Lite ilsk är han allt i dagens Bangkok Post, Songkran Grachangnetara . Men visst har han en tydlig poäng? Hur mycket man än må hata Thaksin så är de tillgängliga alternativen inte precis mycket bättre. Det blir ungefär som att räkna grader i helvetet om ni förstår vad jag menar.
Vem räddar Thailand från Thaksin och från de andra skurkarna? En viktig dimension om man ska diskutera thailändsk politik som sällan kommer fram. Kanske för att den är omöjlig att besvara, Thaksinhatarna på detta forum har såvitt jag kan se inget vettigt svar på detta. Artikelförfattaren fixar det för övrigt inte heller.
“There is nothing that unites the "We Hate Thaksin" brigade more than the possibility of an amnesty for the exiled former prime minister. All of a sudden, the usual suspects, such as retired generals with empty nest syndrome, senile political has-beens and of course, the perennial "one-trick pony" party, start coming out of the woodwork for another day in the sun. The possibility of Thaksin's return has a phenomenal effect on Thaksin haters, because it transforms them into some sort of heroic alter ego. Just look at the way the leaders of the three anti-amnesty protest groups have reinvented themselves. Maj Gen Chamlong Srimuang _ lest it be forgotten, Thaksin's one and only political mentor (bringing the billionaire into the Palang Dharma Party) _ suddenly warps himself into David, courageously opposing the Goliath that is Thaksin.
Sondhi Limthongkul, a person who had business dealings with Thaksin but switched sides so many times, now wants us to believe he's a male version of Corazon Aquino, leading the people in protest against tyranny and oppression. But the most drastic transformation comes from the leaders of "the one-trick pony" party itself, namely Suthep Thaugsuban and Abhisit Vejjajiva. These two leaders of the Democrat Party that colluded with undemocratic forces to bring us the 2006 coup, which led to an illegitimate Abhisit administration, ended up mimicking all of Thaksin's populist policies, and now want us to believe they're Aung San Suu Kyi fighting for liberal democratic values!
So let me sum this up correctly if I may. We're being asked to support this great revolt against the Thaksinisation of Thailand by placing our faith in protest leaders who:
a: were responsible for mentoring and introducing Thaksin to Thai politics.
b: had an intimate business relationship with Thaksin, before turning into a serial side-switcher.
c: copied all of Thaksin's political tactics and policies while they were last in government.
Let me be clear. I'm profoundly against the Thaksinisation of Thailand, and can think of nothing more repugnant. But honestly,
I simply refuse to follow this bunch of invertebrates into protest, because you'll end up being used and tossed aside like a dirty handkerchief once they get what they want.”
