Crass, Insensitive Thai Coup Headline Of The Day
From this morning's Nation:
'Tanks' a million, say fascinated fans
It should have been a day of fear and tension, but many people in Bangkok found the military hardware parked at city intersections yesterday a cause for enjoyment. They stopped, looked over the tanks and troops, chatted with the soldiers, even brought their kids for photographs in front of the machines of war on the day after the coup.
It was a rare chance for many city folk to get up-close and friendly with a tank, as the armed forces are deployed in Bangkok after taking over the country.
Read the rest of the pusillanimous, gun-licking, uniform-worshipping drivel on your own here ...
Even I, a regular Guardian reader, am appalled by that.
Posted by: frozengriever | 21 Sep 2006 19:26:41
the picture and words awaken me some painful memory decades ago, it had been very friendly and peaceful at the very beginning,though...
Posted by: chen | 22 Sep 2006 03:24:09