Muslim Insurgents Confound Military in Thailand

My article this weeks continues to talk about the rising violence levels in Thailand within the past few months, and the anger of the Thai citizens over having to deal with this violence in their own homes. There are extraordinary numbers of citizens that carry around guns with themselves,and many of them find themselves hating the soldiers that patrol their streets because they represent the fear that they have to live with. As the years go by the insurgents causing all the violence are getting stronger and a lot smarter as well. They also hold many connection with powerful terrorist groups including Al Queada. Although many citizens say they are not scared many of them, inlcuding an army doctor do not walk in public without a gun of there own and a bullet proof vest on. The current goal of many of the soldiers is to once again get on the good side of the Malay Thais, they can often be seen handing out vitamin C to Thai children while patrolling the streets.

I think that insurgent violence in Thailand is very unfortunate, especially for the Thai citizens who are trying to live in those areas. It is sad that many of them live in constant fear and that they feel the need to walk around with their own protection because they can't always trust the soldiers to help them. I think that part of the problem in Thailand is that they do not have the stable government that they need in order to fight the insurgents. Especailly with all the military governments taking over, they are not doign what is necessary to help the people.