Posted on 04/18/2025 9:18:29 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
Four years into Myanmar’s civil war, the conflict remains far from a resolution. The military regime, reeling from devastating losses, is in deep trouble. It has lost effective control of roughly three-quarters of the country’s territory; surrendered key strategic bases, including two regional military commands, to advancing resistance forces; and now faces a hollowing out of its ranks as defections and demoralization spread. But even though opposition forces have made significant gains nationwide, they have yet to penetrate the military’s stronghold in the center of the country. Opposition forces share the amorphous goal of making the country a federal democratic union, an arrangement that might accommodate the interests of the diverse factions arrayed against the junta. But these groups’ ties remain loose and fragile. With the opposition dispersed throughout the country and lacking both the capacity for reliable communication and the ability to meet safely in person, there are divisions within the resistance that will endure even should victory on the battlefield be in sight.
Meanwhile, the country’s roughly 54 million people continue to suffer. The junta depends on indiscriminate air assault on population centers to compensate for its increasing weakness in ground forces and territorial control. The increasing use of airstrikes against opposition forces has led to a surge in civilian deaths, which reached close to 10,000 by the end of 2024. Over 3.5 million people have been internally displaced, and about a third of the country needs humanitarian aid. The economy is nearing collapse. Natural disasters have compounded what is already a dire situation. A severe typhoon ravaged Myanmar last September, killing hundreds and flooding many areas, and a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the country in late March, killing more than 3,500...
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Very good read.
I have to keep up.
Myanmar’s old name was Burma.
Just as Mumbai’s old name was Bombay.
Both old names were so much easier to spell, remember and pronounce! But I’m speaking as a Westerner.
I suppose it was National pride, which inspired these recent changes. It’s up to me to make the adjustments.
Will India step in to block China?
China already control Laos and Cambodia.
对我来说它永远是缅甸
It will always be Burma to me.
Mumbai name has been around for 4000+ years. British rulers created the name Bombay in 1817.
What’s going on South Korea is probably the third biggest national security threat after Ukraine and the Middle East...
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