This battle at the border temple-hot spot seems to have sprung from the conviction of 2 Yellow Shirt Thais as spies in Cambodia.
Cambodia's Hun Sen, allied with Thaksin's Thai Red Shirts versus Thailand's PM Abhisit aligned with the Yellow Shirt powerhouse of Bangkok City.
What is this about/ I think it is about who has power in the radical development of Chiang Mai as a profound new wealth link in Thailand's North.
Abhisit and the Bangkok Yellow Shirts and Old Capitalism, versus Shinawatra and Hun Sen and Cambodian state sponsored expansionist new capitalism. Capitalism versus Capitalism. How appallingly predictable.
The fact that both sides demand the possession of an ancient buddhist temple just adds to the total silliness of the dispute...but more so it is a poignant indicator of how many good lives can be lost between two men wanting more money.
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