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PREAH VIHEAR

ICJ defence plan to head to cabinet

Published: 15 Mar 2013 at 00.00
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The Foreign Ministry will submit the Thai position to be presented at court hearings on the Preah Vihear dispute to the cabinet on April 2.

This map was prepared by the ICJ in 2011 as a proposed demilitarised zone for Thai and Cambodian troops.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said Thursday the ministry will ask for opinions from the cabinet before the Thai team leaves for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings at the Hague in the Netherlands on April 15-19.

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spiceman
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Discussion 35 : 17 Mar 2013 at 19.0435
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Khun Ricefield #34, I asked her friends just out of curiosity why the Danes didn't resist the Nazis at all? They said Danes and Germans were and still are closely related ethnically. Their languages were very similar, as she taught me a few Danish words so I could compare them to my German. In addition, Hitler's Military was just absolutely too powerful at the beginning of WWII, that their resistance would absolutely be futile. Remember that the Brits barely made their narrow escape at Dunkirk, in order to live & fight another day. However, in the end, following the defeat of Nazi Germany, their plan worked out perfectly just like ours.
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Discussion 34 : 17 Mar 2013 at 12.2334
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Disc 33 - You are 52 wouldn't that make your daughter way too young to give an first hand account of the war? So in reality she recounted to you what someone or the school system told her. I have a friend who went to school in Germany and the extent of their teaching about Hitler was a single line that he was the Fuhrer during the war.

Re:- Thailand - So you are admitting that there was a "Deal" to cooperate with the Japanese rather than be be occupied. BTW.. the Thai military resistance to the Japanese invasion only lasted a few hours and you do know that Thailand did declared war on the Allied Forces as well.
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Discussion 33 : 17 Mar 2013 at 10.3933
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Khun Ricefield #31, my only daughter was educated in Denmark from kindergarten through college. She told me that when the Nazis showed up, the Danes just handed over the key and told them not to break any furnitures. As a result, Denmark survived WWII virtually unscathed. The Japanese Empire only wanted to pass through Thailand on their way to Myanmar and India. However, many Japanese soldiers were killed by Thai soldiers, especially, in the South, walking up to Thai beaches from their ships, before a "deal" was reached. My dad was one of those who had to go into hiding in Lanta Island because he killed too many Japanese soldiers.
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Discussion 32 : 17 Mar 2013 at 10.0532
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I think the biggest distinction between Denmark and Thailand during WWII was that Thailand actually declared war on the US and Britain. But that really doesn't matter much. The big deal was with the French. After two wars with the French and then WWII, they weren't going to give Preah Vihear to Thailand. And these upcoming hearings? They're going to be conducted in French. No, it doesn't bode well for Thailand.
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Discussion 31 : 17 Mar 2013 at 05.5531
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Disc 28 Maybe the biggest difference between Denmark and Siam was that Denmark was a neutral nation and Thailand was not. Denmark refused to sign the Anti-Comintern pact which would have made them collaborators with Germany. Thailand willingly collaborated with Japan to keep their "Never Occupied by a foreign power" dream alive. While there was slight resistance in Thailand to the Japanese occupation it was feeble compared to that given by Danish who scuttled 32 of it's largest warships in Copenhagen harbor to stop German control of their ships and port. BTW you brought up the war part not I.
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Discussion 30 : 17 Mar 2013 at 05.3430
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Disc 40 - Glad to give my opinion on your questions.
1:- "Who do you think is this group that might want to remove YS?"
Same group/s that removed 2 PMs and dissolved the previous parties that became PTP.
2:- "What do you think about the disunity within PT, within the government?"
It makes good news but is not nearly as bad as is portrayed or hoped.
3:- "If...he must face a rather strong aberration/opposition."
There are groups and parties in Thailand that see him as a threat to the status quo and their control and are willing to do anything that end - Anything. The People are their biggest threat, not him.
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Discussion 29 : 17 Mar 2013 at 04.4029
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I asked this question, why can't we let this be a place of religious retreat peace and harmony and not let one country opponent roulette but let the Hindu warm Buddhist runner control it as a place of retreat beauty knowledge and relaxation a place for those that want to visit to see the beauty of the past history of the past relish it's beauty and history! The way I see Cambodia will come out the winner. But reality is there winner or is there just a fight between two people to countries? Run by neither one country nor one religion!
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Discussion 28 : 17 Mar 2013 at 03.4628
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Khun Ricefield #27, Thailand emerged from WWII exactly the same way Denmark did as an occupied nation of the Nazi Germany, as compared to the Japanese Empire for Thailand. So, may I ask you what happened to Denmark immediately following WWII? Applying your new crazy standard being applied to Cambodia, losing countries like the Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, Argentina, Iraq, Tibet, Ireland, and etc, should be able to demand back any territories they want, right?
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Discussion 27 : 17 Mar 2013 at 00.0127
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Disc 25 - You said this about Japan in another post, "The nukes broke their will to fight, followed by an unconditional surrender which marked the end of WWII". So explain to us, PLEASE, "Thailand emerged from WWII on the victors' side!" How is that possible, when you yourself admits, that the country Thailand aligned with unconditionally surrendered to the US? Thailand collaborated with the Japanese, albeit for survival, so they couldn't have been on the winning side now could they.
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Discussion 26 : 16 Mar 2013 at 23.5226
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Disc 22 - Your adaption of history reads like a Hollywood movie. You just forgot the ending. In October 1946, northwestern Cambodia and the two Lao areas on the Thai side of the Mekong were relinquished to the French, or Thailand's bid for a seat at the UN would have been vetoed by France. So in essence the boundary went back to where it was originally on the 1907 French map which is were it sits today. The spoils don't always go to the victor, or do they?
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