Train & Arm them! And hit them hard

[dawnstar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Why doesnt the Thai government just train and arm those exiles who wish
to  fight back? That might send a different message to the goons, that
when they shoot, others shoot back. Give them good military training so
they can fight for their rights, those of age, and willing. Or whats it
going to be, a couple of student rebels here and there to provoke the 
mad monster into senseless aggression. 

Its a war zone. Arm them, back them, invade with the Thai army, and 
take the bastards out of Rangoon. Fight the war! Instead of all this
border ping pong war games. If the diplomats cant resolve the crisis,
fight it out! Throw it all it, the Thai army, see what the Chinese do.
The American fleet moves in. Stall it. UN troops arrive in East Timor.
Elections, Referendum, And the NLD return to power. 

Why not fight it out and get the whole thing over and done with. If this
is what Rangoon wants, give it to them. And hit them with everything you
got.

Why not? How many lives does it take? Ten thousand, twenty thousand,
thirty thousand. More? 

There have got to be battle plans, war game scenarios. All the defense
departments have these. How many lives in a Thai-Burmese showdown until
you get an East Timor situation, or Kosovo, when the UN peacekeeping
troops have to move it for elections and referendum. 

Go ahead David Arnott, you want discussion. Discuss. Invite your
friends.

> Troops on alert along border
> Rebel groups brace for crackdown as artillery moves in
> 
> Supamart Kasem
> Troops have been placed on full alert along the Thai-Burmese border
> following reports of a planned Burmese military crackdown on
> anti-Rangoon movements, a senior army officer said yesterday.
> Maj-Gen Tomorn Kittisopon, commander of the Naresuan task force, said
> troops and heavy weaponry have been deployed in five border districts
> as tension mounted.
> He insisted the preparations were to ensure security for Thai citizens
> and to retaliate in case of encroachment by foreign troops.
> "We've learned that the Burmese military plans to launch attacks on
> anti-Rangoon movements along the border. So we have to be prepared for
> any possible action," the officer said.
> Maj-Gen Tomorn yesterday inspected readiness of troops in the border
> districts of Mae Sot, Mae Ramat, Tha Song Yang, Phop Phra and Umphang.
> The task force commander also inspected security preparations in
> Mawkier and Umpiom refugee camps in Phop Phra and Mae La in Tha Song
> Yang district, after intelligence reports of possible attacks by
> foreign troops on the refugee camps.
> Meanwhile, a security source yesterday said the United Nations High
> Commissioner for Refugees plans to discuss with the Interior Ministry
> the relocation of 1,800 Burmese students under its care to refugee
> camps in Tak.
> However, authorities there said a relocation would only encourage
> Burmese military attacks on the camps.
> Meanwhile, a Burmese man drowned on Saturday as he and four others
> tried to swim across the Moei river back to Myawaddy following
> Rangoon's closure of the border.
> The body of Koh, 27, of Kawkareik, was recovered 5km downstream from
> where he was believed to have drowned. His funeral was held yesterday
> at Wat Ban Tha Art, as the Burmese authorities denied entry.
> In Kanchanaburi, Burmese troops were reported to have sent
> reinforcements to areas opposite Thong Pha Phum and Sangkhla Buri
> districts.
> Across from Thong Pha Phum district, the Burmese 32nd Battalion, a new
> reinforcement, laid a barbed wire fence along the border in the
> vicinity of Ban Itong, while other troops have done likewise opposite
> Sangkhla Buri district.