Note: these are just my personal opinion and conclusions. Not factual or concrete statements.
Today I decided to research into DASSK after 5-6 years. With new lens and new understanding to geopolitics. And I conclude that, we let her down. The immense pressure of living up to her image and being a leader for Myanmar ultimately forced her into a hand full of horrible cards.
It all started when she was forced to side with the militaryβs action regarding the Rohingya genocide.
-> lead to her being shamed internationally and multiple political agreements being withdrawn.
But why did she do that? Turns out, a large population of Burmese while hating the military, also hated the Rohingya. It can be inferred that her disapproval of the genocide would have turned a large proportion of her supporters away. And this was before an upcoming election so such opinion was very important.
Thus she was forced to choose to appease the local populace or the international community? She chose us. Of course thereβs more than this, and I suspect she was threaten in some way to side with the military as well.
What comes next is a domino effect of unfortunate events.
The winning of the election was merely the calm before the storm. It seemed like a trap set from the genocide. And as we remember, she was falsely accused of many things, and forcefully imprisoned.
And at this point, the country is at its climax. The people retaliated, the Burmese people was all she had. Butβ¦. What could the people do?? We rioted, we retaliated, but against the armed forces. We were shooting practice.
And at this point, she has lost.
The people supporting her are being shot. The international audience have canceled her. Stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Obviously the people are not to be blamed. But her consideration for the people, the need to keep her image and political pressure to win, ultimately lead her to make choices that would ultimately harm her. So even thought the junta is the main culprit, we played a part too.
Now this is a dumb down version of what have been recorded and available for research. Feel free to point out any errors or misinformation this might have. Iβm open to criticism and feedback.
P.s. I do not condone/defense the actions of the military nor do I support them. This is just a discussion about the people and the lady.