People's Daily Online
July 09, 2011
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (pictured) ordered soldiers based at Cambodia-Thai border to be on "alert but patient and calm" and to avoid any "provocative act."
In a statement released Friday after the weekly cabinet meeting, Hun Sen said that while Cambodia is seeing a positive move concerning the foreign policy of Thai Prime Minister-elect on restoring Cambodia-Thai relations, the military must stay alert, patient and calm and avoid any provocative act.
Phay Siphan, spokesman of the Office of the Council of Ministers said the premier delivered the order directly via video conference during the meeting to all military commanders at the border.
According to Phay Siphan, in addition to the order, the premier also advised the military commanders to stay in touch with Thai counterparts and to create good atmosphere through convening regular meetings and conversation so as to avoid military confrontation.
On Monday, Hun Sen hailed the success of Thai election and in particular, the winning Pheu Thai Party, and expressed his strong hope that relations between Thailand and Cambodia will be restored.
He said he is ready to work with the incoming Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in bilateral and regional cooperation.
Cambodia and Thailand have had border trouble since 2008, and since then many rounds of military clashes erupted at the border near Cambodia's Temple of Preah Vihear, and near two other temples in the west, located about 150 kilometers away.
Source:Xinhua
8 comments:
wow.. so long did not come here.. >.<
Be alert and ready to defense if necessary. However peaceful negotiation is top priority. Cambodia cannot be niaved that Yingluck is good looking, female, sweet talk, friend of Cambodia, Thaksin's sister etc. Do not think that she is looking for the best interest of Khmer, she has an obligation to look out for the best interest of her country. There is nothing wrong with that and that is what leader of each country should do. She also has many road blocks ahead. UDD shown sign of breaking up, Yellow shirt didnt show any movement yet, Democrate, the army commander also watching Yingluck move cautiousely. Democrate is in the process bring over 100 allegations against Peau Thai Party for involved former Prime Minister Thaksin in the election campaign which said to be against the election law because he was banned from politic for 5 years. Khmer is hopeful but there are many obsticles in Thailand. Our strongest hope is ICJ ruling. Thailand might end up with civil war soon which coincide with prophecy prediction of "Bangkok Rorleay" "Sabay Ankor Wat" if Thais cannot find ways to resolve the continue political break up. Thailand is reaching the dangerous point of democracy that noone listen to any body. Political parties and interest groups doesnt obey the people choice as clearly stated in the vote and interest groups using legal and militarily means to defend their ideology. America had it civil war when everybody tried to break the union; they didnt have the civil war to free the slave but because they wanted to keep United States together. Thailand is and will reach the point of civil if red shirt, yellow shirt, democrate, peau Thai, and others cannot find peaceful and reconciliation solution and continue to think only their ideology is the correct one. The King of Thailand is getting old; who will take over the thrown? These are many obsticle that Thailand will face plus Cambodia-Thai border conflict which is fragle issue. I am contemplating the prophecy start forming and might become the reality. Can it be stop if they know the prophecy? Is it fate for Thailand?
Thai Military still call the SHOT!
True Warrior Blood. This is how we foresee it, but Thailand and its sympathizers don't see it that way. They are being very niave. They think Thailand will easily overcome this obstable because of Thailand current economic and military status. I think they are fooling themselves. This is very dangerous mindset. Thailand internal problems have great impact on Cambodia. If anything happened, their blood will also spill onto Cambodia. So Cambodia must be vigilance and always be mindful of the political and military situation in Thailand,.
Thailand still holding cambodia as Hostage! So,..Cambodian army must remain strenghtening..
Thai Royal family is the one that control the Thai military, and no Thai citizen dare to criticize the Royal family. They would get 18 years in jial. The Thai Royal family is very power. Yingluck has to be careful. If people of Thailand love her and respect her more than the Royal family. She's going to be like her brother. They will looking something to charge her. However, the Royal family has so much privilege, power, and immunity that no one can compare with. The Royal Family can do whatever they want to do. It a mistake free.
If the real war do break out do we have a chance to compete with the Siamese. In my point of view I don't think we can't stand with Siamese because #1 our country is poor and #2 our weapons are not that modern and # 3 our population is way behind the enemies Yuon and Siamese.
In Time of War
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Real war has broken out already since 2008, although it's been confined to specific locations along the border.
However, if the Thais were to launch a blitzkrieg offensive, Cambodia's limited resources mean that she would not be able to withstand the thrust of this all-out attack, but this does not necessarily mean Thai victory. Far from it. If this (Thai invasion) happens the Phnom Penh regime might fall or it might not, depending on a number of factors such as Cambodia's armed forces' ability to regroup and revert to a different tactic i.e. guerilla warfare. This is what the Thais will fear the most.
When the Vietnamese ousted Pol Pot's forces from the interior of Cambodia, Son Sen wisely retreated his KR forces in tact towards the Khmer-Thai border, and with Chinese-Western assistance reshaped his forces into small bands of hit-and-run units. Even the Vietnamese who excelled at guerilla warfare and were battle-hardened from half a century of fighting had not been able to defeat the KR and its resistance allies. The occupying forces could succeed - as the Vietnamese had - in set-piece battles or over-running certain base camps, but it's not possible to route a guerilla army because its highly mobile and difficult to pin down to any specific location.
In fact, the present Cambodian commanders are better adapted to guerilla tactics than they are to frontal wars due to their past experiences in this kind of theatre. The Thais, by contrast, are less equipped to fight such a war. They will also likely face hostility from local population because of their illegal designs over Preah Vihear and other territories along the border.
So instead of weakening, the Phnom Penh regime could even strengthen itself through local support, and galvanise patriotic fervour from among the populace against the Siamese invaders who will also be subjected to international condemnation in the process. So this all-out attack is not a viable option for the Thais, and they already know that.
Secondly, even with limited resources, Cambodia could more effectively contain a possible Thai onslaught by adjusting her military strategy to Thai attacks. If your army units are well-equipped and bunkered to defend a location, stay in place. However, if the enemy have overwhelming superiority over you and are likely to overcome your resistance, do not waste your effort and human lives by staying put. This does not mean surrendering grounds to the enemy, but more a tactical retreat to defeat the larger forces by deploying other means at your disposal more productively.
The Thais will use their superior hardware to force/bulldoze their way through in certain areas. Therefore, it would be wiser to not be their easy targets by using special units of between 10-40 men to penetrate behind enemy lines and cut-off their supply routes or neutralise those heavy equipments such as artillery pieces and tanks or armour vehicles, or even their barracks. This was the exact method deployed by general Vo Nguyen Giap and it had saved Vietnamese divisions from being fed into the "meat-grinder" trap of China's PLA (People's Liberation Army) in 1979.
War is not won or lost by numerical or physical superiority alone, although obviously it helps to have these strengths in place over the opponents.
Best of luck to the Cambodian soldiers and defenders!
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