As we have reached the end of the first week of a renewed round of fighting along the Thai-Cambodia conflict, there is now a realization that there is no longer any mutually trusted mechanism by both sides to attempt to bring fighting back under control and broker a cease fire once again. The conflict is effectively a forest fire burning out of control.
US President Donald Trump and Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim called for a ceasefire for 10.00 Thai-time on Saturday 13, both parties just ignored it. Thai prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul is spurred on with an immediate rise in Thai nationalism not wanting any cease fire. As of this weekend December 13-14, its at football match fever. This is even though more than a dozen Thai army troops from poor rural families are already casualties of the fierce skirmishes along the disputed border areas.
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