Posted on 05/13/2010 12:07:44 PM PDT by Willie Green
WASHINGTON The United States Thursday closed its embassy in Bangkok and said it was "very concerned" about the violence between the Thai government and protesters there.
"We're very concerned, we're watching it (the violence) very closely," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters, adding the US embassy was closed to the public because it is near the trouble.
"It is closed and American citizens services will be available for emergencies only... Essential personnel right now are manning the embassy, but it's not open," Crowley said.
"We continue to encourage both sides that violence is not the route to resolve these issues. Ultimately, the government and the demonstrators have to get back together again and reach agreement on the path forward," he said.
"The government has to continue to have a dialogue with the demonstrators and they need to reach an agreement on a path forward," Crowley said.
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I thought Obama was going to make the world smell like roses and love us?
I hear a certain girls high school basketball team was on the way over there after canceling in Arizona.
lol
What is a nit wit and what does it have to do with Thailand?
Key Red Shirt ‘general’ shot in Thailand protests
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/7719686/Key-Red-Shirt-general-shot-in-Thailand-protests.html
Published: 2:50PM BST 13 May 2010
The violence came after the prime minister shelved a plan for November elections and hopes faded for a resolution to a crippling two-month crisis that has sparked periodic violence, leaving 29 people dead and 1,000 injured.
Renegade Major-General Khattiya Sawasdipol was shot in the chest and was in “very serious condition,” said the nurse at Hua Chiew Hospital.
But...but...the trains in thailand are still running on time, right?
*SNORT*
Guys in red shirts again....
I am a nitwit and don’t give a nit’s a$$.
Siam?
I am nostalgic.
The Reds say the government is undemocratic because it came to power in a 2008 parliamentary vote after a court ousted elected allies of their hero, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was unseated in a 2006 coup.
Nice one! :-)
Thailand?..............
Did I win?.................
Asia Ping
Well played.
Lighten up, little inside jokes are one of the endearing features of FR, that separates it from other sites.
That was the light version. It’s not endearing, it’s childish.
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