I bet he wishes he hadn’t said that

Monday: Thaksin Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand, answers questions at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.  Q: In your vision of a Thai democracy, who provides the check and balances on the military and security class? THAKSIN: The role of military is [decreasing] in terms of involving in politics. So we don't need ...

Monday: Thaksin Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand, answers questions at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. 

Monday: Thaksin Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand, answers questions at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. 

Q: In your vision of a Thai democracy, who provides the check and balances on the military and security class?

THAKSIN: The role of military is [decreasing] in terms of involving in politics. So we don't need a check and balance system on that part anymore because…this is [the] 21st century…[t]he memory is still about the 20th century. This is 21st. I think things [are] changing a lot. Thank you.

Tuesday: Military coup puts him out of a job.

Carolyn O'Hara is a senior editor at Foreign Policy.

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