Coincidentally (or perhaps not, because Anu Garg often comments obliquely on political situations) the Word of the Day yesterday was "Faustian". Did Aung San Suu Kyi strike a Faustian bargain with Min Aung Hlain when she accepted continued military domination of the political process in return for free elections in which she would undoubtedly achieve power de jure? It did seem unlikely that the person who delivered an eloquent speech to our parliament in defence of democracy and human rights should have her heart in the persecution of the Rohingya in Rakhine State.
If that was so, the erstwhile commander-in-chief now has her body as well as her soul.
A young Burmese speaking to a TV reporter movingly described his country's brief glimpse of democracy. We were a bird just learning how to fly, he said, then the military came along and broke our wings.
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