I was in boarding school in Thailand when the Junta put the red and yellow party leaders in a building and surrounded it with tanks, telling them "if you dont sort this out I will collapse this building ontop of both of you."
Well, holy shit, not even 6 hours later both party leaders unanimously agreed that the General should be the Prime Minister until new elections could be held. It was cool, I got a week off of school and saw a lot of F16s flying less than 1000 feet off the ground across the whole city. Many soldiers deployed across the cities were taking selfies with the tourists. Some even let tourists hold their guns and put on their helmets for a few baht...
What wasnt cool was all the calls from friends and family back home freaking out because of what they heard on CNN, which was basically "Civil War in Thailand"
I was in boarding school in Thailand when the Junta put the red and yellow party leaders in a building and surrounded it with tanks, telling them "if you dont sort this out I will collapse this building ontop of both of you."
Well, holy shit, not even 6 hours later both party leaders unanimously agreed that the General should be the Prime Minister until new elections could be held. It was cool, I got a week off of school and saw a lot of F16s flying less than 1000 feet off the ground across the whole city. Many soldiers deployed across the cities were taking selfies with the tourists. Some even let tourists hold their guns and put on their helmets for a few baht...
What wasnt cool was all the calls from friends and family back home freaking out because of what they heard on CNN, which was basically "Civil War in Thailand"