This essay is not an excuse for an inexcusable action by the Reds at the hospital. Yet we should not look at the incident in isolation from the larger context of the conflict. More importantly, regardless of the truth of the incident, this essay deals with how the Thai public understands the incident, and how such views inform their politics, biases, judgments and their actions.
The Chula Hospital incident is the invasion of the Red germs into the Thai moral-political body.