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Twilight in Southern Thailand - "Senje Di Siam Selatan"
An American Expat in Southeast Asia ^ | 27 September 2005 | expatguy

Posted on 09/27/2005 6:56:05 AM PDT by expatguy

Last year it was origami "peace bombs" in a futile attempt to quell the violence in Southern Thailand. This year it was to be free televisions, cable and English football but the Saudi clerics, not to be out-matched, were quick to riposte with an adroit "hat trick" of their own by declaring football un-islamic.

After the brutal, sadistic and sub-human torture and killing of Sub-Lieutenant Vinai Nabut and Petty Officer Khamthon Thongeiat and the the continued violence, the ball is now in Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's court.

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has ambiguously vowed that "justice will be served", but the reality is that he sits there helpless, bound and unduly restrained by Western liberalism and political correctness, Thaksin like many other world leaders have found themselves on the receiving end of this 'new and improved' recrudescent fascism cloaked in a facade of religion.

Fearing that any harsh actions might anger foreign governments and investors, who remain intent on somehow finding a solution through appeasement, Thaksin is left there alone to precariously ponder the 'parsimony of postulates' while he remains enfeebled by Western inconsistancies.

It's not religious freedom or economic development that Southern Thailand's Muslims want. It is autonomy and the desire to create an Islamic sultanate, and yet many of the West's so-called experts continue to claim that crime, money and influence are the factors that fuel the violence.

When the West succeeds in filleting the facade of religion from fascism then the real war on terror can finally begin.


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1 posted on 09/27/2005 6:56:06 AM PDT by expatguy
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2 posted on 09/27/2005 7:04:51 AM PDT by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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Why do Saudi clerics alway turn up where there's terror?

This year it was to be free televisions, cable and English football but the Saudi clerics, not to be out-matched, were quick to riposte with an adroit "hat trick" of their own by declaring football un-islamic.

3 posted on 09/27/2005 7:09:15 AM PDT by SJackson (we are forced to live in a democracy... the process is frustratingly slow, HRH Gov Blagojevich)
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To: expatguy

Yet another example of the "Religion of Peace"...


4 posted on 09/27/2005 8:42:01 AM PDT by Wombat101 (Islam: Turning everything it touches to Sh*t since 632 AD...)
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To: expatguy

Best analysis I have seen of the situation there.


5 posted on 09/27/2005 7:12:16 PM PDT by Northern Alliance
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To: expatguy

From your link

"I regret that they finally were killed. We had surrendered to their demand by bringing Malaysian reporters but our two soldiers were killed anyway," he told reporters at the scene.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/169465/1/.html

Huge mistake -- negotiating with Islamic terrorists.

They should have stormed in the way the Brits just rescued thier own in Iraq.


6 posted on 09/27/2005 8:41:59 PM PDT by dervish (no excuses)
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To: Northern Alliance

Thanks


7 posted on 09/27/2005 11:30:01 PM PDT by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has ambiguously vowed that "justice will be served", but the reality is that he sits there helpless, bound and unduly restrained by Western liberalism and political correctness, Thaksin like many other world leaders have found themselves on the receiving end of this 'new and improved' recrudescent fascism cloaked in a facade of religion.

Saying that nothing will be done because of Toxin is sort of like blaming Ronald McDonald when you get a bad cheeseburger. Neither one runs the company. Trust me, justice is being served in the south. Unfortunately I can't say more but I have a lot of friends who were sent down there because of this and they are not the touchy-feely type.

8 posted on 10/04/2005 10:13:46 AM PDT by killjoy (Real Men Love Bush)
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Then they should not have even bothered flying the Malaysians in.

It was a mistake to try to negotiate with them.

9 posted on 10/04/2005 1:10:28 PM PDT by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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It was a mistake to try to negotiate with them.

Of course it was a mistake. This exact same sitation happened about two years ago with two members of PARU. They were both murdered after negotiations had taken place for their freedom.

At the time, the military did not believe the police side of the story. Now it has happened to them and they finally believe it.

As we all know, judging the situation in Iraq by media accounts leads to a completely distorted picture of what is happening there. This is even more true with the south of Thailand since a large percentage of the activities there are not reported in the press.

Saying that the Thai government, security forces, or Toxin are, "helpless, bound and unduly restrained by Western liberalism and political correctness" shows an extreme misunderstanding of what is happening here. If anything I would argue the exact opposite.

10 posted on 10/04/2005 8:01:06 PM PDT by killjoy (Real Men Love Bush)
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