"The recent border clashes between Burma and Thailand have brought the issue of Thai-Burma relations into focus. The earlier mass exodus of refugees from Burma to Thailand did not cause panic. The voluminous drug inflow into the kingdom also did not shake the Thais, although the sex trade and import of HIV and Aids roused Thai conscience. The on-and-off border clashes were taken in their strides. But the last straw in the camel?s back was the intentional insult hurled at the Thai monarchy, the most revered institution in Thailand, by allegations made through a series of articles published in the state-run The New Light of Myanmar. The Burmese junta has shown its complete contempt for Thai policy makers. No country has ever done that before. Prime Minister Thaksin said that his government is reviewing its Burmese policy. But does it have one? The ruling political party has one conception, the opposition has another, the bureaucracy yet another, and the military of course has the prime one?hence, four different approaches. When a nation?s national security is at stake, this situation is lamentable..."