But they will not eliminate them: Mr Thaksin, exiled in London, will be hoping that the army forces, and their civilian appointees, makesuchamess that one day he will be welcomed back, his sins forgiven.
When he personally helped the Allies create institutions like the World Bank, at the end of World War II, he was trying to make sure we wouldn't get into suchamess again.
With Labour's finances in suchamess, Mr Brown may for all his tough talk have to make some concessions to the unions, even if it evokes uncomfortable memories of the 1970s.