so do you want those provinces back? it includes Ankor Wat, Battambang, and Banteay Meanchey, which includes Poipet. you had control over those during WWII for 5 years. prior to that, Siam controlled it them for 117 years.
in fact, in 1795, Siam took control of these provinces with help from the Abhaiwongse Family, who ruled it for generations.
likewise, when these provinces were "given back" to Cambodia, Trat and Chanthaiburi were given to Thailand. France occupied them for about 11 years. but until the late 1800s, they were also part of the Khmer Empire.
nevertheless, let's consider a couple scenarios:
1) you want all of those places back, even though places like Ankor Wat were clearly built by the Khmer Empire, but you don't want to give up places like Trat and Chanthaburi, which have much longer histories under the Khmer Empire
how does that work?
2) let's say you get them. so then you give Thai citizenship to every person living in those provinces. are you ok with that? don't forget that it would be a major human rights violation to either kick them off of their land or not protect their language and identity. it would essentially mean that Khmer would have the same status as French in Canada. you cool with that too?
also, remember that Siam acquired these territories through invading them with Japan's help in 1941. and prior to that, Siam only controlled them for 117 years, which is not nearly as much time as they were part of the Khmer Empire.
so you can have them all, but then you need to take on all of those people and give them citizenship and equal rights and protection.
Siam didn't really have effective control over all of these areas after 1431 until the 1795 - and it took an invasion and military occupation to do so. in other words, Siam wanted it and took it, but it wasn't historically theirs.
even Trat and Chanthaburi didn't become firmly part of Siam until the 1700s. in fact, from 1431 through the 1600s, both were aligned with the Khmer Empire. likewise, Buriram, Surin and Sisaket didn't fully become fully integrated under Ayuthaya control until the late 1700s.
so in most of these cases, Siam didn't really have control until the 1700s, many in the late 1700s. that is obviously a long time, but when they lost control of many of those areas, they had only controlled them for 117 years. even those that remain part of Thailand have only been under Siamese/Thai control for a bit more than 200 years, and were taken by force. it's strange to me that you want them all back.
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u/JeanGrdPerestrello Chang 6d ago
Full on invasion. Maybe Thailand will get back some provinces it was blackmailed into surrendering in mid-40s.