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[Hedda]

It will be interesting to see if Khun Thaksin is capable of keeping his ego and political ambitions in check, at least until he has managed to extricate himself, his family and all that money in frozen bank accounts free from the various legal entanglements left behind by the junta.

The one thing that Thaksin's got going for him legally right now is that, of all the so-called corruption matters which supposedly triggered the coup, the first case that will be coming to trial, the Bangkok land purchased by his wife, is probably the weakest legal case they could have brought against him.

So far, the most interesting aspect of Thaksin's return for this writer has been some of the signs that appeared at the airport reception, but which did not get reported in any of the Bangkok English language papers. They were described only in the Int'l Herald Tribune, as follows:

"Thaksin, 58, was greeted by thousands of cheering supporters when he landed Thursday morning at Bangkok International Airport . . .The crowd of supporters, mostly poor farmers who make up the core of his constituency, carried signs reading "Our father has come home" and "The children are happy."

That kind of message has got to make some of Bangkok's elite very unhappy, regardless of what Khun Thaksin says now about his political ambitions.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/28/asia/thaksin.php

[Snowy]

It will be interesting to see if Khun Thaksin is capable of keeping his ego and political ambitions in check, at least until he has managed to extricate himself, his family and all that money in frozen bank accounts free from the various legal entanglements left behind by the junta.

There is an interesting article/analysis of that in today's BKK Post entitled "Spoiling for a fight".

http://www.bangkokpost.net/thaksinhomecomi...n.php?id=126216