Thailand will probably be too busy preparing for its own civil war which looks likely.
***I’ve been hearing about civil war brewing in Thailand since I was a child. Yet they’ve stayed upright this whole time, even when Pol Pot murdered a third of his own countrymen. There is something inherently stable about Thai politics, I don’t know what it is.
i read a whole article on this ‘yellow/red’ political divide. it’s complicated, but I think its monarchists vs. socialists or something of that nature. The reason is has potential to explode is that its very much regional, and the entire political system is now in disarray with the prime minister’s legitimacy in serious question after an election was hampered and delayed. Armed militiamen now roam Bankgkok and other suburban areas. Not sure how their economy is doing, but I get the sense any hint of downturn (a US stock market dive perhaps?) could spark a real clash.