Zabaniyah
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Myanmar may be physically larger but BD has 3 times larger population and 3.5X larger GDP.
With the intent, BD can impose it's will on the Barmans.
In a word no.
Just look at Israel as an example. Are they feeling cool and dandy after...how many years? Far, far from it. They are not at peace with themselves. Afraid of 16 year old red-heads, pathetic......it's an insult for every self-respecting warrior out there who value their honor. At best, I would describe it as a fort that is very well supplied. But then, all forts are destined to be broken.
Morale of the story: Small countries cannot impose their will on bigger ones no matter how advanced that small country is, or how hard they try.
The only exceptions are large distances (e.g. US winning the Cold War against USSR) or divided by a significantly large water body (e.g. Russian-Japanese War). The examples of the victors mentioned aren't exactly small countries by the way, but comparatively, they were small relative to their opponent. Once again, I would really suggest to read some good books about war.
We are going to graduate from LDC status soon. Maybe we might get some neat toys, but I doubt our leadership. But hey, so would Burma. The happenings in Rakhine state had some pretty meaty backers. Singapore and Australia are whitewashing the happenings there. Singapore's Prime Minister went on saying “It’s an issue which is also in the public attention and it’s one of those where intense public attention sometimes makes it more difficult to solve,” WTF? What weed was that old fool smoking? I would love to try it
Now that says something. They invested a lot in Northern Rakhine. It took a long time. And they did not expect the global outrage. It was all about the land. And now it is heavily militarized. That makes them predictable.
The actions of a nation's troops are a reflection of the nation's leadership. If they are savage, their troops are savage. If they are cowards, their troops are timid. If they have honor, their leadership are honorable. Which was why I mentioned our leadership here and before.
There are options, there are powerful friends out there, we have the power to decide our security, but we are not utilizing that power properly. There's simply no one to challenge the ruling party which is a problem. It almost seems as if they are answering to someone else. The elections are knocking on the door. Like I said, a new chapter.
I confident that we can bring those stubborn generals to book. Or perhaps kill them if they truly have a deathwish. But....well, you get the gist of my post.
Honor is expensive. Don't expect it from cheap people.