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anterian, on 2012-04-06 12:00:34, said:

Also shot while trying to phone a lawyer.

Should be done only of Badluck Yingluck appoints Thaksin ambassador to Zimbabwe where he can be kept out of Thailand while he looks after his bloody diamonds in sub-Saharan Africa.

yoshiwara, on 2012-03-21 23:15:54, said:

It would be no problem to get enuff red shirts together at any border crossing with Laos or Cambodia to intimidate the Immi police, which probably would be routed very quickly or simply fall into passive observation. Ten Immi police at some border crossing point aren't going to try to defend the border, as it were, against even 5000 reds. Or 10,000 reds suddenly massing at a border crossing.

Thaksin was interviewed by Bloomberg News at the Asia Economic Forum last week, said he'd return to Thailand this year and do so without violence. The Bloomberg reporter repeated the part "without violence" which was one of his follow up questions to Thaksin's prediction about returning this year, to which Thaksin said yes, without violence. I see the 5000 or 10,000 reds at a border crossing checkpoint freezing eight or ten Immi police as the plausible approach for Thaksin. That number of reds assembled fast is easily done.

Immi police have their hands full processing Visas at the airport, much less reinforcing the Friendship Bridge checkpoint along with other smaller checkpoints up along the norther border. Once Thaksin's back in the country, what's the government or the opposition in parliament going to do? What power do the courts have? Who's going to touch Thaksin except to kiss his arse?

Then soon after He Himself will be arriving in Chiang Mai in a motorcade to set up his headquarters.

This report is viable, which is to say more than only a possibility.

Why all the shouting to "Stop the coup?"

Are they referring to a type of car?

I certainly don't see anythying military underway except for Thaksin's new command bunker controlled by Thaksin's family and friends in various uniforms.

It's the same old Thaksin formula of mix and stir.

Thaksin originated the idea to make a shambles of the Asean prime minister's meeting in Pattaya in 2009. The government already was fulfilling its responsibility to shield and to protect the ten leaders of government present at the meeting. The government's immediate and efficient reaction to Thaksin's nefarious scheme was successful, that is, no head of government or entourage was injured by the red shirts. The fact is Thaksin is the guy who painted a bull's eye on the event and on Thailand, and is the guy who deliberately put Asean's heads of government in danger and under threat. Thaksin thought disassembling  Asean during the event in Thailand was a good idea for him and his personal purposes.

So what should be expect now from Thaksin's new command bunker which is under the control of watermelon senior officers of the police and military? Pheu Thai have been crying wolf about coup, coup, coup since before they were sworn in to office (and sworn at a lot ever since for a myriad of reasons). Red shirts are in Khao Yai chanting, one of their chants being "Stop the coup."

What coup?

Thaksin never tires or stirring the pot - or should I say pail.