When the Curtain Falls: Why No Script Lasts Forever

Dr. Thourn Sinan is a spiritual and tourism specialist. Supplied

-Opinion-

Day by day, the contrast has become sharper. Thailand continues to lie, distort and perform. Cambodia continues to stand with facts, law and transparency.

And as the events deepen, one truth becomes impossible to ignore: No script lasts forever.

Truth cannot be erased by storytelling

Governments may attempt to rewrite reality. They can broadcast lies across national airwaves. They can produce dramatic speeches to mislead the public. They can frame themselves as victims while violating agreements behind the scenes.

Thailand has done this repeatedly — shifting its story from hour to hour, refusing international observers, rejecting arbitration and weaponising media to deceive both its citizens and the region.

But no matter how loud the lies become, truth continues to rise.

Reality cannot be hidden by performance

Even as Thailand builds a narrative of “self-defense,” the facts remain crystal clear.

Ceasefire violations have been documented, border provocations recorded, agreements broken in plain sight and incidents repeated across multiple provinces.

These are not stories — they are realities.

Thailand’s leaders may continue their performance, but reality does not bow to theatrics. A nation can fool its people temporarily. It cannot fool the world forever.

The world will soon ask the same questions

As the crisis continues, the international community will inevitably revisit the same fundamental questions:

Who honored the agreements, and who violated them?

Who escalated conflict through provocations?

Who misled their own population and ASEAN neighbors?

Who spoke of “peace” while breaking every peace mechanism?

The answers are becoming clearer each day — not because Cambodia speaks louder, but because Cambodia stands on the side of what is real.

Deception Is tiring — But truth is eternal

Deception demands constant effort. It requires new lies to cover old lies. It demands fresh performances every time the previous script collapses.

This is why Thailand’s narrative changes every morning — because lies must be constantly reinvented to survive.

But truth is effortless. Truth needs no script, no editing, no performance. Truth simply waits.

And day by day, as the world watches the pattern of violations, provocations, and manipulations, the lies lose power and the truth grows stronger.

Cambodia’s strength: Truth is the only weapon needed

As I wrote in my earlier articles on November 14 and 15, and as the events now confirm: Truth is Cambodia’s strongest ally.

Cambodia does not need propaganda, manufactured narratives, media manipulation or performative nationalism.

It stands with international law, documented evidence, eyewitness accounts and a consistent commitment to peace.

And truth — quiet, steady, unchanging — always defeats deception. It may take time. It may require patience. But time is always on the side of truth.

Final word

Thailand can continue lying. Thailand can continue performing. Thailand can continue shifting its script from day to day.

But in this crisis, the world is already beginning to see clearly.

The deception is cracking. The performance is failing. The truth is emerging from one corner of the world to another.

And when the curtain finally falls, only one question will matter.

Who stood with truth — and who ran from it?

Dr. Thourn Sinan is a spiritual and tourism specialist. The views and opinions expressed are his own.

-The Phnom Penh Post-