Permanent military rule might just be a fact of life for Burma
Commentary by Daniel Gawthrop posted on straight.com (Georgia Straight) on February 1, 2021 In the face of international outrage over this week’s military coup in Burma, the country’s generals no doubt see a moral advantage they didn’t have in 1990 when they refused to hand over power to the National League for Democracy after losing that year’s elections by a similar landslide: it’s hard to take Western calls for due process seriously…