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To: Heretic who wrote (384)	3/10/1998 1:22:00 PM
From: Tom	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 457

My immediate reaction to this, Reed, is only to think of what terrible damage the politicos and special interests have wrought on Thailand. Were it some other nations I can think of, many of those involved would have been executed by now. Not sour grapes. I haven't lost that much on my investments. It's only that the types who take advantage of an unsophisticated populace make me sick with rage. There should have been a military response to what was happening. Remember, that in all the once great nations throughout history, it was the failure of well-trained and well-equipped militaries to intercede against treasonous interests that permitted the demise of both government and society to advance unopposed. Why do I charge the military? Because, in every instance I can think of, the ability of the citizenry to react, whether by poll or by force, is reduced to ineffectiveness by orders or agendas intended to empower the leadership. We know that once a nation has progressed to sufficient wealth, it also must protect that wealth with military might. And so it does. Unnoticed, for the most part, is the fact that this mighty military not only guards sovereign interests but prevents, or precludes, a nation's people from rebelling in force against obvious circumstances that, either in the present or the future, serve only to injure the people's ability to thrive. The arms escalation we witness today in many developing countries is not merely to protect the nation against offshore threat; but, as I have implied, to protect the leadership against any serious attempt by the people to revolt. That's all. I feel better now.