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The Genocide of the Rohingya: Big Oil, Failed Democracy and False Prophets
The West is now fully on the side of the government carrying out these atrocious acts. And the reason is oil, writes RAMZY BAROUD

To a certain extent, Aung San Suu Kyi is a false prophet. Glorified by the West for many years, she was made a “democracy icon” because she opposed the same forces in her country, Myanmar, at the time that the US-led Western coalition isolated Rangoon for its alliance with China.

Suu Kyi played her role as expected, winning the approval of the right and the admiration of the left. And for that, she won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

The “Lady” of Myanmar’s journey from being a political pariah in her own country, where she was placed under house arrest for 15 years, finally ended in triumph when she became the de facto leader following a multi-party election in 2015.

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