Thread: Explain the difference please

Good point, mrsQ.

I think that the US does not understand the real issues in Thailand & is venting a lot of hot air. Many Thai friends have asked me in amazement why they US & EU are so angry with what has happened & cannot understand whey foreigners insist on meddling in Thailand's internal issues.

I feel that both the EU & US need to listen & look before just shooting from the lip. What Bush has done in Iraq is criminal - he has no credibility left to point the finger at other countries. I think that Taksin had them bamboozled.

I see a big difference. It's about foreigners vs. some of your own. Invade is from the outside in.

it's not about 'foreign' or 'own' or 'freedom' or 'democracy' - it's about money.

The ruling class would react only when their interests are endangered or when they want to expand their political and economical influence by control over land, resources, trade or strategic communication routes.

In Thailand the military, police and royal part of the ruling class believed they are loosing the total control over the country - the previous military coups were consulted with an American ambassador, this one not or was against his will. Thus sanctions.

In Iraq the former agent of the CIA decided to start ruling and selling oil on his own instead of listening to every word from Washington - he was warned during the 1st Gulf War and then taken out by the 2nd Gulf War.

On a more general note - the capital doesn't have a country, it goes wherever the profit is. The ruling classes are cosmopolitan - and patriotism is for the workers-soldiers to work harder and die aimlessly.