Originally Posted by
KosraeTV
The one projection I will make from my opinion is that the saving of face is too important in thailand and the leaders are going to be hard pressed to have a sit down meeting and talk calmly. They will not forgive and forget and they will keep at each others throats due to the culture. MY OPINION. They've lost their options, the leaders have lost their options and a way "out." It will take a very calm and cool head with is respected or can gain the respect of the parties to come to resolution.
Trouble is, the only person who's calm, cool headed and respected is probably His Majesty. And last I checked, he wasn't (publically) doing a whole lot.
In my mind that would leave the UN as the neutral 3rd party. But then again, this whole thing is a mess that's internal to Thailand. Why would the UN get involved?
There's ultimately nothing that prevents the 2 sides from talking informally away from the public eye. If they need to speak more publically, they can always jump on a plane to Switzerland and have a chat there - the most neutral of any country if there ever was one.
It seems that elections are around the corner so perhaps things will settle now. But somehow, I think all this is a dream. No matter what the outcome of the eventual election, one side (red / yellow) will now think it their right and perhaps even their duty to shut down interesections and protest.