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Article: In Thailand, Tanks Roll; World Snores; A Troop Drawdown in Iraq? Never Mind; In Israel, a Hearty Pox on Everyone; For One Traveler, a Torturous Detour; So Very Young.and Yet So Old.
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- October 2, 2006
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In Thailand, Tanks Roll; World Snores
Aside from the inherent drama of seeing Army tanks on normally traffic-snarled Bangkok streets, the bloodless military coup in Thailand last week seemed less than momentous. The nation's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej gave it his approving nod, Washington hardly broke a sweat for this setback for democracy, and the Asian stock markets pretty much shrugged it off.
If there is such a thing as a benign military coup, this may just be it-assuming the military installs a credible interim leadership and delivers on its promise of free elections by next October. The big loser: ousted billionaire Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who got ...