Roll the Tanks Back Out

You might have heard. Not too long ago, Thailand underwent a Coup. The king gave the army permission to put army vehicles everywhere around town all over the country. This was to get rid of the evil Taksin.

Unfortunately, the evil Mr. Taksin's political party, the PPP, has won the elections, so he'll be back. He said "I'll be back". He didn't say it like the terminator did, though. The terminator said it like he'll be back to save the people, whereas Taksin said it like he'll be back to rape the people.

In the opinion of experts, there are 2 possible outcomes. 1: Taksin will get shot, or 2: the army will have another field trip. For the image of the country, which has great impacts on international markets, option 1 is the least damaging. An interesting point is this; the military supports the king, but the police support Taksin. If Taksin does make it back, without getting shot, he might have a revengeful field day with the army. You'd think the army has tanks, they can blow anything up! Which is true, but civil war doesn't look so good either.

What we can do is pray. Us foreigners, all we can do is watch and pray. So powerless...