Yes and No. In name only. The US OSS was all over the country working with the Free Thai movement to sabotage the Japanese.
I would go into the details but it is past my bedtime...
I'm sorry to have been disrespectful, you just seem so innocent of the ways in which the muslims have been sneaking their way into western democracies, and so sure it can't be happening in Thailand. It troubles me that you don't even seem to see it as something to watch out for.
Appreciate all your comments. Good info. Thanks.
"Thailand was aligned with the Axis in WWII."
Sort of the way France was - meaning they got occupied, only a little less so. The same PM who aligned Siam with the Japanese, Phibul Songkram, who lost power after the war, was a staunch anti-communist when he regained power in the 1950s.