Ignore Chavalit, he may fade away

Bangkok Post - Thailand; Jun 11, 2001

General Chavalit claims the foreign media are driving a wedge between Thailand and Burma. Really, is that so?

Tell me, Chavalit, who wrote a textbook claiming the Thais were lazy? Was it the foreign press or the Burmese? Who maligned the Chakri dynasty,Chavalit? Was it the foreign press or the Burmese?

Who is fighting Burmese military incursions into Thailand, Chavalit? Is it the foreign press or the Burmese?

Chavalit is like the kow-wow bird. You soon become oblivious to the monotonous call as you get used to it. Then you tune it out altogether.

If the Thai press would ignore this prehistoric, fossilised hysteric, maybe he too will fade away.

From Jack Gilead

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