That makes no sense... why should we look away? What do we owe Burma or China?
Entirely illogical to facilatate any action on BD soil. We are not talking about USA.... we are talking about moghs for gods sake. There is effectively no red line and no BD sovereignty.
BAL should not be allowed to reign any further.
Try to understand the reality of things sometimes shouldnt be taken at face value.
I will try to present some sort of brief arguement here.
Everything I say will be in the context of the big picture i.e. US China conflict.
US tried to militarize the situation between Myanmar and Bangaldesh after 2017.
Offering no real support other than to fuel weapons sales in another x verus y conflict.
China DID support Myanamar in 2017 and Bangladesh took offence.
In the years that followed Bangladesh flirted with the US in terms of weapons sales.
Uncle Sam wants things to be on his terms.
Bangladesh doesn't like that and see's this as making a deal with the devil.
Also, Bangladesh tries to bypass India and deal more directly with the US.
Again, deal with the devil.
My litmus test for this theory is if BAF buys the F-16 or J-10 to replace its single seaters.
Notice how the other 2 Type 53H3 never came post 2017.
However, things seemed to have thawed between China and Bangladesh recently.
It may be that Bangladesh has realized Myanmar is the lesser of two evils between India and Myanmar and will need China more than the US.
Of course Bangladesh can not afford to alienate the US/West too much.
Also the US attitude towards South Asia, specifically Pakistan and Bangladesh in relation to the Russia/Ukraine conflict has left a bad taste in the mouth for Dhaka in regards to dealing with the US.
Please excuse the word salad above but I hope you understand what I am trying to say.
i.e. Bangladesh NEEDS China more than it realized before and the cost of that is to play ball and look the other way so long as China ultimately deals with Myanmar.
But yes I do agree with you, BAL is absolute trash.