Yep. I think we are seeing pretty much the same picture here.

Bedwyr

Or alternatively, why didn’t Thaksin act decisively and crack down the PAD protesters? If you do have the genuine, overwhelming support from your people, you must act decisively to prove that your mandate is still valid, rather than retreating to Chiangmai.

In 1989, the CCP acted swiftly and decisively at Tian An Men to save their mandate. It was the right move that did not even save the CCP but even strengthen their power to rule.

Since you are clearly on the Thaksin and republican side, I have a question for you. I am still wondering why Thaksin doesn’t allow Somchai to dissolve the parliament since winning another election, which is Thaksin’s sure bet, should rather strengthen their position and weaken PAD’s stance. Why doesn’t Thaksin choose this way?

You should have gone to bed early last night and woke up fresh like me. Any decision whether to begin the bloody crackdown is up to Thaksin in Dubai. Somchai is meaningless now.

Anupong and Patcharawat did not act last night not because they want to protect PAD but because they want to be survivors. That is why Somchai are using somebody else, who I had not even heard of. But again, I believe Somchai is shaken too being in his current position – to die for Thaksin. Thaksin may be shaken too because he thought his plan should have gone smoothly but Pol Gen Patcharawat decided to be one of the survivors.

TC, I believe the looming Succession would rather be the beginning of the most horrible bloodbath in Thailand’s history, not the end. We are still in the Prelude.

Anyway, I can only advise you to follow all the sources on line, plus the thai TV during day light.

And of course the PAD’s TV :
http://www.thailandoutlook.tv

(they should react quickly if and when the police arrives).

The last time Samak declared the state of emergency, Anupong did nothing. Absolutely nothing.

This move by Somchai is a smart one. Instead of appointing Anupong, who will continue to do nothing (except calling the government to quit), he appointed two police officers as commanders for rataking both airports. The Navy and Air Force, by the law, must support the police in their operations.

If the army stage another coup, Somchai can immediately form an exile government in Chiang Mai, since all of the government is already there. He can then rally the red shirts down to Bangkok to oppose the coup.

Civil war, here we go!

“The government has declared a declare state of emergency on the Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang airports, enlisting help from the Air Force and Navy”
Using Air Force and Navy, are they really capable of handling protesters as a civilian and not a punching bag? Oh boy, why do I sense that things would go awry?
It would be hilarious if Air Force and Navy got heavy hand, then Army coup citing such reason.

There seem to be a subtle legal catch in dispersing the protesters. They are going to persecute the PAD as terrorist(legal status to be contest in court). But here’s the catch:
- Since they are terrorist(legal status), those who funded them will be consider funding terrorist and subject to money laundering act.