They were a mess before this happened. I have clients sifting rare earth minerals there, and it's tribal **** on one side and China on the other. Neither are great.
Please don't, Mr Biden. Make a calculated decision in a coalition with a number of other major countries/allies
I honestly don't think we do. How exactly do you think the West does this. After the Iraq fiasco no way we go into a sovereign country. Esp one that shares a border with China. And if we did. China would definitely support anyone fighting the west. (Unlike Iraq and more like Vietnam) I'd expect a Vietnam like finale than a Iraq like finale, which isn't great either. Plus then you're looking at a West military that would be very overstretched. From middle east to South East Asia.
The West, or to be more exact, the United States (as the gulf between the US military any any other on the earth is the largest in modern history) absolutely could go in and take control and no one would be able to stop them. The question is whether it is worth it to the West, and my guess is that it isn’t.
You aren’t paying attention. The USA took Iraq... the question isn’t whether the USA can, the question is whether it is worth it to the US government.
Not really. Cities were controlled to a degree But the country was something else. Shia militia ruled south Iraq for ages. And the US military did nothing to stop that. Not wanting to start another front in the war. Al Sadr too controlled large parts of the capital. Even in the west Sunni militia and the west took and lost land for over a decade. Iran in the end had more influence in much of Iraq than the US did.
No dude, you don't get it. The iraq that existed before the US no longer exists. That territory is only nominally called iraq now. That's game over.
Aren't leaders supposed to represent the people? What if the majority of Burmese are for some sort of "genocide"? That's what I heard. Can any "leader" really stop them? They were at the receiving end of "genocide", not that the West did much to stop that. The hatred is not going to go away. Actually, it had something to do with the Britain in the first place. What a surprise! Let's say US can and will go in and free Ang San Suu Kyi, but then what? Force her out and put Rohingya Muslims in power? Stop sending troops to change regime. Sitting behind a screen and blame Commies is much safer and more economical.
Yes, in Burma in general the 90% Buddhists hate the 5% Muslims. Always have. Just more dipsh!t religiosity.
Nearby Thailand has had 2 coups in the last 15 years, and theres a lot of unrest bubbling over there atm. Things could get out of hand. They've got an urban vs rural divide, but the normal peace maker... is playing a different role this time, possibly making things worse. My point is, I don't think it's possible to intervene every time a country has one, esp if the myanmar junta doesn't ill treat the majority of its citizens (I hope), and is more like the Thai military than the north korean one. Maybe focus on getting to the bottom of the "diet coup" stateside first.
I doubt that the Biden Administration will intervene. I don't think there is any will in the administration or country as a whole to engage in any major foreign intervention right now. My guess is that the State dept. will issue statements condemning the coup and demanding that the civilian government be restored and that will be it.
That's some dope moves. Also, for a military coup, that's a bunch of crap vehicles. what a bunch of suzukis and some fake humvees?
This, and to be clear I did not support the US decision to invade Iraq after 9/11 and to this day feel that it was a massive mistake and morally reprehensible and I will never defend the decision. However, as someone that has a wife that is Assyrian and they all were in Iraq. The country of Iraq really doesn't exist anymore. The US and the rest of the world needs to stop using the Middle East as a punching dummy. From helping establish Iraq, to what Russia and the USA did to Afghanistan.... to what happened to Syria and what is going on in Yemen and earlier Libya.
