Thai Airport Blockade Ends First Flight Reaches Bangkok As Airport Blockade Ends

Thousands of anti-government protesters streamed away from Bangkok's international airport today in buses and pick-up trucks, ending an eight-day siege that stranded hundreds of thousands of foreign travelers in Thailand.

The lifting of the blockade in what looked like a victory parade came after a court disbanded the governing party and disqualified from office the prime minister, Somchai Wongsawat, for electoral fraud.

The first passenger flight to Suvarnabhumi international in more than a week arrived today, bringing travellers from the resort island of Phuket.

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[palinater08]

This is not the end. Having lived in Thailand for 8 years, I know this group well. Though their initial intentions were good to oust corrupt prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, they have taken it a step further and even want to eliminate a popular vote system suggesting that the uneducated in the countryside don't have the knowledge and to elect leaders of their country. Though I agree people are uneducated, and keeping an uneducated populous makes it easier to govern corruptly, if vote buying could be stopped, they may just look at both sides and choose for themselves. The democracy of Thailand is fragile at best, and the King, a symbol of adherence and great respect, is aging and ailing. When he goes, so does Thailand. Bless em....I love em and speak the language, but egos and corruption prevail over discipline and steadfastness.