Rubin didn't bail out Thailand and Mexico. He bailed out his Wall Street buddies who'd loaned money to Thailand and Mexico. He did it with tax dollars -- I guess on the theory that his Wall Street friends deserve your money and mine more than we do.
Btw, I was in Bangkok last year and you could buy a whold big bunch of orchids for 10 bahts (about 22 cents, I think it was). Obviously the baht is worth something.
Soros was running all over the world manipulating currencies. Dig deep and it could well be the best version of greenmail the world has ever seen. And how could you ever have a conversation with Rubin if he disagreed with you about almost everything.