|
hope so.
on the one hand, the Thais DID whack over a hundred bad guys a couple of months ago in one fell swoop, in what conspiracy theorists have since posited was a set-up.
on the other hand, they have recovered exactly 8 automatic weapons out of over a hundred, or so, that have been stolen in the past few months from government installations in the south.
the Army is offering $400 in pocket money, and a roundtrip ticket to Mecca to anyone who turns in a gun, or tells the Army where to find one.
the way I see it, a Muslim "problem" is one that usually only gets worse. I ponder, and wonder, and look around for a Muslim "problem" that has been resolved quietly or peacefully, anytime in history, and I come up blank.
of course, the official Thai government version of events is that the troubles in the South lack a religious component. They blame it entirely on a gross disparity between "haves" and "have-nots." On poverty, in short.
|