9.19.2006

Will Thaksin Shinawatra be able to go home?

Atrios asks:
I know nothing of the political situation in Thailand. Literally nothing. So my question is whether the Bush administration will consider this a good coup or a bad coup. The failed coup in Venezuela was a good coup, it certainly would be considered a good coup if whoever they consider to be the forces of good and light seized power in Iran, they explicitly advocated such a thing in Iraq, etc...
And thus far very little response has come out of Wingnutistan to give us a clue about how this will be spun. Most say that the coup destroyed the democracy, ergo bad coup. To really answer the question of good or bad, we'll need to examine reactions from Ace and Atlas Shrugs:
The Islamic Jihad in Thailand takes a new turn. FOX is reporting that tanks are rolling through the streets of Bangkok, Thailand, amid rumors of a coup attempt. Reasons are not clear.
If it's an Islamofascicoup it's real bad.