04-02-2021, 04:17 AM
Solutions for Burma:
1. It must greatly shrink its military. Not since Thug Japan has there been a sizable country so much under the thrall of its armed forces that the People need to be relived of it. We all know how the Japanese Armed Forces were reduced in size and influence, and under what conditions. The only good thing I can say about the Burmese Army is that it has never committed an act of aggression that could start a dangerous war. A country nearly surrounded by two superpowers (China and India) and a significant power in Thailand must act with due care. It would be extremely unwise to mess with India in part because India has one of the best intelligence networks in existence. Apparently it got much of its training from the Israeli Mossad.
Under a dictatorship that bleeds and beats people with impunity, any invader can find itself with fifth columns quickly at its disposal at low cost for the invader or occupier. "Treat us well" may be enough.
2. Burma needs to become more of a free-market society. "Barracks socialism" is good for empowering the Armed Forces and keeping people obedient, but that is about all that it is "good" for.
3. Give control over the land of the Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh. I cannot imagine any better result. Microstates fare badly unless they are super-prosperous (let us say Luxembourg).i
1. It must greatly shrink its military. Not since Thug Japan has there been a sizable country so much under the thrall of its armed forces that the People need to be relived of it. We all know how the Japanese Armed Forces were reduced in size and influence, and under what conditions. The only good thing I can say about the Burmese Army is that it has never committed an act of aggression that could start a dangerous war. A country nearly surrounded by two superpowers (China and India) and a significant power in Thailand must act with due care. It would be extremely unwise to mess with India in part because India has one of the best intelligence networks in existence. Apparently it got much of its training from the Israeli Mossad.
Under a dictatorship that bleeds and beats people with impunity, any invader can find itself with fifth columns quickly at its disposal at low cost for the invader or occupier. "Treat us well" may be enough.
2. Burma needs to become more of a free-market society. "Barracks socialism" is good for empowering the Armed Forces and keeping people obedient, but that is about all that it is "good" for.
3. Give control over the land of the Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh. I cannot imagine any better result. Microstates fare badly unless they are super-prosperous (let us say Luxembourg).i
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.
