There are storm clouds over Thailand today, tossing the political and social seas to the extent that small ripples reach a weblog here, on the far side of the world.
According to this report from the Associated Press, "protesters occupying Bangkok's two airports braced for a raid after Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat declared a limited state of emergency authorizing police to take back the terminals. Meanwhile, rumors swept the city that the military would instead stage a coup to end the months-long standoff between the People's Alliance for Democracy and the elected government, which the alliance has vowed to topple."
You are reminded of the ongoing troubles there each time you visit West Texas Missioner, down the left-hand column, where one of the Weather Underground gadgets (set for Bangkok, Thailand) remains in gray-scale mode, and tells me "DATA UNAVAILABLE" ... the reporting center for that city, is the airport.Members of the 2008 Thailand Mission Team passed through that airport on our way into and out of Thailand, earlier this year ... and we met a lot of good people - both native Thais and foreign nationals - in the days between our arrival and our departure. We think of them a lot these days, and we pray for their safekeeping through these troubled and uncertain times ... we hope you will, too.
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