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Originally Posted by swiftdave
It is a statement on the mentality of the Thai people that this is still bloodless, there are no reports of rioting and looting such as often accompanies this sort of thing, further, it seems the forces behind the coup have apologized for any "inconvenience".
All changes of power should be so peaceful.
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Agree, also I think the Thais can feel extremely proud that they have armed forces willing to do what is right by the people and country and that haven't become victims themselves of the corruption. It seems the police are behind this too so all credit to them also as pretty much everywhere else in the world they are the primary agents for government abuse of powers. It makes me ashamed of the UK really.
Reading the group's statements (they are on the BBC site) I think this is less about getting rid of Thaksin (likely on the way out anyway) but more that the level of corruption has got to the point where politically neutral agencies are infected. A good example in Nicke's post about the plan to use the forestry police to quash the protestors. Most likely the upcoming elections would have been another farce with Thaksin puppets in charge and possibly democratic oversight compromised.