01-07-2018, 11:40 PM
*** 8-Jan-18 World View -- Rohingya ARSA attack on Burma (Myanmar) police complicates fantasy repatriation plans
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
****
**** Rohingya ARSA attack on Burma (Myanmar) police complicates fantasy repatriation plans
****
![[Image: g180107b.jpg]](http://Media.GenerationalDynamics.com/ww2010/g180107b.jpg)
Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh (Rohingya Vision TV)
The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) has taken credit for a
terrorist attack on Burmese security forces on Friday in northern
Rakhine State in Myanmar. A military vehicle was attacked with an IED
(improvised explosive device), injuring five soldiers.
On Sunday, a statement tweeted by ARSA took credit for the attack:
<QUOTE>"ARSA has ... no other option but to combat ‘Burmese
state-sponsored terrorism’ against the Rohingya population for the
purpose of defending, salvaging and protecting the Rohingya
community.
Rohingya people must be consulted in all decision-making that
affects their humanitarian needs and political
future."<END QUOTE>
Since 2011, Burma's security forces have been committing mass
atrocities on mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingyas living in Rakhine State,
what the United Nations says is "a textbook example of ethnic
cleansing," and which some Western governments are calling genocide.
The atrocities include gang rape, violent torture, execution-style
killings and the razing of entire villages, in a scorched earth
campaign. Many were forced to flee into neighboring Bangladesh.
Today, there are about 650,000 Rohingyas living in refugee camps in
Bangladesh.
Western governments have been demanding that Burma stop the ethnic
cleansing and genocide, and agree to a plan to repatriate the 650,000
Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh. However, this entire
repatriation plan was always a fantasy, for several reasons:
So the repatriation plan is a fantasy that was and is never going to
happen, but now Myanmar's government can use the ARSA attacks as one
more reason to refuse to agree to the plan. AFP and Guardian (London)
****
**** Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh continues to grow
****
Since 2011, there have been constant genocidal attacks on Muslims in
Burma, especially Rohingya Muslims by Burmese Buddhists. They have
been led by Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu and his "969 movement," where
969 is a historic Buddhist sign, referring to the nine qualities of
Buddha, the six qualities of Buddha's teaching, and nine qualities of
the Buddhist community. "969" is supposedly a sign of peace and
happiness, but Wirathu and the Burmese have turned "969" into a sign
of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
As we reported last month,
a UN
investigator on the Rohingya crisis was scheduled to travel to Burma
right about now, but Burmese officials announced they were blocking
any further UN investigations. Yanghee Lee, the lead UN investigator,
responded to the ban by saying, "there must be something terribly
awful happening in Rakhine."
ARSA was formed in the last year in reaction to the years of ethnic
cleansing by Buddhists. The situation in Burma became a lot more
alarming after ARSA attacked some Burma border posts on August 24.
Burma's army responded with a massive increase in genocide and ethnic
cleansing of Rohingyas, forcing hundreds of thousands more to flee
into Bangladesh. An analogy in the US would be that after Black Lives
Matter killed a policeman, if the US army started entering black
neighborhoods and killing, torturing and raping all the black civilian
residents, including women and children, forcing them to flee into
Mexico.
The refugee crisis in Bangladesh continues to grow. The Burmese army
is still committing ethnic cleansing, and there are still Rohingyas
fleeing into Bangladesh to escape the violence. According to an
analysis by Save the Children, more than 48,000 Rohingya babies will
be born in refugee camps this year, where disease and starvation are
prevalent.
The refugee camps may become completely unlivable in May, when the
rainy season begins in May. When the monsoon rains arrive, there is
a strong likelihood of landslides, causing shelters, latrines and
people to come crashing down on top of one another.
An analysis by Indian journalist Manash Ghosh claims that the entire
Rohingya crisis is the result of well-planned strategy by four nations
-- Myanmar, China, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Each of these countries
has a different reason to be part of this planned strategy:
I always have to chuckle at these bizarre conspiracy theories, because
they're always wrong, and because they always overlook the obvious
fact that politicians are far too stupid to pull off anything so
complex. Still, it's an interesting analysis because it describes
some motives that are not otherwise obvious.
Burma's ethnic cleansing and genocide of Rohingyas did not come about
from any "well-planned strategy" by a bunch of politicians. It came
from the people of Burma, and the fact that Burma is entering a
generational Crisis era.
It's the masses of Buddhist Burman people who are bringing about the
genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Rohingyas, as I described in
detail last year in "9-Sep-17 World View -- Burma's (Myanmar's) ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas witnessed by BBC reporter"
, as acts of revenge for what
happened in World War II. At that time, the Buddhists were on the
side of the Imperial Japanese, fighting the British colonists and the
Rohingyas. There were massive atrocities committed on all sides, and
those atrocities by the Buddhist Burmans, by the Muslim Rohingyas, and
by the Christian British, are now being paid back. As that article
describes, the murderous Buddhist hatred for the Rohingyas is deep and
entrenched, and cannot be caused or prevented by any politicians.
Once the war ended, the Buddhist and Rohingya survivors of World War
II did everything possible to make sure that no such atrocities would
be committed again. There were compromises -- the Rohingyas could
settle and live peacefully in Rakhine State but they wouldn't be given
citizenship -- and it was hoped that would be enough to keep the
peace. And it did, as long as the WW II survivors were still alive.
But now they're gone, and the generations born after WW II are ready
to commit the same atrocities all over again. The Buddhists have been
committing atrocities against the Rohingyas at least since 2011. Now
ARSA is beginning to take hold, and we can expect to see more Rohingya
atrocities targeting the Buddhists. Before it's over, all the horrors
of World War II will repeated in one form or another. History doesn't
repeat itself, but it rhymes. Daily Star (Bangladesh) and Daily Star and The Pioneer (India)
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Burma, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Rohingyas,
Ashin Wirathu, 969 movement, Yanghee Lee,
Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, ARSA, Sittwe Port,
India, Manash Ghosh, China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan
Permanent web link to this article
Receive daily World View columns by e-mail
Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal
John J. Xenakis
100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum
Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Rohingya ARSA attack on Burma (Myanmar) police complicates fantasy repatriation plans
- Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh continues to grow
****
**** Rohingya ARSA attack on Burma (Myanmar) police complicates fantasy repatriation plans
****
Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh (Rohingya Vision TV)
The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) has taken credit for a
terrorist attack on Burmese security forces on Friday in northern
Rakhine State in Myanmar. A military vehicle was attacked with an IED
(improvised explosive device), injuring five soldiers.
On Sunday, a statement tweeted by ARSA took credit for the attack:
<QUOTE>"ARSA has ... no other option but to combat ‘Burmese
state-sponsored terrorism’ against the Rohingya population for the
purpose of defending, salvaging and protecting the Rohingya
community.
Rohingya people must be consulted in all decision-making that
affects their humanitarian needs and political
future."<END QUOTE>
Since 2011, Burma's security forces have been committing mass
atrocities on mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingyas living in Rakhine State,
what the United Nations says is "a textbook example of ethnic
cleansing," and which some Western governments are calling genocide.
The atrocities include gang rape, violent torture, execution-style
killings and the razing of entire villages, in a scorched earth
campaign. Many were forced to flee into neighboring Bangladesh.
Today, there are about 650,000 Rohingyas living in refugee camps in
Bangladesh.
Western governments have been demanding that Burma stop the ethnic
cleansing and genocide, and agree to a plan to repatriate the 650,000
Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh. However, this entire
repatriation plan was always a fantasy, for several reasons:
- Burma will give lip service to a repatriation plan, but will
never agree to one.
- The homes and villages where the Rohingyas used to live in Burma
have been burned to the ground by Burma's army in conjunction with its
ethnic cleansing campaign.
- So they would have to return to refugee camps in Burma, where they
would be no better off than they are now.
- Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh to escape the Burmese army's
atrocities, rapes, torture and other violence, and they expect the
same if they return to Burma.
So the repatriation plan is a fantasy that was and is never going to
happen, but now Myanmar's government can use the ARSA attacks as one
more reason to refuse to agree to the plan. AFP and Guardian (London)
****
**** Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh continues to grow
****
Since 2011, there have been constant genocidal attacks on Muslims in
Burma, especially Rohingya Muslims by Burmese Buddhists. They have
been led by Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu and his "969 movement," where
969 is a historic Buddhist sign, referring to the nine qualities of
Buddha, the six qualities of Buddha's teaching, and nine qualities of
the Buddhist community. "969" is supposedly a sign of peace and
happiness, but Wirathu and the Burmese have turned "969" into a sign
of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
As we reported last month,
a UN
investigator on the Rohingya crisis was scheduled to travel to Burma
right about now, but Burmese officials announced they were blocking
any further UN investigations. Yanghee Lee, the lead UN investigator,
responded to the ban by saying, "there must be something terribly
awful happening in Rakhine."
ARSA was formed in the last year in reaction to the years of ethnic
cleansing by Buddhists. The situation in Burma became a lot more
alarming after ARSA attacked some Burma border posts on August 24.
Burma's army responded with a massive increase in genocide and ethnic
cleansing of Rohingyas, forcing hundreds of thousands more to flee
into Bangladesh. An analogy in the US would be that after Black Lives
Matter killed a policeman, if the US army started entering black
neighborhoods and killing, torturing and raping all the black civilian
residents, including women and children, forcing them to flee into
Mexico.
The refugee crisis in Bangladesh continues to grow. The Burmese army
is still committing ethnic cleansing, and there are still Rohingyas
fleeing into Bangladesh to escape the violence. According to an
analysis by Save the Children, more than 48,000 Rohingya babies will
be born in refugee camps this year, where disease and starvation are
prevalent.
The refugee camps may become completely unlivable in May, when the
rainy season begins in May. When the monsoon rains arrive, there is
a strong likelihood of landslides, causing shelters, latrines and
people to come crashing down on top of one another.
An analysis by Indian journalist Manash Ghosh claims that the entire
Rohingya crisis is the result of well-planned strategy by four nations
-- Myanmar, China, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Each of these countries
has a different reason to be part of this planned strategy:
- Myanmar, of course, just wants to get rid of all the
Rohingyas.
- China is investing heavily in Burma's Sittwe port in Rakhine
state, to build oil and gas pipelines, and develop Rakhine’s huge and
rich untapped natural resources, natural gas, oil, timber, tin and
precious gems and stones. In addition, the Chinese hate the Rohingyas
as much as Burma's Buddhists do, and would like to see them
exterminated.
- The Saudis, according to Ghosh, have a religious objective, "to
bring the peripheral Muslim groups, like the Rohingyas, under its
Wahhabi sway."
- Pakistan is having an election this year, and the government wants
to create a population of radicalized Rohingyas in order to create an
anti-Awami League backlash to win the election.
I always have to chuckle at these bizarre conspiracy theories, because
they're always wrong, and because they always overlook the obvious
fact that politicians are far too stupid to pull off anything so
complex. Still, it's an interesting analysis because it describes
some motives that are not otherwise obvious.
Burma's ethnic cleansing and genocide of Rohingyas did not come about
from any "well-planned strategy" by a bunch of politicians. It came
from the people of Burma, and the fact that Burma is entering a
generational Crisis era.
It's the masses of Buddhist Burman people who are bringing about the
genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Rohingyas, as I described in
detail last year in "9-Sep-17 World View -- Burma's (Myanmar's) ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas witnessed by BBC reporter"
, as acts of revenge for what
happened in World War II. At that time, the Buddhists were on the
side of the Imperial Japanese, fighting the British colonists and the
Rohingyas. There were massive atrocities committed on all sides, and
those atrocities by the Buddhist Burmans, by the Muslim Rohingyas, and
by the Christian British, are now being paid back. As that article
describes, the murderous Buddhist hatred for the Rohingyas is deep and
entrenched, and cannot be caused or prevented by any politicians.
Once the war ended, the Buddhist and Rohingya survivors of World War
II did everything possible to make sure that no such atrocities would
be committed again. There were compromises -- the Rohingyas could
settle and live peacefully in Rakhine State but they wouldn't be given
citizenship -- and it was hoped that would be enough to keep the
peace. And it did, as long as the WW II survivors were still alive.
But now they're gone, and the generations born after WW II are ready
to commit the same atrocities all over again. The Buddhists have been
committing atrocities against the Rohingyas at least since 2011. Now
ARSA is beginning to take hold, and we can expect to see more Rohingya
atrocities targeting the Buddhists. Before it's over, all the horrors
of World War II will repeated in one form or another. History doesn't
repeat itself, but it rhymes. Daily Star (Bangladesh) and Daily Star and The Pioneer (India)
Related Articles
- Burma's (Myanmar's) ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas witnessed by BBC reporter (09-Sep-2017)
- India and China support Burma (Myanmar) on Rohingya ethnic cleansing for business reasons (24-Nov-2017)
- Burma (Myanmar) blocks UN Rohingya investigator, as genocide charges are raised (21-Dec-2017)
- Burma's (Myanmar's) leaders may be inspired by Pol Pot's Cambodian 'Killing Fields' genocide (29-Sep-2017)
- Devastating UN report on Burma shows scale of ghastly atrocities by Buddhists targeting Muslim Rohingyas (04-Feb-2017)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Burma, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Rohingyas,
Ashin Wirathu, 969 movement, Yanghee Lee,
Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, ARSA, Sittwe Port,
India, Manash Ghosh, China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan
Permanent web link to this article
Receive daily World View columns by e-mail
Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal
John J. Xenakis
100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum
Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe
