Thai tactics take war on some drugs to extremes

Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declares war on some drugs annually and just issued this year's edict. The maniac had 2,500 people executed in 2003 and despite international disgust with this human rights violation intends to "stay the course."

"As long as I am still the prime minister, I will not allow narcotic drugs to return," Thaksin told 1,000 drug busting officers and volunteers at police headquarters in Bangkok as he launched the three-month campaign.

What exactly does he mean by that? It implies drug use was actually eliminated at some point in time but despite the mass murders of thousands, it doesn't appear he made much of a dent in the business in 2003 if they're still "fighting" two years later. This could explain it.

The three-month 2005 campaign would focus on major producers along the borders with Cambodia and Laos, areas to which they moved from the Myanmar border, and small dealers peddling in bars and clubs, Thaksin said.

What do you want to bet that most of the arrests come from the latter group? It makes for good PR - Thaksin was re-elected in a landslide based partly on this policy - but it won't stop the drug trade.