If Sondhi muslim background has nothing to do with this, then why the worsening mulsim terrorist issue? He was appointed to his high military post for the exact purpose of dealing with the muslim terrorist issue. His now admitted way to deal with the problem he let grow is with appeasement thru negotiations. When GOOD negotiates with EVIL, GOOD always looses.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,214498,00.html
Across the capital, Thais who trickled out onto barren streets welcomed the surprise turn of events as a necessary climax to months of demands for Thaksin to resign amid . . . . worsening Muslim insurgency in the south. . . .
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Sondhi, [who is a Muslim], was selected last year to head the army partly because it was felt he could better deal with a Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand, where 1,700 people have been killed since 2004. Recently, Sondhi urged negotiations with the separatists in contrast to Thaksin's hard-fisted approach. Many analysts have said that with Thaksin in power, peace in the south was unlikely
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Thaksin recently alienated a segment of the military by claiming senior officers had tried to assassinate him in a failed bombing attempt. He also attempted to remove officers loyal to Sondhi from key positions. . . .
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Some of Thaksin's critics wanted to jettison his policies promoting privatization, free trade agreements and CEO-style administration.
That's comforting.