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Why Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup
Al Jezeera ^ | 1 Feb 2021 | Zaheena Rasheed

Posted on 02/02/2021 4:53:04 AM PST by bert

Wearing masks, gloves and face shields, voters across Myanmar on November 8 braved surging coronavirus infections as they turned out en masse to cast their ballots in the country’s second democratic vote since the end of military rule in 2011.

At polling stations in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, the enthusiasm was palpable. ----snip-- Trouble, however, was already brewing.

Just days before the polls, Myanmar’s powerful military chief Min Aung Hlaing had raised the possibility the army may not accept the outcome of the election. Accusing Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s government of “unacceptable mistakes”, he told a local news outlet that “we are in a situation where we need to be cautious” about the results of the poll. --- SNIP-----

The campaigners said businesses owned by Min Aung Hlaing’s children have profited from their access to state resources during his tenure and noted that as commander-in-chief, Ming Aung Hlaing has ultimate authority over the military’s two major conglomerates – Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) and Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL) – which hold investments in various sectors, including gems, copper, telecoms and clothing.

(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: biden; coup; myanmar
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This is a long article but the bottom line is that the general is corrupt.

Enriched children are mentioned.

Did the Biden coup to take control of America embolden the Burmeese general ?

1 posted on 02/02/2021 4:53:04 AM PST by bert
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To: bert

As goes America, so goes . . .


2 posted on 02/02/2021 4:55:50 AM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: bert

The military had to step in when an election fraught with fraud put into power a neoliberal supported by the CIA and other spook agencies...?

🤔


3 posted on 02/02/2021 4:57:33 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy (I'd rather have one king 3000 miles away that 3000 kings one mile away)
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Yeah. I know nothing about Myanmar, but if I had to guess, I’d say the military may be the Good Guys there, doing for their country what our military has failed to do against Biden.


4 posted on 02/02/2021 5:00:20 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (I'm sorry the Q thing didn't work out. We were wrong about that.)
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To: bert

+


5 posted on 02/02/2021 5:01:59 AM PST by PGalt (confirmed: past peak civilization)
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To: bert

DOMINION VOTING SYSTEM.?????


6 posted on 02/02/2021 5:03:59 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
doing for their country what our military has failed to do against Biden.

So far.

7 posted on 02/02/2021 5:06:01 AM PST by null and void (Since I'm a punster, a jokester, and a well rounded funny guy, my personal pronoun is "He He")
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To: Yashcheritsiy
I'm sure the election was clean as the driven snow.


8 posted on 02/02/2021 5:16:20 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: null and void

Our military is busy doing its “patriotic duty” to make the world safe for perverts.

:-(


9 posted on 02/02/2021 5:16:59 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.)
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To: bert

HRC and the Obola gave them nuclear technology
for NK and Iran in exchange for children and
kickbacks for the US Congress and the FIB and DO”J”.

NOTHING to see hear, fellow slaves and food for the ELITE.


10 posted on 02/02/2021 5:19:41 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum)
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To: bert

Because Xi was in the process of making it a puppet state


11 posted on 02/02/2021 5:24:38 AM PST by struggle
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To: ClearCase_guy

In another thread on FR, I have promoted my podcast on Southeast Asian history. You can bet your last dollar I will talk about this coup eventually, probably the next time I record an episode about Myanmar.


12 posted on 02/02/2021 5:26:33 AM PST by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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we will see come end of march beginning of April if the insurrection act was put in place and our military has been in charge instead of biden


13 posted on 02/02/2021 5:34:13 AM PST by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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“Both the United States and the United Kingdom have since imposed sanctions on Min Aung Hlaing over the campaign, which United Nations investigators said were executed with “genocidal intent”.”

For the record, there has NOT been any genocide or ‘genocidal intent’ there, since, if the military wanted them all dead, they would be dead. Instead, there has been ‘ethnic cleansing’, similar to what’s happening in our cities and certain countries like Zimbabwe and South Africa, and cities being burned down (think Portland or Seattle last year), and yes, some killings, but nowhere near ‘genocide’. So the military there fights hard, but they didn’t start it either.


14 posted on 02/02/2021 5:35:32 AM PST by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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So far.

So far not yet in the open.

Stuff is going down now that needs the MI of being in the dark. I don't want to know... do you?

Moving from Dark to Light.

15 posted on 02/02/2021 5:50:04 AM PST by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both.)
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the bottom line is that the general is corrupt.

Given that Bitem is opposed to the general, I'd say the general represents the good guys - the white hats.

Like here.

16 posted on 02/02/2021 5:55:25 AM PST by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both.)
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I don't want to know... do you?

Yes, yes I do want to know.

OTOH, if I know, the targets will also know, and I'd hate to ruin the surprise...

17 posted on 02/02/2021 5:56:18 AM PST by null and void (Since I'm a punster, a jokester, and a well rounded funny guy, my personal pronoun is "He He")
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To: bert

“Did the Biden coup to take control of America embolden the Burmese general ?”

Of course. All the goons will come out of the woodwork now. If they don’t push their respective agendas now, they will never get a better chance,

This is the TRUE result of corruption. No corruption remains strictly localized...the world is in for a real cold shower.

Like the man said, so long ago: ‘What is good for American is good for the world... what is bad for America is terrible for the world.’

W. Churchill (and HE oughta know)


18 posted on 02/02/2021 5:56:53 AM PST by SMARTY (“If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law.” Winston Churchill)
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I will watch to see how Biden and China feel about the coup. My position on it will be the opposite of their position.


19 posted on 02/02/2021 6:00:23 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (I'm sorry the Q thing didn't work out. We were wrong about that.)
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To: bert

The Bitem coup emboldened the Burmese Aung.

The general has done what will unfold here now, thru the Spring and beyond.


20 posted on 02/02/2021 6:13:04 AM PST by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both.)
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