Thailand declares martial law

[glo]

Well, it's not like the world didn't see this coming.

http://news.yahoo.com/thailands-army...224020589.html

[icausewipes]

Need to declare martial law in some inner cities.

[Anyael]

So no making insect snack food on the street past 10pm?

Legit, thing I miss the least from Asia.

Honestly this is a trend in the 2010s. Nobody wants to do anything anymore about foreign things, so it escalates to the point of armed crackdown and everybody just watches.

Now everybody,

watch.

[Herecius]

Didn't this happen a couple years ago, too?

[Damerflinn]

Legit, thing I miss the least from Asia.

Honestly this is a trend in the 2010s. Nobody wants to do anything anymore about foreign things, so it escalates to the point of armed crackdown and everybody just watches.

Now everybody,

watch.

Nobody wants to do anything because it's nothing we should be doing anything about. We can only stick our noses in so many places, and after a string of fiascos involving us doing just that it's good that we aren't doing anything.

[Kasierith]

Didn't this happen a couple years ago, too?

Thailand has historically been the most unstable of all the Indochina countries, and one of the most unstable in the world; they have a history of corruption that would have made Nixon blush. This recent one is actually related to the military coup a few years ago; the late prime minister who was removed from office late last year had her brother removed in.... 2006? I believe.

[Xeones]

Thailand's army has staged at 11 successful coups since the end of absolute monarchy in 1932.

... the math makes this 1.3 coups per decade.

[breadisfunny]

wonder how this will affect tourism?

[imabanana]

Meh.

I'm on my way to Thailand, should get there in about 3 months (slow way), hope it doesn't get worse

[Notchris]

Meh.

I'm on my way to Thailand, should get there in about 3 months (slow way), hope it doesn't get worse

Well, you'll have plenty of time to turn around.

[imabanana]

Well, you'll have plenty of time to turn around.

Yes but on my plans Thailand is one of the countries I can't really avoid. Plan is to go as far as possible on the France to NZ way without any plane. Not sure there's any way to get to Malaysia/Indonesia easily while avoiding Thailand (being in China right now).

[okdawg]

Gosh, I cant believe this. In this day and age...

[lavafoxx]

Legit, thing I miss the least from Asia.

Honestly this is a trend in the 2010s. Nobody wants to do anything anymore about foreign things, so it escalates to the point of armed crackdown and everybody just watches.

Now everybody,

watch.

That is fine. Countries shouldn't meddle in other countries' affairs.

[Radux]

This recent one is actually related to the military coup a few years ago; the late prime minister who was removed from office late last year had her brother removed in.... 2006? I believe.

Nah. Closer to 2009. I was in Thailand for about a month during that summer (my wife's parents live there). It was really messed up -- couldn't wear certain colors, random people tossing grenades in a crowd, etc.

IIRC, the most recent conflict has been because the sister?friend? of the previous prime minster (during that incident) wanted to let him back into the country and not put him in jail for his crimes. The people were beyond pissed and demanded punishment.

And so the conflict ensued and no one would concede.

[Deleted]

...and soon Phuket will get occupied by men in unmarked military uniforms who demands that Phuket gets annexed by Russia.

[Incredibale]

Does that mean we're going to run out of pad thai?

[Gheld]

that would have made Nixon blush.

Why do people still use Nixon as a benchmark for political corruption? What he got impeached for is pretty much standard procedure in politics now world wide.

[Stelio Kontos]

Has Blackwater showed up to help with "regime change" yet?

[Olo]

Has Blackwater showed up to help with "regime change" yet?

Is blackwater the new buzzword in russian propaganda?

[Stelio Kontos]

Is blackwater the new buzzword in russian propaganda?

I don't know, ask a Russian.