Thailand Coup

Note to leaders: if there's even a hint of someone out there, probably someone in the military, who's been talking about a coup, you might want to stay put in your country.

Sure, the United Nations General Assembly is probably a tough invitation to turn down, but the military leaders who drove tanks up to Bangkok's Government House and took it over took a page from past coup leaders, and general house robbers everywhere: just wait till they're not home, then move in.

Perhaps Thailand's leadership was as corrupt as it's alleged they are. But that should be up to the electorate to decide, not someone who controls a country's weaponry.

An opinion poll reported by the BBC shows that Thais seem to accept the coup as a necessary way to get Thaksin Shinawatra out of office, but now that coup leaders have banned all opposition political meetings and said it'll be year before they allow elections, democracy has taken an unfortunate hit in Thailand.

International leaders have called on Thailand's new leaders to return to democracy soon by organizing polls.