Cambodia and Thailand are on the brink of war. To many in the West, this comes as a surprise, but here in Southeast Asia we have been watching events unfold for months. This is the full history and...
I think explaining things in detail is good, actually.
Short version: Colonization and ICJ rulings produced disputed territory between the two countries. Both countries are controlled by two rich capitalist families, respectively. There was a minor border skirmish with one casualty and no evidence regarding who started shooting, and this began to be used by each family as a causus belli, taking various escalatory measures until there started to be overt military attacks, again with no agreement about “who started it”. 32 people have died so far. Luna speculates that the militaries of one or both countries (Thailand’s has much more independent power, while Cambodia’s is more integrated into the executive branch) are stoking this for the sake of their own power. She is very careful to speak equally of each country and says that this is a reactionary war where the best outcome and the only one anyone should seek is peaceful resolution.
I think explaining things in detail is good, actually.
Yeah but you can do that without a long ass video where either I can speed it up and listen to a chipmunk voice or I can sit there as a person plods through information that they could have simply written down
I think explaining things in detail is good, actually.
Short version: Colonization and ICJ rulings produced disputed territory between the two countries. Both countries are controlled by two rich capitalist families, respectively. There was a minor border skirmish with one casualty and no evidence regarding who started shooting, and this began to be used by each family as a causus belli, taking various escalatory measures until there started to be overt military attacks, again with no agreement about “who started it”. 32 people have died so far. Luna speculates that the militaries of one or both countries (Thailand’s has much more independent power, while Cambodia’s is more integrated into the executive branch) are stoking this for the sake of their own power. She is very careful to speak equally of each country and says that this is a reactionary war where the best outcome and the only one anyone should seek is peaceful resolution.
Yeah but you can do that without a long ass video where either I can speed it up and listen to a chipmunk voice or I can sit there as a person plods through information that they could have simply written down
Thx for the summary btw