1 Things have been inexorably progressing toward this for the better part of a decade.  I've been waiting for the civil war since the last coup.  Only a matter of time, really.

I expect far more misery will be caused by the removal of 'tourism' dollars than actual violence but that's pretty irrelevant.

2 I hope their prostitutes are in a safe location.

3 A friend just told me something I didn't know, most of this started when an opposition politician was shot in the head while giving an interview.

Imagine that.

My friend likes Bangkok, he's planning on marrying a girl from there, he hasn't heard from the one who lives in Bangkok, the other lives in the country, she's said it's pretty quiet away from Bangkok.

The worst part? We were talking about what a POTUS should do, and I realized that if Obama weighs in, it'll be on the side of the thugs and dictators.
The world got what it wanted and it's on its own for at least the next 2 and a half years.