PeterRS Posted October 28 Posted October 28 In Kuala Lumpur this week, Trump co-signed what he termed "another peace deal", this time to solve the Thailand Cambodia border hostilities. Naturally Trump called it "a momemtous occasion" and claimed credit for having stopped the hostillities. Only, as the BBC correspondent notes, the deal does not solve the root of the century-old problem. It merely pushes a solution further down the road. As Thailand's Foreign Minister told the BBC, it is not a peace deal but "a pathway for peace." What the deal states is that both parties will withdraw their heavy armaments and permit an ASEAN observer team at the border. As importantly they agreed to coordinate in removing land mines from the vicinity. At least the Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahmin, in the late 1990s the chosen successor to then PM Dr. Mahathir Mohamad before Mahathir turned on him and had him sent for a lengthy jail term for sodomy - charges most Malaysians believe were totally trumped up due to Mahathr's anger with the way Anwar was dealing with the effects of the Asian Economic Crisis. Anwar's wife and six children finally succeeded in their effort to mobilise the government and the country for his release. As Anwar's reputation increased, he was sen to jail for a further 5-year jail term in 2015. Both convictions were finally overturned. When meeting Trump with cameras rolling, Anwar joked with his visitor, "I was in prison but you amost got there!" https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cy40n3ykx93o Quote
PeterRS Posted October 28 Author Posted October 28 Apologies - this was duplicated in a slightly later post. Quote
PeterRS Posted Monday at 11:31 AM Author Posted Monday at 11:31 AM Certainly he hasn't. The hostitilites have started again. A Thai soldier and 4 Cambodian civilians have been killed. Thailand has launched air strkes and it is estimated several thousand have fled the border area. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4g5e1p585qt vinapu, TMax and Ruthrieston 3 Quote
Members unicorn Posted 9 hours ago Members Posted 9 hours ago Forgive my naïveté, but why can't the International Court of Justice decide on the matter? Isn't that what it's for? Either accept the court's authority, or be prepared for international hellfire.... Quote
vinapu Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago 2 hours ago, unicorn said: Forgive my naïveté, but why can't the International Court of Justice decide on the matter? Isn't that what it's for? Either accept the court's authority, or be prepared for international hellfire.... it did long time ago, at least when comes to Preah Vihar temple Quote
Keithambrose Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 7 hours ago, unicorn said: Forgive my naïveté, but why can't the International Court of Justice decide on the matter? Isn't that what it's for? Either accept the court's authority, or be prepared for international hellfire.... Thailand does not accept the decisions of the ICJ. Quote
PeterRS Posted 6 minutes ago Author Posted 6 minutes ago 1 hour ago, Keithambrose said: Thailand does not accept the decisions of the ICJ. And the United States sits very firmly on the fence. Although a member, in 1986 it withdrew from its compulsory jurisdiction. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, the US member of the Court. said, 'There's always been a bit of a love-hate relationship" between the USA and the ICJ. In other words, it will accept the Court's jurisdiction - but only if it approves of the judgement. Quote
