Saturday, October 18, 2008

Worry for Thailand

I'm becoming more worried regarding the events that are unfolding in Thailand.

The on going political strife is causing the most arm, one group PAD is seriously under minding Thai goverment and with their anti democratic, dictatorship led policies, Thailand will be marginalised by the rest of the world should they ever get what they desire. I cant understand why the authorities are not cracking down on them.

The situation on the Thai-Cambodia is becoming more serious, Cambodia wont back down, that country as the biggest chip on its shoulders after what happened in their recent history. They resisted carpet bombong and a clandestine invasion by the US, so resisting Thailand will be a pip.

Current global finacial problems are slowly starting to hit Thailand, this will mean local difficulties and has the credit crunch grabs the rest of the world, fewer people will be able to visit the country and that will put a big dent in the coffers.

Also a worry is the lack of real news in Thailand, Nuch keeps in touch with the Thai news agencies. I recently showed her some pictures on the TIME website and she couldn't beleive the level of violence that is happening in the protests, and pictures of ten captured Thai troops in Cambodia shoecked her as the Thai news agency said it was a false report.

For the sake of all the people I know in Thailand, I hope things sort themselves out soon.

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