7/02/2011
Veera Prateepchaikul
Bangkok Post
For some reason, one interesting – albeit sarcastic – remark made by army commander-in-chief Prayuth Chan-ocha on Friday night and believed to be directed at the war mongers among the People’s Alliance for Democracy did not make it into print in this newspaper or our chief rival.
Wearing a cap and attired in his five-star army uniform, Gen Prayuth gave a press conference in the aftermath of the deadly exchange of artillery and small arms fire, the worst in many years, across the border near the ancient Hindu temple of Preah Vihear (or Khao Phra Viharn). Without naming names, but appearing to be a little emotional, he challenged these leading war mongers to offer themselves to go to the frontline to join the combat against the Cambodians.
This remark was ignored by most of the media, including this newspaper, because many might have thought the army chief did not seriously mean what he said. That was probably true as no one appeared to be interested in the remark, even the war mongers within the ranks of the PAD who have, in the past several days, been rattling the sabres and urging the Abhisit government to use force to evict Cambodian troops and civilians from what they claim to be Thai territory.
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