<!--QuoteBegin-dhu+Mar 2 2008, 01:09 AM-->QUOTE(dhu @ Mar 2 2008, 01:09 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->May 15, 1959
TRAINING UNDER THE MUTUAL SECURITY PROGRAM
(with emphasis on development of leaders)
http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/ST/STappendix3.html
http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/ST/STindex.html
[right][snapback]79153[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Reminds me.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00259.htm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Thailand US Trained Military Mount Bloodless Coup</b>
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 8:45 am
By Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Troops from Thailand's U.S.-trained military, backed by tanks and armored personnel carriers, seized the prime minister's office on Tuesday (September 19) night and filled TV screens with propaganda, in a bloodless coup led by a "revolutionary body" to end corruption and stop perceived attacks on the king. "There has been social division like never before," a self-appointed Military Reform Council announced without identifying its members.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->And here it becomes apparent why the American-trained Thai army headed by an islamic mentioned the King at all:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The frail constitutional monarch, 78, has limited political power, but is regarded as a "father" of all Thais and attracts devout emotional loyalty, psychologically trumping the influence of any prime minister or general.
<b>Thailand has suffered more than a dozen coups and coup attempts since the 1930s. Some coups initially appeared to be a military success, but quickly crumbled after the king declined to support the new regime.
In the 1970s, and in 1992, military coup leaders remained in power until deadly insurrections by common citizens in Bangkok forced changes at the top amid widespread revulsion against the army's dictators.
This Buddhist-majority, Southeast Asian nation did not seem to be in immediate danger of ending its tight military alliance with the United States, or Bangkok's robust capitalist policies.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->US (or Thai military with 'US relations') has learned to try and get the King's support (or, more specifically, avoid his opposition) first.
This is also interesting:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Crucially the king, born in Cambridge, Mass., did not immediately appear to publicly voice his support for, or against, the coup.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I hope this has had no effect on him being very Thai, Buddhist.
TRAINING UNDER THE MUTUAL SECURITY PROGRAM
(with emphasis on development of leaders)
http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/ST/STappendix3.html
http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/ST/STindex.html
[right][snapback]79153[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Reminds me.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00259.htm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Thailand US Trained Military Mount Bloodless Coup</b>
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 8:45 am
By Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Troops from Thailand's U.S.-trained military, backed by tanks and armored personnel carriers, seized the prime minister's office on Tuesday (September 19) night and filled TV screens with propaganda, in a bloodless coup led by a "revolutionary body" to end corruption and stop perceived attacks on the king. "There has been social division like never before," a self-appointed Military Reform Council announced without identifying its members.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->And here it becomes apparent why the American-trained Thai army headed by an islamic mentioned the King at all:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The frail constitutional monarch, 78, has limited political power, but is regarded as a "father" of all Thais and attracts devout emotional loyalty, psychologically trumping the influence of any prime minister or general.
<b>Thailand has suffered more than a dozen coups and coup attempts since the 1930s. Some coups initially appeared to be a military success, but quickly crumbled after the king declined to support the new regime.
In the 1970s, and in 1992, military coup leaders remained in power until deadly insurrections by common citizens in Bangkok forced changes at the top amid widespread revulsion against the army's dictators.
This Buddhist-majority, Southeast Asian nation did not seem to be in immediate danger of ending its tight military alliance with the United States, or Bangkok's robust capitalist policies.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->US (or Thai military with 'US relations') has learned to try and get the King's support (or, more specifically, avoid his opposition) first.
This is also interesting:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Crucially the king, born in Cambridge, Mass., did not immediately appear to publicly voice his support for, or against, the coup.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I hope this has had no effect on him being very Thai, Buddhist.