by Pancha Seila
Here is my comment:
A military putsch is a tradition and a way of political life in Thailand, as the military is NOT under the government, and His Majesty the King is the most powerful politician, "the owner of the horse;" and "the Prime Minister and his government constitute the jockey," so that the jockey simultaneously (1) must know how to mount the horse, which is the country or the people and (2) must be allowed to ride the horse by the owner. It cannot be one without the other.
The military cannot change the jockey without the blessing of the owner.
Here is my comment:
A military putsch is a tradition and a way of political life in Thailand, as the military is NOT under the government, and His Majesty the King is the most powerful politician, "the owner of the horse;" and "the Prime Minister and his government constitute the jockey," so that the jockey simultaneously (1) must know how to mount the horse, which is the country or the people and (2) must be allowed to ride the horse by the owner. It cannot be one without the other.
The military cannot change the jockey without the blessing of the owner.
So far the PAD continued to have fun, sling-shooting the jockey, any jockey, from Takshin to Samak and now Somchai. After all Thailand has had past decade of economic prosperity to afford the traditional pass-time.
Thai military, for the past six to eight months, has been a passive spectator vis-à-vis Thai politics, but an active aggressor against Cambodia, trampling the spirit of General Border Commission (GBC) and relevant international laws and practices.
We, Cambodians, said to the Thai military: Keep your hand off the Cambodian territory.