December 30, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) - Singapore's "The Straits Times" reports in their article, "Thai protests: 'Red shirts' plan to hit back Leader warns of retaliation if Yingluck government is forced to cede power," that:
December 29, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) - Failing to defend the legitimacy of upcoming sham elections, the regime's minister of foreign affairs (and deputy prime minister), Surapong Tovichakchaikul, has instead decided to invoke the common fallacy of appealing to authority, by claiming "53 nations" have backed upcoming polls that will essentially see the current regime of unelected dictator, Thaksin Shinawatra and his Puea Thai Party run unopposed.
December 28, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) - Thai PBS confirms that Police Sergeant Major Narong Pitisit was killed by a bullet fired from above, in its article titled, "Chalerm told to clarify “men in black” at the Labour Ministry." It stated (emphasis added):
Same violence seen used by Thaksin Shinawatra in 2010, now unfolding again. December 28, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) - At approximately 3am Saturday morning, regime gunmen drove by the anti-regime rally site near Chamai Maruchet Bridge and gunned down one security guard - leaving several others injured.
In ancient Rome, especially during the late Republic, oligarchs resorted to mob violence to block, intimidate, assassinate or drive from power the dominant faction in the Senate. While neither the ruling or opposing factions represented the interests of the plebeians, wage workers, small farmers or slaves, the use of the ‘mob’ against the elected Senate, the principle of representative government and the republican form of government laid the groundwork for the rise of authoritarian “Caesars” (military rulers) and the transformation of the Roman republic into an imperial state.
December 26, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) - Anti-regime protesters sought to occupy the Election Commission venue at the Thai-Japanese Stadium in Din Daeng, Bangkok for the third day today in attempts to disrupt the regime's show-elections scheduled for February 2, 2014, but were met instead by regime police.
Like tyrants throughout history, Thaksin will use "elections" to lend himself legitimacy he otherwise doesn't have. December 25, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) - Elections alone do not make any given regime legitimate. Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, held regular elections - of course, Hussein was the only viable candidate running and easily was returned to power, time and time again (See BBC's "Saddam 'wins 100% of vote'").
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December 23, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) - For the third time in the past two months, hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters took to the streets from early morning until late night, paralyzing Thailand's capital of Bangkok throughout the day.
