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Helius

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To add context, just a day or two ago, there was a leaked phone call between the prime minister of Thailand and the prime minister of Cambodia.

That scandal lead to a protest in front of the government place (ทำเนียบรัฐบาล).

I actually managed to walk passed by it yesterday and recorded what it looks like, but I haven't posted it.
Trying to chum up with the former Cambodian PM by calling him 'uncle' (whose son is also the current PM, btw) while deriding her own generals for 'trying to look cool', only to have said 'uncle' then post the entire phone recording on Facebook of all places, deliberately, mind... is a very rookie, and of course naive, mistake to make in politics.

She just may be done. It's a shame too because following her family's footsteps while avoiding their fates is obviously on everybody's mind, esp. hers, so to be done in by a phone scandal ("Unclegate"?) would be a lame way to go.
 

GulfLander

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To add context, just a day or two ago, there was a leaked phone call between the prime minister of Thailand and the prime minister of Cambodia.

That scandal lead to a protest in front of the government place (ทำเนียบรัฐบาล).

I actually managed to walk passed by it yesterday and recorded what it looks like, but I haven't posted it.
W1ret4pped phone call?
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Trying to chum up with the former Cambodian PM by calling him 'uncle' (whose son is also the current PM, btw) while deriding her own generals for 'trying to look cool', only to have said 'uncle' then post the entire phone recording on Facebook of all places, deliberately, mind... is a very rookie, and of course naive, mistake to make in politics.

She just may be done. It's a shame too because following her family's footsteps while avoiding their fates is obviously on everybody's mind, esp. hers, so to be done in by a phone scandal ("Unclegate"?) would be a lame way to go.
Not sure what language they were speaking, but in some Asian languages, such as Chinese, uncle is often used as a sign of respect for your elders.
 

Helius

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Not sure what language they were speaking, but in some Asian languages, such as Chinese, uncle is often used as a sign of respect for your elders.
The perception right now seems to be that she was too eager to please, to her own detriment. She thought she was having a cordial conversation with 'family', but got thoroughly played in return -

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On the other side, CSI LA pointed out that Ms Paetongtarn approached the conversation with emotional openness, even vulnerability. She expressed that her government was under pressure, she herself was overwhelmed, and pleaded, "Uncle, please don't be mad."

Instead of projecting authority, she leaned on familial ties -- referring to Hun Sen as "Uncle" -- in what critics argue was a misplaced attempt at building trust.

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In the leaked clip, Ms Paetongtarn appeared to position the Thai military as the "opposition" to her civilian administration, openly admitting she could not control border policy without Defence Ministry approval. In Hun Sen's eyes, this all but confirmed that she lacked real political weight.

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But as CSI LA summarised: "She entered a diplomatic battlefield with her heart, while Hun Sen came in with a hidden camera and a trap." In international politics, excessive openness is not seen as courage -- it's seen as inexperience.

Trash-talking your own military establishment to a foreign head of state certainly didn't help either.
 

AssassinsMace

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If you watched the Jon Stewart YouTube video I posted yesterday in this thread, he had some former British politician he was interviewing. He said the British one time were basically about to get rid of its own military and just become a branch of the US military. That was before Trump ever had Presidential admirations. That's how much the British were drinking the Kool-Aid and they see how foolish that would've been if they had followed through.

I'm waiting to see which Asian ally is going volunteer to be the next US state because if the British were about cross the Rubicon, there has to one or more Asians countries ready to jump into fantasyland thinking they would be seen as white by the US if they did.
 

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The perception right now seems to be that she was too eager to please, to her own detriment. She thought she was having a cordial conversation with 'family', but got thoroughly played in return -

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Trash-talking your own military establishment to a foreign head of state certainly didn't help either.
Sadly of she was to resign, the peoples party would likely be the major winner. And they are very anti China. practically engineered to be popular by US social media
 

CMP

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The perception right now seems to be that she was too eager to please, to her own detriment. She thought she was having a cordial conversation with 'family', but got thoroughly played in return -

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Trash-talking your own military establishment to a foreign head of state certainly didn't help either.
Her competence and intelligence are both low. Better to just engage with the Thai military leadership, deep state bureaucracy, and business leadership to get anything done. Their elected officials appear to be just a fig leaf with no real power.
 

horse

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Probably more likely to be put on debt. Because let’s be real here. If Iran turns pro-west, then you are going to have the highway of US sponsored terrorists from the Middle East moving towards China, Russia, and Central Asia. The next obvious move will be destabilizing Central Asia into Middle East 2.0 and use terrorism to provoke Russia or China into a military intervention.

Call me old fashioned, but I do not believe that at all.

Who are the enemies of secular Liberals?

Damn religious freaks like the Ayatollahs.

If the Liberals come back into power in Iran, then their top priority is to suppress these religious fanatics. Fuck them and their god, you know.

Because we all know those religious fanatics of Iran if out of power, they will want it back.

What the CCP says, that speaks the truth. Terrorism. Radicalism. Extremism. That will not be tolerated.

That is why Iran is really messed up. The society is kind of extreme. In their viewpoints.

If the secular Liberals win back power in Iran, that would be good for Iran, and bad for terrorist in general.

Afghanistan used to be a modern society, and probably more advanced that China in terms of what the people had back in the day during the GPCR.

Then the religious people came.


This was Afghanistan, more 50 years ago, they were modern. That is unthinkable today.

Iran faces the same choice.

Iran thought of itself as rather modern too, because they were, then the political chaos started, which was no good in any way for them. For decades.

A modern state, such as Iran in the past, and Afghanistan in the past, will not sponsor terrorism, because they know the first target is themselves.
 
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