This is not the first time the term “good intentions” has been used. We saw it after the 2006 coup with coup leader Sondhi B saying the coup was staged with good intentions. This was not the first time arguments were made that a coup was staged with good intentions. If we return to Thai history and specifically the 1957 coup by Sarit. “Thailand: The Politics of Despotic Paternalism” by Thak Chaloemtiarana at 81-83: