សាស្ត្រាចារ្យសេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ថៃនៃសាកលវិទ្យាល័យរាមាកំហែង​វិភាគពីផលប៉ះពាល់នៃ​ជម្លោះព្រំដែនកម្ពុជា-ថៃក្នុងរយៈពេលវែងសម្រាប់ពលរដ្ឋនិងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចប្រទេសទាំងពីរ។

 

Most Thais are proud to boast that they have never been 'colonised' by European powers. Yet at the same time they also feel humiliated by colonial France who coerced Thailand into returning Western Cambodian provinces annexed by Thailand/Siam prior to the arrival of the French to Cambodia or French Indochina. In fact Thailand was not the only neighbour of Cambodia to have annexed parts of Cambodia during that period. Vietnam and Laos had also seized large chunks of Cambodian territory. 

When France was defeated in Europe by Nazi Germany Japan replaced France as colonial power in SE Asia and Thailand offered to play the role of an accomplice, in exchange of having Japan's patronage over the return of those "lost territories" to Cambodia/France back to Thailand. 

If one follows Thai ultra nationalist line of logic to its conclusion therefore the longer term ambition of these ultra nationalists is not limited to Cambodia's hinterland in the border areas but also ultimately this is extended to all those provinces, including Battambang and Siem Reap, Thailand feels were "lost" to Cambodia following Japan's defeat in 1945. 

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