It's the 1960/70s all over again.
[quote][img]http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images/2011/4/27/20114275124823734_20.jpg[/img]
A brief ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia has broken down, shattering hopes for a quick end to the border conflict as the two sides exchanged fire for an eighth day.
Field commanders agreed to the truce in a meeting at the disputed border on Thursday. But Cambodian Colonel Suos Sothea said the Thai army fired artillery shells into Cambodia again on Friday and small arms fire crackled anew around the Ta Krabey temple, which lies in a disputed zone along the frontier.
"We cannot trust the Thais," he said. "Yesterday they said they'd stop fighting and now they are attacking us again."
The death toll since the clashes has risen to 16.
Thai army spokesman Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd said there had been light clashes late on Thursday as well as early on Friday.
He blamed Cambodia for breaking the deal, saying its "local units might not agree to the talks as easily as their commanders did."
The director of Phanom Dongrak hospital, about 20 km from the border, confirmed one Thai soldier was killed late on Thursday, bringing the total dead to 16.
Read more: [url]http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/04/201142911654143385.html[/url][/quote]
Oh god not again.
I really hope that this doesn't escalate.
What's this? I didn't hear about a Thai-Cambodian war?
[QUOTE=The mouse;29514120]What's this? I didn't hear about a Thai-Cambodian war?[/QUOTE]
During the Cold War the entire region was unstable and there was a domino affect of wars sprouting up all over the place in Southeast Asia.
I wonder what would happen if all national borders disappeared tomorrow.
[QUOTE=deathstarboot;29514196]I wonder what would happen if all national borders disappeared tomorrow.[/QUOTE]
Most people would fight to gain bigger borders.
I'm going to go serve my country Khmer Pride!
[QUOTE=deathstarboot;29514196]I wonder what would happen if all national borders disappeared tomorrow.[/QUOTE]
Texas would invade Mexico.
Not America, not the U.S., [U][B][I]Texas[/I][/B][/U]. And they'd [U][B][I]WIN[/I][/B][/U]. :v:
Darn.
cool
Well, shit. When the fuck did the Cold-War atmosphere come back? All these little wars sprouting up all over the place.
[QUOTE=deathstarboot;29514196]I wonder what would happen if all national borders disappeared tomorrow.[/QUOTE]
Technically, borders don't really exist, so they can't disappear.
I heard that the Thais were yelling across the border "No Bangkok for you!" to which the Cambodians replied "Well, Phuket then!".
Back to 'nam, boys!
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I've heard nothing about this on the news. Stupid Royal Wedding.
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