Government supporters during a Bangkok protest last week.Luis Ascui/Getty Images
From Newsweek:
The public siege of its airports may be over, but the country's political crisis is just heating up.
Last week, after Thailand's high court disbanded the country's ruling party and antigovernment demonstrators finally ended their weeklong occupation of Bangkok's two airports and their three-month siege of Government House, weary stranded travelers could have been forgiven for thinking that the political crisis was over. The estimated 350,000 foreigners who'd been trapped by the blockage have begun their journeys home. Yet for Thailand's citizens, its politicians, its business community and its foreign investors, nothing concrete has been resolved. Thailand remains a nation divided. Its beloved 81-year-old king, Bhumibol Adulyadej, is in decline and had to unexpectedly cancel his annual birthday speech last Thursday due to illness. King Bhumibol had never previously missed his birthday address, and his absence dashed hopes that he would use the occasion to help resolve the crisis. Instead, political extremism is now mounting, and a frightening new phrase has slipped into the political lexicon: civil war.
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My Comment: All sides are clearly not interested in discussion and compromise. What is even worse is that one side has refused to accept the democratic election results .... and have used violence and protest to overcome their opponents. This is only a short term victory .... I believe that it is only a question of time before the other side starts to fight back.