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This, my friends, is an *actual* coup. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 OP
Yep, that's precisely what birthers have been calling for over the past 6 years. MohRokTah May 2014 #1
Nice post, Hitler. msanthrope May 2014 #2
Well, I actually was called a neo-Nazi here recently. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #3
I got called a cryptofascistauthoritariancorporatist something or other..... msanthrope May 2014 #4
No 'authoritarian swooner, mindless cheerleader' or '1984' cliches? Lucky you! freshwest May 2014 #6
We need to get some Orwell smilies. Crypto? I have no idea....it's not like I expect them to use msanthrope May 2014 #45
Say that real fast, 5 times!! Harry Monroe May 2014 #13
oh no I've watched too many horror movies to know that that's a bad idea. nt msanthrope May 2014 #33
If you do, Sean Hannity suddenly appears (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee May 2014 #38
It's the hair and the mustache! whistler162 May 2014 #46
They should make a documentary... Blanks May 2014 #5
Wow. That's just like Ukraine... SidDithers May 2014 #7
Tommy, the BBC report seems to describe a world wide trend: freshwest May 2014 #8
We aren't there, yet. Demeter May 2014 #9
In worldwide politics, every situation is unique and plays out in a unique fashion. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #10
Yup. I also like to think of national identity politics as familial... Chan790 May 2014 #23
I think we look for a universal cause to advance a more humane solution. Idealism is not for empty freshwest May 2014 #27
It's superficially similar to Iran as well. CJCRANE May 2014 #26
Thanks for your insight to both countries. freshwest May 2014 #28
The Thaksins are crooks. They have used their positions to make themselves fabulously wealthy. They OregonBlue May 2014 #34
wow Anyone care about Thailand, where this is happening?? oldandhappy May 2014 #11
Why would we not care about Thailand? Too far away, too small, too brown or just not the USA? pampango May 2014 #15
65 million Thai do, not to mention billions of dollars invested, they care also. Fred Sanders May 2014 #19
Yes, heard this on BBC the other night. JNelson6563 May 2014 #12
Thailand has never had a president. It has a king. Glorfindel May 2014 #14
if words matter, i'd call this a "military coup" to distinguish it from other forms of coups. unblock May 2014 #16
Very true. There are military coups and there are non-military coups. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #31
Is regime change also a coup? ozone_man May 2014 #40
All coups are regime changes. But not all regime changes are coups. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #42
An attempted coup or regime change then. ozone_man May 2014 #47
Syria and Iraq are different from one another. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #50
See how words acquire different meanings here. I assumed this was a John Roberts thread (nt) Nye Bevan May 2014 #17
No RW thugs incinerating police forces with petrol bombs.....I see the differences and similarities, Fred Sanders May 2014 #18
I thought you said you put me on ignore. Oh well, guess not. While I have you.... Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #20
This time, honest, you are on ignore. Honest. Fred Sanders May 2014 #30
And yet, still no answer. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #32
LOL freshwest May 2014 #43
like what those american spring people were going to do barbtries May 2014 #21
my wifes Mom and her family lives there 8 track mind May 2014 #22
Oh wow. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #29
That's pretty awful to have to live like that. I hope she gets here safely. n/t freshwest May 2014 #44
just heard from her 8 track mind May 2014 #48
Thanks for the update and I still hope she finds a way out, or things get better. Best wishes to her freshwest May 2014 #49
Blessings to all of you. riqster May 2014 #51
"a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government." 1000words May 2014 #24
And it can be military or not, bloody or bloodless but it's still a coup. Cleita May 2014 #36
Typically, even "bloodless" coups involve at least the threat of violence by its perpetrators. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #39
Or in the case of Al Gore, not being able to be sworn in as the elected Cleita May 2014 #41
According to the guardian arikara May 2014 #25
Most of those have been bloodless and pretty non-violent. Thais have very strong opinions and no one OregonBlue May 2014 #37
That's a military coup. Saw many of them when I lived in South America Cleita May 2014 #35
Thai coups are nothing like South American coups. They are generally pretty non-violent and OregonBlue May 2014 #52
I hope so, but my expectations for non-violent ones goes Cleita May 2014 #53
They've had many coups. Mostly by the military and most of them have been pretty OregonBlue May 2014 #54
or is it a putsch? Enrique May 2014 #55
Perhaps that as well. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #56
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