>>511425323
>Thais start raiding Cambodian scam centers because these centers were kidnapping both Thais and foreign tourists to force them to work the phones
>this is a direct threat to Cambodian revenue streams since Cambodia relies heavily on the scam centers (they're tied directly to the ruling Hun family)
>facing economic hardship, wanting to grab some land to secure a legacy and thinking Thailand wouldn't hit back for fear of looking like the aggressor because of the power gap, the Hun family decides to roll the dice and start launching rockets at Thailand
>said rockets hit civilian targets, killing over a dozen people
>Thailand (which had been trying to de-escalate because war is bad for tourism), decides enough is enough and launches F-16s to bomb the shit out of Cambodian positions
>all attempts by Cambodia to invade are completely crushed and now Thai troops are raising the Thai flag over Cambodian territory
tl;dr shithole Cambodia FAFO just like it did when it tried to take on Vietnam. Also some other familial clan and historical border shit but that's the abridged version.
>>511425464
For once the US and China likely had nothing to do with this. It's just cambodia being cambodia.