Interestingly there is one - coincidentaly today's SCMP ran an article on this very topic and
covered many of the same points.

They haven't put it online yet - if it will make you feel better I will post a link when they do. I really like people who have the perception to write these articles based on their knowledge and insights of events, rather than parroting other's words.

If you feel that any of the points are incorrect highlight the point in question and I'll humour you with some specific 'references'. I suspect though that anything I say about what has transpired in SE asia over the past 10 years may not mean a lot to you without buckets of past references.

Cheers

Doug
(Hmmm Reminds me of the past discussion on Noam Chomsky.)