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Thai Leader Struggles at the Center of a Storm

Quoted: â??Iâ??m not sure he knows or accepts that he came to power through the support of one side of the conflict,â? said Thongchai Winichakul, a specialist in Southeast Asian studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. â??Iâ??m not sure he has enough guts and that he has gathered enough political clout to break away from the people who brought him to power.â?