Thai Coup: Even-Handed or Long-Term?
From the time the Democrat Party walked out of Thailand’s Parliament last November, the Bangkok-based opposition to the Pheu Thai government has seen an army coup as an integral part of the endgame that would get rid of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s political machine once and for all.
The supposition was that the military would fall immediat…
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