In 1973 half a million people took to the streets and the military was doing the shootings.

In 1976 only about 4,000 students were at Thammasat and the killings were perpetrated by fellow Thais, the army and police stood by and watched.

Every account of those years I've seen admits that anti-communist propaganda centered on protecting the nation and the monarchy had a mass appeal, the country had a population of about 40 million.

Every account also says that students were branded as "commies" unfairly, but it didn't help their cause when they actually took the arms and went into the jungle.

It doesn't matter that not all of the survivors joined CPT, I bet it was enough for Samak to say "I told you so".

Michael, I don't care if Samak screamed or chanted, I want to know if he really say "kill them".