Thomas Fuller reports on the life in Bangkok one specific Tuesday as the military announced a coup to snuff out the protest groups responsible for many deaths of political figures. Fuller states that to the public life carried on naturally with traffic jams and work and agendas, the only difference were the presence of military personal dispersed throughout the city streets and the cyclical intervention of television programs for public announcements.
One aspect that is somewhat concerning - while the execution of the coup seemed civil - Fuller states that the military has shut down the government and current running the governmental duties. Government shut down is never a good thing, but it seems that the military is compelled to do so because of how ill the government was at handling the many deaths of people through protesting groups.
Personally, I feel that let the military take government over for as long as it takes to instate a capable government, only for as long as how the military coup maintains what seems like a civil approach and daily lives are no more disrupted by these conflicts in Thailand. Of course, I also presume another side of the story from a pedestrian perspective to say otherwise.
Scott Bishop
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/21/world/asia/thailand.html?hp&_r=0
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment