http://elephantsleg.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/bangkok-on-the-brink-of-civil-war/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 25 May 2013 17:50:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://elephantsleg.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/bangkok-on-the-brink-of-civil-war/#comment-83 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:24:12 +0000 http://elephantsleg.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-83 [...] I reported on what happened as the army dispersed the Red Shirts last month and, as the situation has calmed, have wondered what I should write about next. I wanted to find something positive to say because, for all the bad news, there are still a lot of good reasons to be here. [...]

]]> http://elephantsleg.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/bangkok-on-the-brink-of-civil-war/#comment-77 Tue, 18 May 2010 13:27:05 +0000 http://elephantsleg.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-77 I have no doubt that civil war will NOT prevail, purely because of the numbers of protesters, and how violent the protests have turned. Lots of people are very angry with the state, It would not be a civil war, but an attempt at genocide of the lower class citizens, this would not be aloud by the UN and countries like the US would be pressured into acting. However, being the US, they would join the Thai army and try to take back the country with less extreme means, instead of doing the right thing and help to overthrow the dictatorship. Peace.

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