Thread by @PandemicTruther

An understanding of the Myanmar situation: the West is responsible for the coup and the destruction of the Myanmar democracy according to Philippines' foreign minister Teodoro Locsin

Aung San Suu Kyi was punished for not wanting to be a western puppet.

2/She promoted actively Myanmar's cooperation with China and embraced China's Belt Road Initiative. She visited China several times and has excellent personal relationship with Chinese leaders.

The disappointed West thus turned against her and condemned her for the

3/alleged genocide of the Rohingya Muslims (in reality racial conflict as a result of British colonial legacy).

The military misjudged the situation deeming it an opportune moment to seize the power. The Junta considered to have received encouraging signals from the West with

4/ NYT tearing Aung San apart with the propaganda lie of "genocide" (to divert attention from the real Muslim genocide by the US,
all those fallen out of western favor are accused of Muslim genocide. One stone kills two birds). The military didn't expect

5/the West would react so vehemently.

The Junta lacks the political finesse to understand the US game. Whatever excuse to destabilize Myanmar and destroy the BRI shall be seized and exploited. Democracy, genocide etc anything will do. The western color revolution is

6/permanent and ongoing irrespective of the government in place.
The destabilization of Aung Sang Suu Kyi through the indictment of fake genocide in an international criminal court is part of the permanent color revolution against Myanmar.

7/Years of sanctions plunged Myanmar into poverty and isolation. In 2010, the military gave in to western pressure and released Aung Sang. Prior to the coup, the Myanmar democracy was fragile.
The military was wary of Aung San's international prestige and influence. For years,

8/they took care not to trespass. However now that Aung San's prestige is destroyed by the West, the Junta thought it has nothing to fear. This time, the Junta thought, the West would know better than awarding Aung San with Nobel prize and sanctioning Myanmar.

9/ The Junta hasn't realized that they have just walked into the western trap and provided the West with a golden excuse to plunge the country into chaos thus vicariously destroying the BRI.

To obtain western leniency, the Junta even hired an

10/ Israeli lobbyist to pass the message to the west that they removed Aung Sang because she's too close to China. Their coup was to liberate Myanmar from China. Well, their plea doesn't sound very convincing.

The military ruled Myanmar for more than 50 years. During this time,

11/they were the fervent seekers of China's largess. For years, West actively promoted Aung San Suu Kyi as an opposition leader precisely for the purpose of grooming a puppet who will do the western biddings and be hostile to China contrary to the military.

12/The military is certainly very corrupt and hated by the people but armed force is indispensable to Myanmar's stability. Myanmar enjoys (is cursed by) 100 ethnicities which all have their own militia. Keeping the one hundred snakes at bay is not an easy task. China has to

13/reckon with the military if it wants to accomplish any project in Myanmar.

For years, the military runs a highly lucrative drug trafficking business targeting the China market generating a revenue of 1bn US$ a year. This has become a big social problem for China.

14/ It's not so easy to persuade the military to be good and abandon drug trafficking. To achieve this, China must pay. The military soon realized that China has deep pockets and Myanmar can profit handsomely from China's BRI projects, the biggest of which is no doubt the

15/Sino-Myanmar oil gas pipeline. For this, China invested 5 bn US$. Not only Myanmar doesn't need to pay a penny, it can further earn the right of passage of 20m US$ plus 10% of the gas transited and 2.5 million barrels of oil annually. China also built a port partnering with

16/Myanmar who is given 50% stake. The oil and gas provided to Myanmar have raised the electricity supply of the region from 3-4 hours to 24 hours a day.

Such pipeline is strategic for China's energy safety. Hitherto, 80% of China's imported oil must pass through the

17/Strait of Malacca under the US control. In case of a blockade (no one knows what a psychopath will do), China's energy safety will be secured by the Sino-Myanmar pipeline.

Due to years of sanctions, the infrastructure of Myanmar is in a sorry state.

18/ UN estimated that an investment of 60 bn US$ is needed to modernize the country. China has deployed numerous infrastructure projects in Myanmar, building fast trains, highways, dams supplying the greater part of the country's electricity. For all these projects,

19/China accorded Myanmar very favorable conditions. At Myanmar's request, China even set up a factory to assemble the train wagons locally. Other than this, China endowed Myanmar with numerous aid programs notably setting up an agricultural machine factory, training teachers for

20/the countryside, building a conference centre for the capital etc.

The biggest aid program is China's providing alternative farming solutions to replace opium poppies & coca. China must provide alternative livelihoods if it wants to eradicate drug trafficking at the root.

21/Between 2005-2008, 198 Chinese entities proposed and set up 231 planting projects successfully converting 363k acres of drug fields. This is China's poverty alleviation program to turn the drug dealers into honest farmers...

Not to mention China's textile

22/manufacturing industry in Myanmar employing 400k locals.

China is undoubtedly Myanmar's biggest benefactor bearing in mind that Myanmar is crucial to China's energy safety.

West seeing this is desperate. They must seize every opportunities to destroy the golden cooperation

23/between the two countries..

For the greater good of Myanmar, to extricate the country from the current impasse, the wisest solution would be for China, ASEAN countries and UN to intervene and reinstate Aung San as the country's true leader with the military

24/accepting to step down and back Aung San.

Aung San has moral authority and is loved by the people. The military has a role to play as well, ie, as a guarantor of the nation's stability.

The destructive and criminal US/West must be kept out of Myanmar at all cost.