Red Shirt’s catch 22 dilemma
Thailand’s anti government rally seems to be quickly approaching a catch 22 situation. No matter what the rally partakers do other than pack up and go home is likely to cause them loss of face. [Read more →]
Thailand’s anti government rally seems to be quickly approaching a catch 22 situation. No matter what the rally partakers do other than pack up and go home is likely to cause them loss of face. [Read more →]
In what can only be described as poetic justice, Thaksin is getting a good taste of corruption in his own ranks. Thaksin’s wonderful little practice of gouging funds for himself seems to have been well learned by the Red Shirt leaders. [Read more →]
All the red flags are showing in Thailand. Thaksin has his back against the wall and the clock will not grant him any more extensions. So what has been predicted looks to be an absolute certainty. [Read more →]
Connecting the Dots has from reliable sources that Thaksin’s Red Shirt army will descend on Bangkok in the following locations. Note this is not a regular entry for Connecting the Dots. [Read more →]
It has all come down to a decisive moment for the Thai people. The choices simply are move forward and become a better partner in a global community, or move backwards to satisfy the personal self serving desires of convicted fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra. [Read more →]
Although the Thai government has taken a stance to be honest and open about what it is doing when it comes to Dealing with Thaksin’s Red Shirts, there is still a lot that is not being said. What is being kept from the public has both psychological and tactical reasons for sealed lips. [Read more →]
Now that the Thaksin assets verdict has been read and Thailand is moving forward, Thaksin is still looking to move things backwards. If you believe the numbers and the hype of a million man protest, you can only relate this to bully mentality looking to beat up the good kid who plays by the rules. [Read more →]
It would appear that a list of about 53 names has been published by Pro Thaksin people who are not shy about violence. In this entry Connecting the Dots will look at a few names and how they got on Thaksin’s s hit list. [Read more →]
For Thaksin to go after people who get in his way is nothing new. He has been up to this for as long as anyone can remember. But to openly go after the nine judges that handed down his most recent guilty verdict has the distinct echo of how drug Cartels intimidate to stay in power. [Read more →]
After the landmark court ruling on February 26 on Thaksin Shinawatra that said he was guilty on all counts of manipulation to grow his wealth, Thaksin has become wounded prey in the eyes of prosecutors. Because of that ruling, potential litigations that were never pursued because of lack of supporting evidence, now have more evidence than they could ever have dreamed of. [Read more →]
For the convicted fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra, judgment day has come and gone. In the wake of the court ruling Thaksin has concluded the court robbed him of the money he stole, and he now looks to get it back. As ludicrous as it sounds, that is how Thaksin views it as the word revenge is being floated in less than subtle ways. [Read more →]
In what looks to be an opportunity to riot, Thaksin’s Red Shirts will gather outside the court house in what is being called anything but a rally. The reason is very clear to the Red Shirt leaders, and that reason being treason and a possible death sentence if there is any hint of an organized mob that erupts into violence. [Read more →]
Continued from part 1; As Joe continued to observe Thaksin making decisions that seemed to not make sense, he started to note a clear resentment towards Thaksin. If you were not one of Thaksin’s cronies, your worth was simply less than dirt as Thaksin could care less about you. That is unless Thaksin could see you as a source of money and he would set about manipulating things to make your money his. [Read more →]
If you were a non Thai who was a bit novice about Thailand and looking at the events evolving around the Thaksin 76 Billion Baht asset case, it is certainly understandable why you would wonder what all the hoopla was about. You will quickly find yourself asking, Why are so many people in an uproar about money that does not belong to them. [Read more →]