Kudeta In Thailand

Thailand’s army commander ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup. The new military ruler Army commander Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin, winning crucial royal backing for his bloodless coup. The Thai coup plotters accused Prime Minister Thaksin of corruption and constant interference with the legislature and the courts. There’s a similarity in the Philippines under corrupt Gloria Arroyo regime. Mrs. Arroyo and Jose Pidal have prostituted the military-police, the lower congress, regional trial courts and anti-graft court Ombudsman. Arroyo cronies and Cabinet men are living beyond their means. They are untouchables and well-protected like Joc-Joc Bolante.

The 1986 EDSA Uprising and EDSA Dos can be considered as a successful coup d’état in the Philippines. Under the corrupt Gloria Arroyo regime, the crooks in the military and police force are well-fed. A well-fed pet dog never bites their master unless beaten or abused. I believe that majority of the Filipino people will support extra-constitutional means to end corrupt Arroyo regime. Who will lead the revolt? Junior and middle level officers are disgruntled with graft and corruption within the military. These idealist officers may lead the ouster of illegitimate President Gloria Arroyo. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin’s alleged corruption is nothing compared to Arroyo’s kleptocracy and abuse of power.

The Philippines does not need a king like Thailand. American Emperor George W. Bush can decide the future of bogus President Gloria Arroyo and a known U.S. puppet. The U.S. cannot “drop” Gloria as long she cooperates in Bush’s pre-emptive war against Islamic radicals in the Philippines. The U.S. Special Forces and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are engage in combat operations in the Mindanao and Sulu Islands in attempt to flush-out Al Qaeda allies- Abu Sayaff and JI partisans. Despite needing to circumvent a constitutional ban on foreign combat troops in Philippines, Mrs. Arroyo has given U.S. forces combat operations under U.S. Forces Visiting Agreement. A Bush administration strategy calls for the preemptive use of military and covert force before an enemy unleashes weapons of mass destruction, and underscores the United States’s willingness to retaliate with nuclear weapons for chemical or biological attacks on U.S. soil or against American troops overseas. The Sulu archipelago becomes the U.S. battleground in the War on Terror. The great pretender Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is Bush’s “unreliable ally” in the War on Terror. The U.S. State Department and the CIA knows the real score of Gloria Arroyo.
Why Emperor Bush is tolerating the human right abuses of the Arroyo regime? Why the U.S. provided new military aid when the military is number one human right violators? Uncle Sam it’s about time to kick-out your unreliable ally!


In pictures: Thailand coup