Opinion of Aung San Suu Kyi

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Always a deeply overrated Moderate Hero, and proven to be surprisingly cowardly and insular in office.

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Always a deeply overrated Moderate Hero, and proven to be surprisingly cowardly and insular in office.

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the whole rohingya thingie is tarnishing her legacy anyway.

It's not her fault, so it's unfair holding that against her.

it is not her fault, correct, as far as i know she is just not really good at helping or improving the situation.

The whole democratization thing was kind of a sham, the military wanted sanctions to end. There is no way in hell anyone can plausibly, for the time being, stop the military from continuing its abuses against the Rohingya, for now anyway.

That's the thing: why is she allowing the loathed military legitimacy by joining their regime? This isn't a Nelson Mandela "former enemies come together to avoid bloodshed" moment, this is a complete capitulation.

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Always a deeply overrated Moderate Hero, and proven to be surprisingly cowardly and insular in office.

THIS

the whole rohingya thingie is tarnishing her legacy anyway.

It's not her fault, so it's unfair holding that against her.

it is not her fault, correct, as far as i know she is just not really good at helping or improving the situation.

The whole democratization thing was kind of a sham, the military wanted sanctions to end. There is no way in hell anyone can plausibly, for the time being, stop the military from continuing its abuses against the Rohingya, for now anyway.

That's the thing: why is she allowing the loathed military legitimacy by joining their regime? This isn't a Nelson Mandela "former enemies come together to avoid bloodshed" moment, this is a complete capitulation.

I'd argue it's somewhat in between. Within the bounds she has been allowed, she wants to actually get stuff passed in the government for the benefit of the average person. A Mandela moment was always unlikely in Myanmar; she's likely focused on incremental steps. Which is fine.

There's sometimes a time for incremental steps, and sometimes there isn't. She would have had enormous leverage given that she is treated as a minor god amongst large sections of the populace and that the military regime is despised domestically and isolated internationally, but she chose to forgo that to prop then up. And if it's incremental improvements she's after, then she's doing a pretty crap job of it, given that her time in office has seen an escalation in ethnic tension spurred on by far-right monks.

The thing is with the Rohingya is that they are distrusted and disliked by the Burmese population at large, but a true leader - one that transcends the job of 'politician' - knows when to build bridges, even if it comes at the expense of a few measly opinion polls. Unfortunately ASSK's failure to do so means that Burma will be further polarised and as usual the Salafis will find another captive popution to spread their pollution to. (Worth noting that it isn't just Rohingya - there are lots of minorities in Myanmar that she won support from, but seems willing to sell-out for fear of upsetting those she fears - the military and the far-right).