Quote Originally Posted by Rural Surin
....and the numerous coups prior to '06? Militarism has played a continuous role for decades, even during the so-called civilian governments. It continued through Thaksin and onto Abhisit.
Butterfly asked about the last 10 years. Thaksin lessened the military influence to such a degree (to his own benefit) that it became second place to the public will, until of course Sonthi started his campaign and the military saw their chance to rid themselves of Thaksin and his party. They have continued to assert their authority by dismantling the opposition and censoring the media, so much so we have regressed decades, perhaps irreparably so.

There are of course other obstacles to democracy that we unfortunately cannot discuss publicly.