Military Coup in Thailand

Originally Posted by thesleeper

Man.
its strange, that the PM is overseas while all this is happening homeside.

i really hope nothing crappy's gonna happen.
*the end days*

Hardly. It makes sense, if the coup plans on gaining the support of the people. Without the minister's full attention, the military can seat themselves pretty securely before his return.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

It looks like this has been planned for some time, as the King has now given his blessing to the coup.

I'm confused by people claiming that this is the "death of democracy." Obviously we can't say things will be better without seeing what comes of this, but if the military and administrative branches are working together to see elections by October, then it sounds like this may very well be what the country needed.

Hell, if the military is stepping in to prevent demonstrative clashes between Thaksin supporters and coup supporters, why is everyone else around the globe so disturbed by it?

There's nowhere I can't reach.