Saturday, February 19, 2011

Abhisit, wake up and accept Asean's help [-Thai opinion]

(Photo: Reuters)
February 19, 2011
Songdej Praditsmanont
Bangkok
The Nation
Opinion

When two neighbours quarrel to the extent of having to use firearms, common sense tells me that both parties cannot sit down and negotiate on their own.

One has to call police to resolve the issue. I give the benefit of the doubt to the Foreign Ministry and PM Abhisit Vejjajiva for knowing best in not giving importance to Cambodia internationally and regionally. But I now start to doubt the government's tactic in declining the offer of help from Asean when it should be beneficial to us to allow others to see the other side of our opponent.

Furthermore, I am also puzzled by a man who has called Hun Sen a ruffian, then having the audacity to shake his hand afterward. He is supposed to talk sense with Hun Sen. In this latest flare-up he called Hun Sen a delinquent and blamed Russia, France and India for taking sides. He is now still our representative in resolving our issues with Hun Sen. I have to admit that either I am in the wrong universe or PM Abhisit and the Foreign Ministry are outside this orbit.

11 comments:

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Anonymous said...

Well, after blaming Cambodia for everything else since they sent their troops onto Khmer territory in 2008, the Thais cannot now accuse Cambodia of not wanting the permanent ceasefire!

All Cambodia can now do is expose this Thai two-facedness and lack of grace on the world stage and let the fair world judge for itself who really has been 'the bad boy next door' all along.

If another round of fighting breaks out, Cambodia must again send the ball to the UN Security Council and see whether the UN can afford to pass the ball to Asean again without making itself look silly. In fact, by refusing to accept this offer of ceasefire from Cambodia, Bangkok is saying as much about its lack of faith in Asean as a regional mediator or referee in this dispute; a forum of which it is a founding member, and in this sense at least Bangkok is exposing its double standard and hypocrisy before the world.


Ko-Prey

Anonymous said...

ahbullshit needs disciplined. this siem pad boy is so immature! who put him as siem prime minister? he unfit, really! how much longer is he going to last in siem chaotic politics right now?

Anonymous said...

can someone slap ahbullshit for me!

Anonymous said...

ahbullshit must be a problematic child, that's why he is uncontrollable like his siem pad thugs gangster, you know!

Anonymous said...

An oxford graduate? More like jungle boy! Abi-Shit

Anonymous said...

HUn SEn's regime is the regime that cambodian people must be slave to them, look at Hun Sen families, relative, friends are billionairs, millionairs where do they get the money from? Hun Sen always say in his speech Cambodia just get up from war, just get up from Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionairs, millionairs but 90% innocent cambodian people are so poor.

This war is about to eliminate Hun Sen's regime. American, UN and the world are hate Hun SEn's regime. All cambodian people are also hate Hun Sen's regime.

Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,

Anonymous said...

To Songdej.
You know your PM well, and matter of fact in my own opinion he is the one who is bullying his neighbor, since he thinks that his neighbor is weaker than him. He is always stir the border issue up for his own political gain. Remember that he came to power was of his audacity to stand against the border dispute with his neighbor. So all of these issues are his plan from day one when he took power as PM; therefore, i am not surprise at all.If he is a peace loving person, why doesn't he comes to the table and sign a permanent ceasefire with his neighbor. It reveals that he is a war loving person instead.You know Pear Vihear was/is not and never would it be your. One thing that make me sick to my stomach is that your government never teaches the younger generation the truth about history. For example, you make films about the Burmese who had invaded Thailand in a brutal ways in order for Thais to resent against that country. I am not an advocate for Burma, but you never teach them to have any tolerance with their neighbor. You know what i mean.Your PM is a wimp who has no gut to let the UNESCO to examine the Temple,because it will reveal Thai's guilt. The reason that your PM doesn't want ASEAN to get involve, because he is at fault. Matter of fact Thai must paid for the damage that it has caused. No one would destroy their own property, so stop blamming someone else.Therefore, Thailand is greedy and always want something that are not belong to them.

Anonymous said...

Why do Kos Trol, sea and lands proximately over 10 000 km2 have been lost to Vietnam by who treaty? Why don't Cambodia goverment transparency explain to cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?

Cambodian army are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 and what's about over 10 000km2 of cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian army you are decide the fade of your nation, Cambodian army as well as cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?

Kos Trol, Sea and lands over 10 000km2 have been lost to Vietnam by who treaty at 1979 to 1985 treaty! treaty! Cambodian army at front line as well as all cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protect a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group rather in the real name of protecting khmer nation?

Cambodian army at front line suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs,lack of foods, lack of nutrition, their families have no health care help, no securities after they die but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning with young girls message, have super health care from oversea medical treatment, they are billionairs, millionairs who sell out the country to be rich and make cambodian people suffer everyday as cambodian people know already.

Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that result lost over 10 000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why don't they transparency inform all Cambodian and cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't include Kos Trol ( Kos Trol size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen with planty of natural resources ) in education

Smart Khmer Girl Ms.Rattana Keo,

Anonymous said...

Now ABHISIT and his group they don't want to live with peace in this century ,they want to make war to invade khmer territory in this century ,all the people in the world they like to talk about peace ,they like to live with peace but ABHISIT and his group like to make the war . Our dear thai people living near the border stand up and tell to ABHISIT and his group to stop the war because the war make you hurt and cry ,the war destroy all your properties that you work hard from empty hand util now . When the war make you hurt and cry ,ABHISIT and his group laugh and sleep well in the beautiful house with air conditioner and drink the good wisky with their family ,when the war destroy your properties ,ABHISIT and his group earn the money from the war ,all that money it's the money that you paid the tax every year ,so our dear thai people living near the border stand up and tell to ABHISIT and his group to stop the war if they don't want to stop,you all have to stand up and throw the war to their head and they will know how the war hurt them.

Anonymous said...

Eh if he accepts to sign a Peace agreement, what does it mean billion of dollars spending on Thai Military?