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“There Wasn’t Any Choice”

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Sep 20, 2006
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When a military junta overthrows an elected government, the Western world typically declares a step back for democracy.

Not so in Thailand.

Many Thais benignly accepted Tuesday’s coup with a shrug, accepting the ouster of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as the inevitable outcome of his public sparring with Bangkok’s royalist elite. Leading political ana…

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