https://freerepublic.com/tag/obamamyanmar/ en-us Tue, 9 Feb 2021 21:02:05 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3933069/posts Many signs pointed to an inevitable conclusion that Myanmar's so-called transition to a democracy was a farce. Nevertheless, Obama embraced it wholeheartedly.The small South East Asian nation Myanmar became headline news last week after its military staged a coup, seizing power after detaining the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other democratically elected political leaders.Only a decade ago, Myanmar’s transition from military dictatorship to democracy was celebrated as one of President Obama’s foreign policy accomplishments. Now, the small nation is President Joe Biden’s first foreign policy nightmare.A Proxy For PowerMyanmar, also known as Burma, is a country... The Federalist https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3933069/posts#comment Tue, 9 Feb 2021 21:02:05 GMT