The Burmese Mess Demonstrates the Incoherence of America's Crusades for Democracy

The Burmese Mess Demonstrates the Incoherence of America’s Crusades for Democracy

Tags: Democracy, War and Foreign Policy

02/11/2021 Zachary Yost

The Biden administration has threatened to intervene in Burma to defend “democracy” which really just means putting back into power a woman who is known to support ethnic cleansing. But she said nice things about “democracy,” so she’ll get the US’s nod.

Original Article: “The Burmese Mess Demonstrates the Incoherence of America’s Crusades for Democracy“

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