The Economist on the crackdown
Door: Bangkok Pundit (Bron: The Economist) The government and the protesters each accuse the other of starting the firefight and neither is minded to compromise. But a negotiated settlement that includes the promise of fresh elections—in exchange for some withdrawal by the protesters—seems the only way the cycle of violence might be stopped. Red-shirt leaders say the army committed a massacre. Those red shirts that were armed bore only rocks and sharpened sticks. One confusing …





