What does really constitute the sound relations between Thailand military and its counterpart of Myanmar? One of my friends suggests it as “mentor and protégé” pattern since he assumes it as a Thailand-Myanmar version of “Operation Condor”. This idea is partly acceptable as both nations have a similar history of military intervention in the politics but what is missing here is the cooperation between the two militaries in political intervention although they share the same mindset of looking down on the politicians’ political will. Even they experienced the worst relations in 2001 border conflict when Myanmar was under the administration of the military council. Currently, they do have cooperation but exclusively in military affairs. The two armies are no more than the “birds with a feather flock together” rather than the metaphor of “Operation Condor”.
What do you think?
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