Say what one wants about corruption in the Thai civil authorities. but they unquestionably learned all the lessons of corruption from the worlds greatest practitioners: Thai military officers. As the New York Times editorial states: * * * the military cannot credibly pose as the champion of cleaner government. It directly controls the Burmese. Laotion and Cambodian border regions. where enormous profits are made running drugs. guns. refugees and contraband gems. Many army officers run border trading companies themselves. and the armed forces maintain vital lifelines to loathsome neighbors like the State Law and Order Restoration Council. or Slorc. in Myanmar and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Indeed.
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