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Only democracy can save Burma

Some uninitiated people assume that Burma is going to disintegrate if the Burma Army’ control is not strong enough. This is not true.

The Burmese people and monks took to the streets to demand for political change and democracy, because more than 40 years of military rule has impoverished the land and reduced the people to beasts of burden at the mercy of the military.
 
The SPDC uses the State revenue to purchase arms for the army and now the Burma Army is the largest it has ever been, and the threat of disintegration has never been greater. Strengthening the military’s control in Burma will only accelerate the process of disintegration. You cannot rely on the SPDC generals to save the country from disintegration, because they are only a gang of fools driving the country into pieces.

Jaw
Jaw is a retired Shan State Army officer - Editor


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