“There Wasn’t Any Choice”
When a military junta overthrows an elected government, the Western world typically declares a step back for democracy.
Not so in Thailand.
Many Thais benignly accepted Tuesday’s coup with a shrug, accepting the ouster of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as the inevitable outcome of his public sparring with Bangkok’s royalist elite. Leading political ana…
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