it is the strangest situation. the yellow shirt movement has risen organised powerfully just in 2-3 months, and their leader, suthep was the deputy PM in a former government run by Abhisit...and was no one special, and wasn't someone whose life defined him as being anti-corrupt in any way.
the Yellow Shirt plan and activities are far outside what the situation called for even in emotional Thai terms.
the yellow shirt plan for the future is quite mysterious, blank, in fact, so there is a lot that is not being made public.
the only thing clear is to purge the country of the Shinawatra family...to make them go away or not exist anymore. hard to do to the very popularly elected prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra.
i believe the yellow shirts are surrounding her house and her family's houses today.
the yellow shirts know they don't actually have the power to do it...but they continue.
It is reminiscent of the shadow-puppetry prior to the purge of Indonesia years ago that led to the rise of Soeharto. Puppets and Shadows.
hopefully it will all fizzle out in usual Thai style.
the army is saying 2 things today: 1: we do support the government. 2: we do protect the people from the government.
