more involved and active from now on. We will not let politicians blind and deafen us anymore. So the coup has rightfully restored and preserved democracy in Thailand, not destroyed it. We are grateful to them that they stopped the worse-than-Ferdinand-Marcos leader just in time. The only regret is they should have done it A LOT sooner.
The extensive network of corruption by Thaksin and his men will be exposed. The coup council has ordered probes into all the suspicious government projects involving numerous ex-cabinet members, Congressmen, and some civil servants who catered to them. The search for the crooks' assets' locales will be a monumental task, but the anti-graft team will be relentless, too. We hope asset seizure on the grandest scale will be the result of this.
May I warn that FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS that had played a part in aiding the tyrant, his family, and his cronies, whether in transporting the assets out of Thailand, concealing the illegally obtained assets, or sheltering those traitors, will have to answer to the Thai people. We will brand such governments as co-conspirators to commit crimes against the Thais. They will suffer condemnation from us, and their actions will be recorded in our history for all eternity. We hope they eventually make the right move in accepting what the Thais think.
The ban of political action is necessary at the moment to ensure that Thaksin’s men would not have a chance to do something more damaging. Don’t underestimate the power of people. They do not dare suppress people for long. The coup leaders would not want to change their current hero position into tyrants.
If you don’t know what it was like to live under the Thaksin regime, please stop showing your ignorance and ask those who had lived through it. You need to see how relieved and happy we THAIS have been in the past few days.
posted by A Desperate Seeker at
3:42 AM
