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RETROSPECT DOES THIS GUY SEEM FAMILIAR TO YOUR MEMORIES, FOR THOSE OF YOU BORN AT LEAST, IN THE 60's AND EARLY 70's? HE WAS A POLITICAL DICTATOR...HE ALSO WAS THE UTMOST RIGHT-WINGED LEADER, WHO WAS VERY NICE IN IMAGE & APPEARANCE AND FULL OF PROMISING WORDS TO HIS PEOPLE... HE WAS ALSO BRUTAL TO THOSE THAT OPPOSED TO HIS REGIME...THE MUSLIMS IN HIS COUNTRY STRUGGLED TO SURVIVE. THEY WERE CRUSHED. HE LIKED PLAYING GOLF...ENJOYED THE STATUS OF FOREIGN BIZ-POLITICAL FRIENDS, AND DISPLAYING HIS ENORMOUS WEALTH- ALONG WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS FAMILY TO THE PUBLIC. HE PROCLAIMED THAT EVERY ASSET, HE OBTAINED AS PERSONAL WEALTH...WAS ALL CLEAN & HONESTLY EARNED, WHEN THE MAJORITY OF HIS COUNTRYMEN STILL HAD TO SCRAP FOR THEIR DAILY LIVING...AND LIVED IN HOPE OF ALL THE PROMISES, HE GAVE...WHICH TURNED AS MERELY THE ILLUSIONS IN THE END. HIS NAME WAS "FERDINAND MARCOS". HIS CHRONIC-ILLNESS DEATH HELPED LIBERATING THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILLIPINES TO A DEGREE. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IF ALL THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR...THE RETURN OF "UNCLE THAK" COULD WELL BE THE BEGINNING TO THE SIMILAR ROAD, YET AGAIN. THAILAND, PLEASE DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES...THAT THE PHILLIPINES LONG HAD THEIR LESSONS 40 YEARS AGO. Peace. |
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