Stanley Weiss
Founding Chairman, Business Executives for National Security
The Huffington Post
And since Abhisit’s ruling Democratic Party reportedly did not give the order to open fire on Cambodia, many believe Thailand’s generals are keeping the border dispute in the headlines as a means to portray the military as the saviors of Thailand.
BANGKOK — Before it became the focus of ongoing mortar exchange between Thailand and Cambodia, the ancient Preah Vihear Temple was most infamous for its role in the “Cambodian push-back.” In June 1979, Thailand, frustrated at being overrun by Cambodians escaping from Pol Pot’s death squads, announced it would expel a large number of refugees. The American, French and Australian governments picked 1,200 refugees from among the thousands for resettlement. The remaining Cambodians were loaded onto buses and sent away.
Only later did the world learn that they were taken to Preah Vihear
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