Poll: Border dispute won’t end happily

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Poll: Border dispute won’t end happily

Published: 27 Jan 2013 at 10.44
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Most people polled recently did not believe the Thai-Cambodian border dispute would end in a good way for the country and that the case was being used as a political game, Abac Poll reported on Sunday.

Abac Poll from Assumption University interviewed 2,016 people aged 18 years up in 17 provinces, seeking opinions on the border dispute case, between Jan 22 and 26.

The provinces are Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, Suphanburi, Chon Buri, Phichit, Petchabun, Chiang Mai, Nan, Nakhon Phanom, Kalasin, Roi-Et, Si Sa Ket, Udon Thani, Khon Kaen, Krabi, Songkhla and Narathiwat.

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bangmodken
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Discussion 12 : 28 Jan 2013 at 16.0412
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D11 : Personally,I don't care much for the BKK election since I don't live there. As for your "or is it just another lie at election time",well,you Thaksin fanatics are the experts of lying so why don't you tell us if you consider the source of this information,Wikileaks,a credible source or not?
I seem to recall several of Thaksin's most devoted apostles here using references from it,when it could be used for negative publicity of the Democrats. But truth and facts favours only those who lives by them,not political parties,so how do you feel about it now?
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Discussion 11 : 28 Jan 2013 at 15.0411
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D16 ",if this land is not part of a private oil & gas deal between Thaksin and Hun Sen?"

You can prove this of is it just another lie at election time?
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Discussion 10 : 28 Jan 2013 at 12.3710
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Another topic where the extremists on the red side display their absolute lack of education,both historically and politically. They also make quite clear that they will stick to their red propaganda and not give in to annoyances like facts,figures or objectivity.
One might wonder why any Thai or foreigner living here would want to give up the land around Phra Viharn so easily,if this land is not part of a private oil & gas deal between Thaksin and Hun Sen?

D4 : Judging by your comment,you've clearly excluded both D1 and yourself.
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Discussion 9 : 27 Jan 2013 at 20.269
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Contrarian...you truly have a red villagers' way to be contrary to the truth....The border dispute does not insist???? What a load of red rhetoric crap! Maybe your hero from Dubai has the wish for it to disappear in order to preserve his business interests and the gullible reds are already tuning their minds to his wishes?? Get real man!
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Discussion 8 : 27 Jan 2013 at 19.388
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There is no Thai Cambodian dispute. It's been created artificially only to boost ugly nationalism within the population, a classic strategy for the old militarocracy in our country.
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Discussion 7 : 27 Jan 2013 at 18.367
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Disc 1 - You wrote that stuff about the polls reflecting the opposition views. But the next day there was a poll in favour of PT which you didn't comment on. Hmm.

The border issue (and there really is one) goes back to 1904.
There have been incidents in 1930, 1945, 1962, 1975, 1979 (a terrible incident involving Cambodian refugees), 2008,9 and 2011. There have even been skirmishes since PT came to power.

While it looks like Thailand will have to accept the ICJ ruling, it is very clear that the original French map is wrong in its deviance from the Daeng Rek Mountain range watershed.
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Discussion 6 : 27 Jan 2013 at 18.116
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But then again, it's up to the people of Thailand if they want to end it happily. The rohingya tribes nor the muslims has nothing to do with it. You asked questions answerable by yourselves.. crazy ...
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Discussion 5 : 27 Jan 2013 at 16.145
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D1 - What you seem to have overlooked is the fact that the "border dispute" started under Prime Minster Samak and the PPP government. It was PM Samak who sent the troops to the border area. And the initial shooting between Thai & Cambodian forces occurred under PM Somchai. While the PAD may have continued to fan the fire, it was your people who started it all.
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Discussion 4 : 27 Jan 2013 at 16.024
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To late. The border was established by the Dem government many years ago. The only ones making a fuss right now are the Dems and they are blaming it on the PT. Who are the smart ones?
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Discussion 3 : 27 Jan 2013 at 12.123
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Some groups has schemed to use a border-dispute as a tool of a propaganda leading
public-opinion for keeping the Militarism.
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