Bangkok Blast: Who Has Ax To Grind With Thailand?
Since the first coup in 2006 aimed at his regime, Shinawatra has been represented by US corporate-financier elites via their lobbying firms including, Kenneth Adelman of the Edelman PR firm ( Freedom House , International Crisis Group , PNAC ), James Baker of Baker Botts ( CFR , Carlyle Group), Robert Blackwill ( CFR ) of Barbour Griffith & Rogers (BGR) , Kobre & Kim , Bell Pottinger ( and here ) and currently Robert Amsterdam of Amsterdam & Partners ( Chatham House ). And from 2006 until now, both Western political and media circles have continuously provided favorable spin for Shinawatra and his political proxies. This includes the use of the above mentioned Freedom House and its umbrella organization, the US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) to fund and back nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and academics in Thailand to provide rhetorical and operation support for Shinawatra and serve as a constant source of sociopolitical subversion aimed at Thailand’s ruling establishment
