Thai airport protesters defiant as police boost presence

“Today, we see blood with our eyes. We will fight,” said top protest leader Sondhi Limthongkul. “At this moment, there is no way we will negotiate.”

Now, anyone out there still want to criticize what enlightened people such as myself see, that these are nothing but selfish thugs, who care little about the people of their own country who want nothing more than to earn a living?

want nothing more than to earn a living you mean the protester? yeah they want nothing more than to ear a real living. they want no more corruption and advance taking. and they don't want to earn a living by corruption money either.

The lack of use of force by the government<

it is not the lack of using force by the gov, it is how the government use the situation.

the protester said for more than a week telling that they are going to airport on that day, but government did nothing, no talk, not police road block, and let it all happen.

even on the first day, they took hours to move in to the airport outside of bangkok, but in the airport, things went on like not thing was going to happen, and when the protester there. the goverment shut down the airport. it was no protester on the runway.(even now). no protester in the immigration area. they can easily let all the flight leave the country.

it is just like all the crash we have seen over the year. everyone can read a newspaper will know what will happen in when, but government don't?!!! let thing happen and point the finger... it is the same dirty trick thais have seen for many many year. some outsider have no idea of this, but still thing he/she know everything already!

Thailand, economically bordering on a third-world nation if not already a third-world nation, has one main commodity. It's travel and tourism industry. The one thing that keeps that country breathing. How thick must they be to blockade tourists at the main airport ? How many travellers have cancelled their holiday plans and how many tourists will not visit Thailand for a couple of years at least after this news ? Anyone intending to visit Thailand for a holiday should seriously doubt the real intentions of the Thai people.