11 Questions about tomorrow's Thailand

Here's a list of some potentially critical questions that have arisen in the wake of the crackdown against the red shirts in early April.

1. Who gained and who lost the most: Abhisit? Thaksin? Someone else?
   
2. Did Thaksin really call for a revolution, inciting the red shirts to take things too far? Is he to be faulted for not having urged greater restraint on the part of his supporters in the streets?
   
3. Was the Abhisit government's reaction to the unrest prudent or did it go too far by calling in the army?
4. Who are the blue shirts? Who supports them? Are they a significant factor?
   
5. Will the red shirt leaders receive more severe legal sanctions than the yellow shirts' leaders got?
6. How many red shirts -- if any -- were actually killed? Will claims about red shirt "martyrs" become a sticky issue for the Abhisit government?
   
7. What will be the impact of the apparent lack of impartiality shown by the Thai media during the street battles?
   
8. Will media censorship and other attacks on free speech in Thailand continue to get worse? Can these measures succeed in enhancing the image of the government? Or are they likely to backfire?
   
9. Will there be further unrest in Thailand in the near future? And if so, what form will it take? Targeted acts of violence? Peaceful protests?
   
10. Is the Abhisit government taking appropriate measures to forestall rising unemployment? Who will get blamed if the economic downturn continues to get worse?
11. Will new elections be held anytime soon?
    

Can you think of a question that isn't on this list, but really ought to be?