US lifts sanctions on Myanmar junta allies after general praises Trump

Posted by IHateTrains123

4 Comments

  1. There’s nothing really to say here other than that anything the Trump administration says will be contradicted in short order by either another moronic statement or incompetent action

    China is the pacing threat, which is why the US will relieve pressure on one of its proxies*

    *the PRC has at times tolerated anti-junta groups, but in recent months has increased economic and military cooperation with the junta

  2. IHateTrains123 on

    * Myanmar military overthrew democratically elected government
    * Human Rights Watch calls US move ‘extremely worrying’
    * Rights group says it suggests major policy shift underway
    * Trump administration in competition with China over rare earths

    !ping Foreign-policy

  3. Lighthouse_seek on

    China is harsher on the junta than the US because China at least uses the rebels as counterbalance. Think about how absurd this is

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