The army is still taking stock from last Saturday’s clash with the red shirts. Although they claimed that they were mainly equipped to fire rubber bullets, they managed to lose more than 8,000 live rounds during the scuffles, as well as abandoning nine vehicles which were later stripped by the red shirts.
Weirdest, and potentially most dangerous, of all; they lost six anti-aircraft guns and 600 rounds of munitions for same. I would love to ask them why they thought they would need anti-aircraft guns for the purposes of crowd control. One thing is for sure; the army will not risk using helicopters to drop tear gas in future.
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2010-04-17| genuinej saysSorry to revert to type, (especially in view of your admiring, and much appreciated, comments on the girl who did fa post), but shouldn’t that be army is rather than army are?
2010-04-17| genuinej says(Sorry I missed the closing bracket after post)
2010-04-17| Billy says“army is” is undoubtedly technically correct, however “army are” just feels and sounds more appropriate …
to drag up that old aphorism, rules are for the observance of fools and the guidance of wise men … let us thus be guided :-)
2010-04-18| Spike saysGenuinej, you are right. Billy, you are right too.
So I fixed it.
2010-04-18| Spike saysAnd I fixed your bracket too. Not sure about ‘fa’ though
2010-04-18| Craig saysWhat a sad mess. This is Corruption at its worst, as power and money is fought over, the people who really care about the country and the people are either used to drive personal agendas or almost completely powerless. As usual the poor people will end up paying the most, In this case it is the poor people who fight for their right to get screwed. I guess they prefer rich thieving elite to an educated pampered elite. Sadly the Leader we have now is the probably the only man who can bring about a fair balance for Thai people - We get the right man for the job - but how many of the BIG PLAYERS here are actually interested in Fair?