With Hmong expulsion, Thai army asserts foreign po…

With Hmong expulsion, Thai army asserts foreign policy role - The Irrawaddy, January 6, 2010
...Thai analysts are hardly surprised, given the long history of the Thai army calling the shots to determine Bangkok's foreign policy with neighborhood Laos, Cambodia, Burma and Malaysia. It is rooted in military thinking that was dominant during the Cold War, when Thailand was a strong ally of the United States government's war in Indochina...