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Cambodia and Thailand are accusing each other of violating the other's territory in a resurgance of a row over temples along their border.
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen accuses Thai soldiers of being thieves creating anarchy around border areas.
The Thai foreign ministry in return issued a statement protesting that Cambodian soldiers had violated Thailand's sovereignty by periodically occupying Ta Kwai temple in August and September.
Tensions flared in July after the Preah Vihear temple was awarded world heritage status by the UN, angering nationalists in Thailand who still claim ownership of the ancient Khmer temple.
Those tensions turned into a military standoff that saw up to 1,000 Cambodian and Thai troops facing off for six weeks, until both sides agreed to pull back in mid-August.
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen accuses Thai soldiers of being thieves creating anarchy around border areas.
The Thai foreign ministry in return issued a statement protesting that Cambodian soldiers had violated Thailand's sovereignty by periodically occupying Ta Kwai temple in August and September.
Tensions flared in July after the Preah Vihear temple was awarded world heritage status by the UN, angering nationalists in Thailand who still claim ownership of the ancient Khmer temple.
Those tensions turned into a military standoff that saw up to 1,000 Cambodian and Thai troops facing off for six weeks, until both sides agreed to pull back in mid-August.
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FOR RESOUDRE THE BORDER PROBLEME CURRENT KHMERO-THAILANDE.
The border problem between khmer and thais became today a political bilateral tension between the two countries and soon a regional crisis if it is not or badly resolved.
The border dispute arises in first from the thailande and that seems to be a big one surprised for everyone.
Nevertheless for the attentive observers, this thailande’s initiative sustained by the king thais and the nationalist thais came to support the 2nd blow of state directed by the political opposition thais against the supporters of the former Prime Minister in exile Thasinshinawatra.
Thus, the attention of the public opinion thais and the attention of the international opinion turns itself on this crisis of border khmero-thailandaise more than the sick and perverse character of the thais’s democracy than a lot of the people do praise until today. The thailande is directed in reality and since always by the military officers in collusion with the king thais. The thailande is a typical example of a perverted and sick democracy.
A democracy simulacre.
The 2nd blow of state seems poorly to happen for the opposition. The army this time did not intervene against the favoring Thashinh. What's more, this are the favoring Thashin that come back to the strength. The border dispute by the thailande is an attempt to save the failure of this 2nd blow of state. This attempt is calculated and consisting of the risks measured. The thailande knows that its does not risk big thing because Cambodia is again a small and weak country, the political parties to Cambodia strongly are divided and in violent fights for the strength as to the Middle Ages. Every party hates the other as one hates his worse enemy. And Cambodia has also need of the thais’s investments for his development, the thais’s financial interests linked to the politicians to Cambodia are important and numerous and there is pro thais. among the political Cambodian opposition members,
If the war bursts with Cambodia, the military thais officers come back to the strength in thailande because the country defense passes before the democracy.
And if the thailande wins the war, this 2nd blow of state is legitimized by the military victory and the political opposition thais can come back to the strength. And if the war turns badly for the thailande, its always can ask the return of the bilateral negotiation.
For the invasion or the durable occupation of the thailande by Cambodia is not conceivable, or feasible considering the armed forces in presence
This is the objective of the political opposition thailandaise by the border dispute.
And therefore, if Hun Sen declares the war against the thailande, the CPP can to count on the loyal and total support of the Cambodian opposition?
Of this analysis, the only possible and least bad way for the Cambodia in this matter, this is the solution research by the peaceful way, the UN, the Asean, and the international court.
This peaceful way to be fully profitable must be accompanied firmness by Cambodia, Boycott of the thailande’s products, and thailande’s interests , and feelings anti-thais growing the by Cambodian population encouraged by the government; and some armed clashes with the thais’s troops on the litigation places.
The government must treat in the long term this current problem of the borders with the thailande.
It is not necessary to be in a hurry to find the solutions to this problem that is before all a political and not problem of international right.
Leave to rot the position.
Use the same strategy that the thailande to resolve this matter.
Negotiate, negotiate, but not anything to yield on the bottom as the north vietnam with the USA in 1973.
Remember Thailand?
Prime Minister Hun Sen is a former Khmer Rouge soldier and he is a great fighter without caring anyone life!
Because of Preah Vihear dispute in 1962 and South Vietnam's border encroachment forced King Sihanouk to get away from SEATO's U.S. umbrella.
U.S. always gave biased favor to Thailand and South Vietnam, King Sihanouk had to go communist allies especially China, which even provoked U.S. anger that lead to 1970 coup d' etat.
How could thousand royal family members that ruled the mindset of Cambodia for two thousand years surrender easily?
Then, civil war broke out and over two million tons of bombs fell on a small country like Cambodia for over 5 years, which was much more than World War II, according to William Showcross.
Miserable life of Cambodians and false monarchy support lead to the uprising of communist Khmer Rouge.
The whole world is just run by the law of jungle. The stability of weak countries depends on superpowers.
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