AN APPEASER IS ONE WHO FEEDS A CROCODILE, HOPING IT WILL EAT HIM LAST, October 3, 2025

Thailand’s First Army Area Commander, Lieutenant General Worayos Luangsuwan requirement reminds me of a famous quote from Great Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill who said, “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”

The question we should ask is, how can we justify appeasement in the face of such recent aggressions?

YOUK CHHANG
Director, Documentation Center of Cambodia

October 3, 2025

Ref: Thailand’s First Army has formally requested Cambodia’s
5th Military Region to prepare and submit a civilian evacuation
plan by October 7, 2025.

Photo: Social Media in Thailand.