Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet told Reuters Thai forces have not withdrawn from Cambodian territory after fighting last year and a US-brokered peace accord https://t.co/MGmV6fVNhT
I’ve come back to this quote several times today. It is hard to overstate how reckless it is.
An objective of permanently disabling another country’s military capabilities leaves no clear limits on the use of force. It is escalation without restraint and fits the definition of an invasion.
“We need to disable Cambodia’s military capabilities by targeting their military hardware and infrastructure. We will do it to a point that Cambodia will not pose a military threat to Thailand for a long time.”
🇰🇭🇹🇭 Caught on Cambodia’s Front Line
As Cambodia and Thailand traded jabs at the U.N. General Assembly in New York this week, I was on the border of the land that lies between the two countries.
A barbed wire fence now cuts across Prey Chan Village, sealing off Cambodian homes and farmland behind boundaries unilaterally imposed by the Thai military.
Behind it lie the houses of six villagers who right now can’t return home. One grandmother wept as she watched the road to what used to be her farmland being laid with compacted sand by Thai construction workers.
“Every day I look at my home and wonder if we will ever step inside again,” Hul Mliss said. “Every day it feels like there is less and less chance of that happening.”
Meanwhile, her 3-year-old granddaughter played in the monsoon-beaten mud-plains by the open-air hammocks on which her family sleeps at night, yards from their barricaded home. The house’s blue rooftop jutted out of the foliage in the glaring mid-afternoon sun, trapped behind newly demarcated boundaries set up by the Thai military weeks ago.
The Thai–Cambodia conflict has received little global media attention, but the human ramifications run deep. I am one of the only foreign journalists to have visited the affected areas in Cambodia, since most news organizations are in Bangkok and the borders are shut.
Opinion by Michael Alfaro continues below.
Michael Barry Alfaro is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and journalist. His frontline coverage has gained global attention, featured in outlets like The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and the UK’s Daily Mail. Recognized as one of America’s top political consultants and fundraisers, Alfaro has raised millions for Newsmax and served as a political consultant to President Donald J. Trump.
NEW: China officially opens the world’s tallest bridge, completing the project in under 4 years.
The bridge features a restaurant at the top, a whopping 2600 ft above the river.
The bridge not only cuts a 2-hour drive to 2 minutes, but also features as a theme park with a glass skywalk, a high-speed glass elevator, and a waterfall off the edge of the bridge.
Visitors can also bungee jump off of it.
The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge is 2050 feet above the river and spans 4600 feet over the river.
Insane.
The ugly truth: Thai leaders have to feed a nationalist public. This isn’t just about territory, it’s about degrading Cambodia’s dignity, e.g. captured Cambodian soldiers are trophies. Moderates are silent, fearing public reprisal. The military won’t stop until the world stops it
For 50 years, Thailand accepted the map, used the map, taught the map, and never challenged it. 🇹🇭 only challenged it calling it flawed after 🇹🇭 lost the dispute with 🇰🇭 at the ICJ using the very map 🇹🇭 accepted for 50 years. It is very clear the bad faith argument from 🇹🇭 now…
On the morning of July 29, 2025,
immediately after the ceasefire took effect, the Thai armed forces illegally arrested Cambodian military personnel. As of 7:00 a.m. August 18, 2025, they have been detained unlawfully for 19days 23hours 10minutes.
���BREAKING: Trump Consultant Michael B Alfaro to Receive Hero’s Welcome After Exposing Thai Aggression 🚨
Two Cambodian-American communities in North Carolina and South Carolina are preparing to welcome Michael B. Alfaro home as a hero at Columbia Airport after his courageous mission in Cambodia.
Michael, a Trump consultant and diplomatic liaison, flew to Cambodia after President Donald J. Trump warned both Cambodia and Thailand that if war continued, they would face devastating tariff consequences. That ultimatum forced a ceasefire and brought both sides to the table for peace talks.
On the ground, Michael met with Cambodia’s top leadership and reported from the border where he witnessed families displaced, schools and temples destroyed, and 18 Cambodian soldiers kidnapped by Thai forces still being held in captivity.
His livestream drew more than 9 million viewers in one hour — exposing barbed wire fences, destroyed homes, and children forced to live in fear. The Thai government has since launched a propaganda campaign against him and has gone so far as to call on Thai nationals in South Carolina to harm him when he returns.
Law enforcement and the South Carolina Attorney General’s office have been briefed to ensure Michael’s safety as Cambodian-Americans gather to honor his bravery. In early September, the Cambodian community in America will present a Champion Trophy to Michael B. Alfaro and Gary Franchi for exposing the truth of Thailand’s invasion and standing with the people of Cambodia.
This is history in the making. The world is watching.
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Cambodia has reminded Thailand on multiple occasions that these areas still contain explosive remnants of war.
Implement The Ceasefire Agreement
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Thailand says they want peace, but their army commander say otherwise.
You cannot trust Thailand and Thai!
Implement The Ceasefire Agreement
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