>Don't expect the US to even condemn this stuff, much less take any action against the country. Uh we have a dictator wanna-be in office who has invited and pr

>Don't expect the US to even condemn this stuff, much less take any action against the country. Uh we have a dictator wanna-be in office who has invited and praised more than a few bloodthirsty dictators since taking office. What exactly do you expect us to do here? Even with a different president, anything short of CIA or military action won't change life on the ground in Thailand. How many CIA and US military interventions do you applaud exactly? We overthrew Saddam and it cost the Iraqi people nearly 350,000 lives. That's the entire population of Iceland! The US/EU/NATO/UN should draw a red line with ethnic cleansing, genocide, chemical and nuclear weapons, etc but everyday jailing of dissidents in Asia? We'd be in a dozen wars if we tried to police that and sternly written letters don't get results. Be aware that Amnesty International claims 500,000 people are currently enduring punitive detention without charge or trial in China. This stuff is more or less the norm in Asian countries where Western-style governments never developed. American troops, State Dept, and CIA resources have better things to do than try to fix the unfixable in Asia.