Sonthi is back :-(
Magnus
Gen Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, the prime mover in the military takeover of
the Thaksin government in 2006, will lead the Matubhum Party, claiming
he is fit to be a democratically elected politician. He said he would
direct the party's agenda of national reconciliation.
On his first day as leader, Gen Sonthi said he joined Matubhum because
it had a politically neutral stand. It had set a goal to promote
national reconciliation, a mission he intended to achieve.
He said current political conflicts and social disunity were critical
problems which could seriously damage the nation.
Gen Sonthi said his party has made southern violence its policy
priority. Attacks in the past five years have killed more than 4,000
people as the unrest continues unabated. He insisted the pooling of
resources and responsibilities of relevant agencies with a clear chain
of command will create a breakthrough in the South. He said the idea
was much more practical than the plans of Puea Thai Party chairman Gen
Chavalit Yongchaiyudh who has called for a special administration for
the insurgent-infiltrated provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat.
When asked why he decided to go into politics, Gen Sonthi said people
should put the past behind them. He said he led the Sept 19, 2006,
coup which toppled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra because
the country's situation at that time was different from what it is
now.
"If there had not been that coup, I can't imagine what the situation
would be like today," Gen Sonthi said (...)
whole story at:
www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/27658/sonthi-takes-reins-of-small-political-party
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The moslim putchist is a hypocrite bastard, all in ravings and a
traitor working for his masters, the Saoudi. He should have been
court-martialed long ago with the other senile coupmakers, the men in
kaka uniform.
Present Thailand means now the land of the Free CRIMINALS!
What a shame!
:-(
AntiNazi Mort
LarbGai
> The moslim putchist is a hypocrite bastard, all in ravings and a
> traitor working for his masters, the Saoudi. He should have been
> court-martialed long ago with the other senile coupmakers, the men in
> kaka uniform.
> Present Thailand means now the land of the Free CRIMINALS!
> What a shame!
>
> :-(
> AntiNazi Mort
********Can you imagine the chubby little french fingers pounding away
at the keyboard, spit flying everywhere, the cat getting booted all
round the cell as the French Mullet pounds out the above reply. I lost
count of the spelling mistakes, but no doubt his tag team partner
Krypto will point them out.
ROTFLMAO
Magnus
<...>
>The moslim putchist is a hypocrite bastard, all in ravings and a
>traitor working for his masters, the Saoudi. He should have been
>court-martialed long ago with the other senile coupmakers, the men in
>kaka uniform.
>Present Thailand means now the land of the Free CRIMINALS!
>What a shame!
>
>:-(
>AntiNazi Mort
A follow-up to the above article, also in the Bkk Post:
www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/27744/coup-leader-in-a-new-role
"[the Gen] failed miserably to fix the country's problems at the time"
"the military leaders created a new set of problems even harder to
solve"
"he is fully to blame for the agony Thai society is suffering at
present"
"[he'll] be forever remembered as the person who once brought Thai
democracy down."
I'm often impressed by the courage of *some* Thai journalists in the
present Nazi era of yellowish 'n martial nationalistic censorship!
I also wish we had more of them in the politically Korrekt moralistic
West!!!
They are the true antidote of pathetic ravings of the yellowish
Oxford-debilited prick and the only way to counter the anti-Thai
propaganda of the former Khmer Rouge chief.
Resistant Mort
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Coup leader in a new role
Former army chief Gen Sonthi Boonyaratkalin's decision to enter
politics is no surprise. Speculation about his plans to pursue a
political career after retiring from the military three years ago, has
been around for a long time. His announcement on Wednesday only
confirms this ambition. If there are any doubts, they pertain to
whether his newly chosen path will do the country any good.
From the line-up of people who helped build his newly-formed Matubhum
Party, his decision could be just an effort to propel himself back
into the power game in order to erase his image as the leader of a
coup which many see as the cause of the country's present political
crisis.
As the army chief and military coup leader who toppled the Thaksin
Shinawatra regime in 2006, Gen Sonthi and the people who helped plot
the power seizure failed miserably to fix the country's problems at
the time.
In overthrowing the Thaksin government on the pretext that they wished
to stop widespread corruption, the military leaders effectively
created a new set of problems even harder to solve.
While some people may thank him for helping remove a corrupt regime,
the damage from the coup has been more than disastrous. The country is
now deeply divided. The cost in removing the Thaksin government
through military intervention, as it appears now, is much higher for
the country and the Thai people than allowing the democratic process
to take its course.
Like it or not, Gen Sonthi will have to admit that he is fully to
blame for the agony Thai society is suffering at present. The
continuing power struggle by the people he overthrew three years ago
is now undermining not only Thai society and its institutions, but
also its diplomatic relations with a neighbouring country.
In announcing his plan to make a foray into politics, Gen Sonthi has
made a lot of promises to use his political career to help fix the
problems in the country. He says it is his intention to reunite
society and restore peace in the deep South. Although it is still too
early to pass judgement on the general's ideas for solving these two
problems, the lack of clarity in his promises makes one wonder how his
party will be able to deliver on them.
Social disunity and the ongoing violence in the South are two obvious
issues which political parties picked up as their campaign platforms
in the last general election. Gen Sonthi appears to be jumping on the
bandwagon, yet with less convincing probability that his party will be
capable of resolving the situation.
Besides a few Muslim former MPs from the deep South, the rest of the
party leadership line-up comprises largely of politicians loyal to
Vatana Asavahame, who is running away from a 10-year jail term for
corruption. The line-up is unlikely to impress anyone that they can
put Gen Sonthi's ideas into practice.
While many may be reluctant to say if Gen Sonthi deserves the chance
to prove he can be a good politician, it is now left to the general to
convince them through his actions. Gen Sonthi must realise that not
many people appreciated his role as coup leader. The old saying, "Old
soldiers never die. They merely fade away," has always applied to
great military leaders. Through his new role as a politician, Gen
Sonthi now can choose to be counted among these great military
leaders, or be forever remembered as the person who once brought Thai
democracy down.