New York Times: Aung San Suu Kyi, a Much-Changed Icon, Evades Rohingya Accusations
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and de facto leader of Myanmar, stood before a room of government officials and foreign dignitaries on Tuesday to at last, after weeks of international urging, address the plight of the country’s Rohingya ethnic minority.
But those who expected Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi to eloquently acknowledge a people’s oppression were disappointed.
In her speech, delivered in crisp English and often directly inviting foreign listeners to “join us” in addressing Myanmar’s problems, she steadfastly refused to criticize the Myanmar military, which has been accused of a vast campaign of killing, rape and village burning.
“The security forces have been instructed to adhere strictly to the code of conduct in carrying out security operations, to exercise all due restraint and to take full measures to avoid collateral damage and the harming of innocent civilians,” she said.
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WNU Editor: She knows what is happening .... and her refusal to acknowledge the ethnic cleansing that is occurring in her country says volumes on who and what she is. In the meantime .... the Rohingya exodus continues .... UN scaling up assistance as number of Rohingya refugees grows to over 400,000 (United Nations News Center).
On a side note, Aung San Suu Kyi is an honorary citizen of Canada .... time to revoke her honor .... Protesters call for Canada to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi’s honorary citizenship (Globe and Mail).
More News On Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Addressing The Plight Of The Rohingya
Myanmar's Suu Kyi condemns abuses in Rakhine but silent on army role -- Reuters
Aung San Suu Kyi sidesteps atrocity allegations in first address on Rohingya crisis -- Washington Post
Myanmar’s leader avoids plight of Rohingya in 1st speech since violence -- ABC News
Aung San Suu Kyi breaks silence on Rohingya, sparks storm of criticism -- CNN International
Suu Kyi rejects criticism over Rohingya, UN chief urges army pullback -- Yahoo News
Rohingya Crisis: Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Speaks, Defies Calls for Quick Action -- Newsweek
As villages burn and Rohingya flee, Aung San Suu Kyi tells the world “solid evidence” is needed -- Quartz
Reactions to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's speech -- Washington Post
Rohingya crisis: Are Suu Kyi's Rohingya claims correct? -- BBC News
The west wanted Aung San Suu Kyi to be a saint. It's no surprise she is not -- The Guardian
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WNU Editor, I'm suprised that you buy into the mainstream message about ASSK.
Doesn't it remind you a little of the recent demonization of Putin and Russia, where the media marched in lockstep and all shared the same talking points? Repeat a lie often enough and people accept it. Folks think that Russia 'hacked the elections' because of outright lies repeated many times. You knew that was total junk because of your I.T. background.
When most people share one opinion, it doesn't guarantee that they are correct. It just indicates that they use mainstream media. You posted a few days ago that you often tell your Quebec neighbors that they're living in a bubble what the world is really like. It's frustrating talking to them, isn't it? (Even if they're generally nice folks.) They share the same views, pretty much ...even though you know those views are silly falsehoods given to them by the media. You see the bigger picture, but nobody is listening.
You don't think that just maybe, current Myanmar events have more to do with Western attempts to frustrate China's One Belt, One Road plans for Burma? Modern warfare is rarely kinetic. Mostly, it's waged with PR, informatics, economics and diplomacy. I think that's happening now with Myanmar.
Anon,
Should I trust the Myanmar government who has a long history of human rights violations .... or should I trust the UN, Amnesty International, numerous NGOs, and the entire world media on the Myanmar - Bangaldesh border who are documenting the thousands who are fleeing the country and the burning villages that are in the distance. Hmmmm ....
But even then I will admit that I am usually skeptical .... and I have been on this story .... until recently. What changed my mind was how the Myanmar government has been treating this entire story. They have barred government officials from other countries, they have barred and/or are limiting the press, and now they are trying their best to close social media sites that are documenting what is happening.
The Golden Rule is this .... if a government has nothing to hide, they will go overboard and welcome the press to see everything. But in this case Myanmar has been anything but that .... their focus is to cover-up what is happening. That is my red flag that something is wrong ... and in this case .... terribly wrong.
Anon,
In regards to Putin .... I have been a constant critic of his policies and rule .... and trust me on this one ....he and his allies deserve it. But I separate that from what is happening in the U.S. and Russia-Gate .... that is U.S. politics at its worse. But I could also be wrong .... it is not the first time .... nor will be it the last. But on the Myanmar crisis .... all that I can say is that I have decades of experience in covering these things and my instincts are usually right .... and on this one something terrible is happening.
WNU,
You know my opinion of NGO's and the UN, but on this one they are right. Looks like some "saints" are getting their halos knocked off.
There is an insurgency.
No one gave a crap, because it was happening in Burma.
Well Muslim donors and leaders gave a crap, because they funded and otherwise supported the insurgency.
The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea. - Mao Zedong
This insurgency has gone on for 3 years or more. At some point people give up playing nice. They are draining the sea.
P.S. Put it this way. Those of us that read about the insurgency spent maybe 2 minutes reading about it any particular year. Everyone else did not know or did not care about the bombing and shootings.
Thailand will watch. If they have too many police men killed, they will drain their sea.
Now if the Thais are smart, they will trade their Muslims for ethnic Chinese Malays. The Malay middle and upper class would not like such a deal, because they use Chinese as slaves.
that is a lazy Malay job shadows an ethnic Chinese. The Malay gets the promotions and more money than the Chinese they are shadowing.
www.nytimes.com/2015/08/28/opinion/the-costs-of-malay-supremacy.html
'Bumiputera's privilege'
"There are opportunities to join the government service, but if you’re looking to grow your career, promotion aspects are possible but difficult. In practice, a Bm will have far better opportunities than you to move up the ladder. I’ve heard family members and friends mention way too many times that someone they trained would bypass them solely because that person is a Bm or opportunities for further training are also provided based on quota basis to non Bms."
www.quora.com/Malaysia-Whats-Bumiputeras-privilege
I think Malaysia should take Rohingya.
Burma and Thailand can get the Indians and Chinese.
It is a win-win.
Talking about war being waged with informatics, I notice that a comment I posted about a recent Israel story wasn't approved – despite the post being relevant to the news story, and containing zero antisemitism. Maybe the post got lost in the internet... but, I'm a little worried. You're not witholding comments just because they criticize Israel's government, are you Editor? That doesn't seem like you, AFAIK... but I wanted to check. BTW, nothing that I posted was classified. It's all open source information. The x-band radar site's location is not a secret. It's on Google Maps and a dozen other popular satellite mapping services.
Anon,
Since I started moderating comments I have not blocked one comment. There was one comment that I had accidentally deleted a few weeks back, but I posted it up with an apology.
And now I am curious what you posted. :(
Well, I've been following Israeli ABM for years now. So, I posted a correction about the name of the air base where the US had set up a 'base within a base'. It's the BISNaM air defense training school, which has no runway. There's no such thing as the 'Mashabim Air Base'.
I posted coordinates for the US operated X-band radar at the nearby Dimona nuclear facility, so that people could actually see the radar installation that the US maintained from their new 'base within a base' (plus the Patriot and Arrow ABM batteries clustered round it) on Google Maps.
Obvious question: why are the Americans not maintaining a 'base within a base' at a secure spot on-site at the Dimona facility where the radar is actually set up? Why locate them miles from their own radar? The obvious answer is that it prevents them from having close oversight of their classified AN/TPY-2 radar.
I posted links to some news stories from mainstream sources such as the New York Times detailing a sorry picture of Israel selling every last scrap of donated US defense tech to China. Israel sold Patriot missiles to China. (Twice.) The head of the CIA condemned Israel as the single worst espionage threat the US had ever faced, with Russia and China not even coming close.
It's a matter of public record, acknowledged by the US government, that Israel sold US designed and built F-15 engines and radars to China, plus AIM-9 Sidewinders. Plus vast amounts of classified electro-optical tech, semiconductor tech, missile guidance tech, UAV tech, space launch tech, and stealth tech. All of which were free gifts from the US to Israel. Literally, Israel sold China the plans for the F-35 almost soon as Israel became an official F-35 partner nation with access to the classified program technology. I posted a long list of mainstream media sources that verified what I was talking about. (E.g. German, US, British, and Canadian newspapers; the BBC; Fox News; arms control journals; etc.)
Essentially, China has Israel to thank for helping it build its entire modern defense sector with stolen US technology, allowing China to leapfrog ahead by several decades. It's not unreasonable to argue that the Israeli state, with all its espionage, has been the US military's single greatest threat for many decades.
Anon,
Mucha thanks.
You are right about Israel selling/trading U.S. military tech to China. People I know in Russia have also been saying the same thing to me for years. Why send spies to the U.S. when Russian Jews in Israel will be sending the intel back to Moscow when they get their hands on it. Nothing has been concretely verified .... a lot of people talking .... but you get the drift.
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