He taught can use it as leverage against the previous Thai PM. Mana tau she kena replaced instead, and the army put someone who will fight fire with atomic bomb.......

If thai make unstoppable inroad into cambodia, vietnam will likely move in from the east to prevent the complete takeover by thailand.

It is not in prc interest to have thailand in control of cambodia. prc could supply arms and anti tank weapons to cambodia army like what u.s did in the initial phase of ukraine war.