More BoingBoing headline clickbait. I am the last person to defend the King, but whoever wrote the headline is just making things worse. I talked to a friend last night who is in political exile who also agreed that the focus should be on the Junta, not the King. And for those of you in the States who are acting self-righteous about this, the US Military has provided the country military aid and has conducted joint-military exercises before during and after all of the Coups. My apartment had a beautiful view of a runway where the full volume of C-130’s and Worthogs (the upgraded American ones not the propjet military surplus that the Thai airforce uses) woke me many a morning. I’ve gotten drunk with American cobra and X16 pilots in Korat and Ubon Ratchanthani on several occasions who were not shy about talking about the exercises. America could put a lot of pressure on Thailand if it wanted to. But the car plants and hard disk factories are more important than democracy and human rights.
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