Dispute with Cambodia

well folks...looks like Thailand is going to war with Cambodia tomorrow...why am I surprised by nothing these days

kris and today the bot got stronger I guess war help there economy since they can not get any tourism
to come since the exchange rate is not fair & balanced except for the whores the world owes them
I am deeply sorry to read such news that a war may be eminent between two countries I guess USA will support Thailand since Cambodia is I believe a Communist country like Lao & Vietnam

aznyron wrote:kris and today the bot got stronger I guess war help there economy since they can not get any tourism
to come since the exchange rate is not fair & balanced except for the whores the world owes them

I follow the THB vs USD and a fluctuation of .10 is average, I dont think you can assume this news changed the baht to make it stronger.

The Samak deal and related political problems made the THB weaker vs the USD

Sometimes creating tensions with another foreign power, is a way of diverting the peoples attention away from the turmoil within that country. Could this be one of those occasions?

The article states that the Cambodia Prime Minister is threatening to wage war with Thailand unless it withdraws its troops (81 in total) from the Veal Intry area near the Preah Vihear Temple.
The Thailand foreign minister said no troops would be withdrawn until the dispute of ownership of this area between Thailand & Cambodia had been resolved.
It would appear that if there is any "sabre rattling" it is coming from the Cambodian side, rather than from Thailand..

Kris, this is nothing to do with "General Topics on Udon Thani", which is where you posted it.

Was it meant to be a news item, though I don't see any quote from a news source, just another Forum.

Was it meant to be in the Open Forum or a Debate/Discussion topic?

I'll move it to the "General Debates & Discussions Forum".

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Thanks

just seen the news , crisis over , the cambodians seem to of backed down , no real suprise i guess .

saint wrote:just seen the news , crisis over , the cambodians seem to of backed down , no real suprise i guess .

Or they were, here's a report from the BBC this lunchtime.

Source: BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7668657.stm

Thai and Cambodian troops exchanging small arms fire resulting in casualties.

Warning: BBC reports might be too left wing for some US citizens.

Here is what the Bangkok Post has to say:

http://bangkokpost.com/topstories/topst ... ?id=131436

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i researched last night to post something, that from memory, i was actually correct. but it would not of been complimentary to thailand's position on the matter, so i refrained. especially since the 'thai police' thread disappeared ??????? so figued why bother, it wouldn't last long.

but the short version, the International World Court awarded that temple to Cambodia 46 years ago and all was peaceful and thailand has probably made more money from it that cambodia. but since they are now done building an access from the cambodian side and it is now a 'world heritage' site, baht signs and of course the universal domestic distractions by uniting everyone to some other cause other than domestic problems which abound.....(that sounds familiar).

simply google the temple name, and international court, and you get more than you need to form an opinion. you'll get wiki, whick i like and you actually get the world court desicion and everything else you can imagine, plus a bunch of negatives toward our host for even considering their present course of action.

Thanks for that research LA, and the sources you mentioned. Quite enlightening.

Maybe it's a tactic that some countries try and deal with internal strife, unrest and bickering, by getting into some external activity that they hope will stir up a more united nationalism within their country and deflect attention from domestic matters. Look at Argentina in 1982 for example. It didn't work though.

the wife tells me that its just been on the news that there has been a fire fight between thailand and cambodia!!!! i dont know how true it is, but i wouldnt be surprised if its true... apparantly it happened in trat!!!

ive just seen it on thai news... its true, but to what extent etc i dont know...7 injured thats all.