The Biden/Harris regime has taken the United States back to the brink of war, this time in Southeast Asia. This is an especially dangerous development because their target: Myanmar lies within China’s envisioned sphere of influence. The coup toppled a leader with “warm relations” to the CCP and China has significant oil and gas interests in their neighbor.
Daily Wire reports that “The Biden administration responded to an early morning military coup in Myanmar on Monday by threatening to “take action against those responsible.”
For the Record THIS is a Coup, And Biden Could Take Us Into War
The military of Myanmar (also known as Burma) has declared the 2020 General Election fraudulent. They have place Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) under arrest. The military has shut down all communications out of the capitol and declared a state of emergency for one year. Suu Kyi’s NLD party showed a commanding majority in the legislature which would have cemented the rule of Suu Kyi as State Counsellor (equivalent to Prime Minister) and President Win Myint both in power since 2015.
Biden called the military’s actions “a direct assault on the country’s transition to democracy and the rule of law” and said Washington would not hesitate to restore sanctions.
Biden threatens U.S. sanctions in response to Myanmar coup https://t.co/WyyCDpyD0x pic.twitter.com/c2OA1ozIMj
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 1, 2021
The Associated Press has reported that the military has installed former Vice President Myint Swe as President and that the Commander-In-Chief General Min Aung Hlaing would be in charge as the Myanmar Legislature, the Assembly of Union has been dissolved. The AP wrote,
“The military justified its move by citing a clause in the 2008 constitution, implemented during military rule, that says in cases of national emergency, the government’s executive, legislative and judicial powers can be handed to the military commander-in-chief.”
US joins international condemnation of military coup in Myanmar https://t.co/NN1SctdwLx pic.twitter.com/b51Y4gHqCW
— The Hill (@thehill) February 1, 2021
China’s Cautious Response
The Chinese Communist Party has responded very quietly and cautiously to the Myanmar coup. The CCP heavily supported the Suu Kyi administration and likely view the coup as a serious setback. This would suggest that the removal of Suu Kyi could be in America’s interest, which raises the question: Why isn’t the Biden regime pressing for an independent investigation of the Myanmar 2020 Election to prove or disprove the military’s findings? The answer: it’s easier to threaten them and do Beijing’s dirty work for them. And the present ruling party in America doesn’t like elections being scrutinized do they?
The Guardian reports,
“Champa Patel of the Chatham House thinktank said: “China will not welcome news of the coup. The Chinese have warm relations with [Aung San Suu Kyi] that have deepened as western countries criticised her civilian government’s response to the Rohingya crisis. The military, on the other hand, is perceived as having a more independent streak that sought to balance against Chinese influence.”
“We have noted what has happened in Myanmar and are in the process of further understanding the situation,” the Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, told a daily news briefing in Beijing. “China is a friendly neighbor of Myanmar’s. We hope that all sides in Myanmar can appropriately handle their differences under the constitution and legal framework and safeguard political and social stability.”
UPDATE: Military Coup in Myanmar
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Beijing hopes for stability in Myanmar in response to the military coup.#savemyanmar #militarycoup pic.twitter.com/cST9WpCPLL
— The Irrawaddy (Eng) (@IrrawaddyNews) February 1, 2021
There But for The Grace of God Go We?
In the closing days of his administration President Trump took criticism for not following a similar path. Many Trump supporters suggested he could declare a state of national emergency and pause Electoral College confirmation on January 6th. This would have allowed an investigation into the irregularities and allegations of fraud in the US 2020 Election to be conducted. Instead, Trump peacefully left Washington, D.C., to regroup and re-constitute his political base. Averting the immediate outbreak of a fully-realized Second Civil War. A conflict which for many seems inevitable still, only just delayed.
It would seem that a distracting conflict far from the streets of America would benefit Biden, allowing him to wear a façade of being tough on China, while actually working in their best interests, not ours.
