Bangkok Post, The Nation, Asia Today and Other Liberal Asian Publishers of Tripe Coordinate All Out Attack on Ying Luck Shinawatra's Administration

The Thai news agencies and liberal Australian Bangkok correspondents like "Asia Today's" Bob Horn are crying foul and reporting that Thaksin is the most "divisive" leader in Thai history.  Here.  The question is most "divisive" to whom?  When you garner more votes in more provinces than any other leader in Thai history how is that divisive?  When your sister overwhelming wins election to Prime Minister by incredibly large margins in an election stacked against her how is that divisive?   

Super Highway to Bangkok.  The View Thaksin soon will see on his way home.

All the Bangkok based writers make sure to stress Thaksin's "fugitive" status and then the international press; pick up the same phrases  and misinformation and biased opinions and incessantly repeat an modulate the story to appeal to their own sycophantic tastes.  They fail to mention the courts that made him a fugitive were allied with the opposition party and that the fraud charges had little to no substance.

The Nation would like to make "a mountain over a mole hill" over this issue in yet another attempt to disparage the Ying Luck administration here just as they have tried to do with their screaming headline, "Govt takes dangerous path". Here Will they never stop? Have they no decency?  Give this administration an opportunity to govern without being besieged and incessantly attacked. Where was their outrage when the Democrats were in power?

There use to be a tradition in Thai Politics for the old prime minister to bow out politely from expressing opinions on the current administrations day to day operations of the government. It's a pity Khun Abhisit won't follow this tradition and keep his mouth shut instead of trying to undermine the current government as he does here.  He lost the election by a wide margin. He should go away and keep his own counsel. How many years did he have to improve the levees and the infrastructure of the country to mitigate the flooding? But his government did NOTHING! And now he has the gall and effrontery to try to tell the current government what to do? How hypocritical is that?

Bangkok Post Invokes President Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" Quote

In an obvious and sophomoric attempt to pillory Prime Minister Ying Luck Shinawatra the Bangkok Post invokes President Reagan's Brandenberg Gate,  "Tear down this Wall". command.

The full article can be found here.  The Post, in this case is referring to a wall of sandbags holding back flood waters near the old Don Muang airport.  


The Post is mouth piece of the  Bangkok Elite who hate and despise the democratically elected Prime Minister, Ying Luck Shinawatra as they did her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra .  


The Elite have been hounding her since she took office and have been using the flood as a tool to undermine her administration.  At the same time these "liberal democrats" have been calling into question her leadership skills because she is a woman.    She has been under a ceaseless assault since early October of this year.  What would they have had her do?  She has only been in office a relatively short time.   Given that just after she took office the flood waters were coming and the condition of the levees and damn's were, "what they are". What could she have done differently?   Doesn't the former administration of Aphisit Wetchachiwa bear any responsibility? The time do "do something" constructive about flooding, the time you have an opportunity to make significant infrastructure improvements is years, not days or weeks before a flood. I'd say the current administration has made herculean efforts to protect it's citizenry with sandbags and barricades and emergency food and water. This isn't Bangladesh. 

Admittedly mistakes have been made and yes in some cases local officials could have acted sooner and in some cases people in power have acted in their own self interests. Your going to have those events and circumstances in any government and in any crisis environment.  But this is not the time to undermine the Thai government.  The people need a government they can believe in and a government that is strong.   As reported by AP news here Thailand's kings health is possibly deteriorting.  The forces that are causing this unrest and dissatisfaction with the current government should think twice about the long term impact of their actions.