>Yikes. The idea of Thailand and nuclear weapons bothers me. It brings to mind the alliance with Japan and the River Kwai bridge during WWII with Thailand eventually evolving as an ally of the U.S. after the war....
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>>I might trust Thailand or Denmark with a bomb, but Pakistan makes me more than nervous and Iraq, Iran, Syria would make me downright panicky.
The Thai alliance with Japan was rather like the Thai "Christians" who convert. It avoids a hassle but it is pretty superficial. Resisting Japan would not have been in Thailand's best interests and Thai's have always been pretty realistic about their strengths and weaknesses ( which is a rare thing among nations, you must admit )
But you aren't going to get a lot of Thais supporting the ideas of nuclear armageddon as a means of imanetizing the eschaton.
( Kwai bridge reference actually made my hip twinge - had the worse motorcycle mishaps of my life just outside Kanchanaburi :-(
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