Bush's father to visit post-coup Thailand

[Judi Lynn]

Bush's father to visit post-coup Thailand
Reuters
Thursday, December 7, 2006; 11:21 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President George Bush will lead a U.S. delegation next week to post-coup Thailand for celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's accession to the throne.

The decision announced by President George W. Bush to send his father to the December 11 Bangkok festivities reflected continued close ties with the country despite the September 19 bloodless coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

After the coup Washington had called for a quick return to democratic elections and suspended nearly 24 million dollars in aid, but the U.S. ambassador to Thailand was among the first foreign diplomats to meet the new prime minister.

King Bhumibol, 79, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has tried to stand above politics.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/07/AR2006120700721.html

[Missy M]

1. It seems Poppy and jr's idea of democracy is not about....

honest elections. They think democracy is about who THEY want to have in office no matter how they get there. Perhaps they should be sent back to school for some learning.

[MUAD_DIB]

9. I disagree.

They all need to be sent to prison for a very long time.

[Virginia Dare]

2. God, give the old man a rest already....n/t

[raysr]

4. It IS time he was

at REST! Nothing would please me more. I'd like to see him blathering over his evil spawn once again though.

[Vidar]

3. Maybe his son Neil can line up some hot dates for him.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Funny, that thought occurred to me, too. How many people have ever claimed

strange people knock on their door, come in and have sex with them, and they neither know who they are, what they are, nor pay them?

This man has aligned himself with Edumacation, too!

[No Exit]

8. The old fart'll start sniveling about NEIL, as Neil bags pre-pubescent sex slaves

Wonder where the old bastard'll go to cry about Marvin. Some boardroom of some corrupt mega-corporation?

[brooklynite]

6. Just like, as VP...

he went to the Philippines and cozied up to Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos.

[tanyev]

7. Pack the barf bags, Barbara!

[LiberalFighter]

10. Enjoy the food there. It probably just as good when he visited China.

:puke: At his age it might be bit more dangerous. :puke:

[Stockholm]

11. In the meantime the leaders of EU have

decided not to have any official contacts with the Thai transitional government, including trips to Thailand that could be misinterpreted as official visits, until martial law has been revoked.

Does this mean GWB supports the military putsch against the democratically elected Thai government? I know that suspension of habeas corpus is not a big issue in the US anymore...