Thailand Democracy Overthrown in Military Coup
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YvetteJeannine
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I worked a 13 hour day today...My husband had the day off, so he picked me up from work...When I got in the car, he kissed me and the first thing he said was: "You know that country you're planning a vacation to?" I said..."Uhhh....Thailand??" He says.."Yeah...they just had a Military Coup D'tat"....
I've been wanting to go there for a few years. He never wanted to go because he's been "afraid" something like this would happen. I said you can't live your whole life in a shell, not doing the things you want just 'cause you're "afraid" something will happen....
Lets hope everything gets "sorted out"...The country is so rich in culture, history and beauty...I REALLY wanna get there!
Not to mention what this does to the life of the citizens.
Hawkeye
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This is actually kind of scary.
My old prof once told me that the reason military usually comes in or gets involved is to bring order to things. Since the military is considered orderly and politics is just the art of compromise.
Not sure what to make of this. It's scary. That's what it is. But this is one of those situations where its a tough call.
My old prof once told me that the reason military usually comes in or gets involved is to bring order to things. Since the military is considered orderly and politics is just the art of compromise.
Not sure what to make of this. It's scary. That's what it is. But this is one of those situations where its a tough call.
Beauty Mark
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It's very interesting and frightening in some ways... I'm not very familiar with Thai gov't to the point I can give a decent. BBC News said this, though:
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Here's the article, too
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| It is the first coup attempt in 15 years in a country where they used to be commonplace. There were 17 of them between 1932 and 1991. |
Here's the article, too
