The Weakness of Thailand's Royalists
This is my estimation of the current “balance of power” in Thailand right now:
In the Red corner, Thaksin Shinawatra, the majority of the electorate in the Northeast, the North, and close to half of Bangkok; the Crown Prince; junior and middle-ranking officers in the military as well as rank-and-file soldiers (judging by the election results in the milit…
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