absolutelyBangkok archive · Politics
Originally published Nov. 25, 2008
Here it comes, the escalation: The self-righteous PAD manage to shut down Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi international airport, as The Nation reports. I don’t think the “reds” can hold themselves back much longer. But if you listen to the PAD’s top leadership, there’s justice in this move:
“We have tried to pressure the government for more than 50 hours but nothing has happened, so we need to step up our campaign by closing the airport to tell the world problems Thailand is facing,” said PAD leader Sondhi Limthongkul at Government House Tuesday night.
Adds the Bangkok Post: “Sondhi announced at the anti-government stage at Government House that Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat must resign without any condition. He then claimed that the government was guilty of the Oct. 7 riot, which left two dead and almost 500 wounded.”
Well dear government, such shit happens when you let the PAD do whatever they want. And the PAD were at the airport since the afternoon! Or is you government seriously waiting for the population to take over? I say, clean up those thugs now or we never get rid of them.
Again, totally predictable moves and they clearly lost the support of even the Bangkokians! Am lost for words. Not only is the country facing even more damages. It just shows again that the soft Thai approach doesn’t work, especially with radicals such as the PAD who leave a trail of anarchy behind wherever they pop up.
Don’t you become a terrorist in such a climate. Now launch that operation, government. After what we’ve witnessed again these days anything is better than life under Sondhi & Chamlong.
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