Fun fact

by Robert Koehler on September 20, 2006

DID YOU KNOW the Thai military has launched 19 coups since 1932?

{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

1 michael September 20, 2006 at 1:16 pm: They must be very good at it by now. When is Korea’s next one? Seems like any day now.
2 sewing September 20, 2006 at 3:10 pm: What’s interesting is that even though Thailand seems to be prone to coups d’etat, the military pledges loyalty to the crown…in a sense, it’s a constitutional unconstitutionality.
3 sewing September 20, 2006 at 3:11 pm: 17 coups since the current king was ascended to the throne in 1946! (According to the newscast I’m watching right now.)
4 sewing September 20, 2006 at 3:12 pm: “Ascended,” not “was ascended.” Duh.
5 fred_random September 20, 2006 at 3:29 pm: Wouldn’t that be a monarchical unconstitutionality?
6 a-letheia September 20, 2006 at 11:44 pm: Well, besides the practice with coups, one can truly understand the smooth state of affairs when we consider that the 3 main activities in Thailand are eating, sleeping, and boom booming.