I don't understand why this military coup in Myanmar is such a big thing.
Myanmar has been a military dictatorship for decades. It only became a country "sort of" ruled by a civilian democracy in 2011... mostly kind-of. Face it... Myanmar has always been ruled by their military, even if only from behind the scenes while they put on a false front.
During the Clinton and Bush years, Myanmar was ostracized from the world. Trade, travel and diplomatic relations were extremely limited because of their reputation and brutality against their own people. In the Obama years, Myanmar learned that they can FOOL the world by pretending to become a democracy. Obama helped them with that false face. The world leaders bought it (or pretended to) and everyone enjoyed the fake act.
The civilian "democracy" actually started to think THEY ran the country and that they had any sort of power. The military had to step in and squash that like a bug. Now... after the purge (and there will be one)... a new "democracy" will come into power, ruled exclusively by the military. The leaders will simply be puppets.
I don't understand why this military coup in Myanmar is such a big thing.
Myanmar has been a military dictatorship for decades. It only became a country "sort of" ruled by a civilian democracy in 2011... mostly kind-of. Face it... Myanmar has always been ruled by their military, even if only from behind the scenes while they put on a false front.
During the Clinton and Bush years, Myanmar was ostracized from the world. Trade, travel and diplomatic relations were extremely limited because of their reputation and brutality against their own people. In the Obama years, Myanmar learned that they can FOOL the world by pretending to become a democracy. Obama helped them with that false face. The world leaders bought it (or pretended to) and everyone enjoyed the fake act.
The civilian "democracy" actually started to think THEY ran the country and that they had any sort of power. The military had to step in and squash that like a bug. Now... after the purge (and there will be one)... a new "democracy" will come into power, ruled exclusively by the military. The leaders will simply be puppets.