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Alternate take then. At that time, US was paying money to Pakistan for their support and fully intended to invade Afghanistan regardless. In that case might as well try to make money from it. So they betrayed Taliban for money.
They will not dare to do anything about it. They are too dependent on outsourced work from the West.
Something not given enough attention is the capture of Lashio by MNDAA (ethnic chinese militia) in Myanmar
Lashio is basically the most important military position in the northeast of Myanmar and second largest city in the area behind Muse
Some are saying it will make it impossible for Myanmar to resupply Muse, which is the largest city in the area on the border with China
This recent sweep by MNDAA and allies has turned a tiny Kokang (few hundred km2, population ~200k) on the verge of being assimilated into the size of a small country (10,000+km2, population ~1 million)
China's is now one big step closer to a western coastline. I wonder if MNDAA will be able to hold on and stabilise political control.
Lashio is basically the most important military position in the northeast of Myanmar and second largest city in the area behind Muse
Some are saying it will make it impossible for Myanmar to resupply Muse, which is the largest city in the area on the border with China
This recent sweep by MNDAA and allies has turned a tiny Kokang (few hundred km2, population ~200k) on the verge of being assimilated into the size of a small country (10,000+km2, population ~1 million)
China's is now one big step closer to a western coastline. I wonder if MNDAA will be able to hold on and stabilise political control.
A Western coastline for China would be fantastic
It certainly fits Sun Tzu strategy, when the whole world is focused on SCS and the X-Island Chain concepts, China suddenly gains a coastline in Myanmar lol
However it's impossible. The strategic gain for China would be so enormous that I just can't see how India and the US don't actively intervene to stop that from happening. It would be a disaster for them to allow such a thing to happen
That's too bad. It would be great.
How would they be able to intervene when the country would not even hold a few hours if China wanted a takeover? US, let alone India, could not stop a Chinese annexation of Myanmar anymore than China or Russia could stop American annexation of Panama.
It's social factors that make China take it slow, Myanmar is extremely poor and underdeveloped. Militarily, China could take it in a day, but the occupation would maybe significantly tax even the giant Chinese economy. The area is all villages and mountains.
If you let an ethnic Chinese minority slowly inch towards total takeover, they'll develop all the institutions, and then let them propose joining China on their own. Then China can just say yes without alienating anyone.
There is also the matter that there will always be cultures that disagree with joining another country. If China were to own Myanmar from tomorrow onwards, these peoples need to be dealt with somehow, the resulting crackdown may tarnish Chinese international reputation. Whereas whatever MNDAA does is their own business only.
Anwar Ibrahim, the current PM of Malaysia is one of the few exceptions. He had many trips to the US. He gave speeches there, studied there, and was endorsed by a number of US politicians. His "Reformation" movement in Malaysia was heavily supported by the NED and George Soros' Open Foundation. He was also super close to Erdogan. So people were right to suspect that he is US puppet.
Turns out, he is proving to be quite the opposite. He had steered Malaysia into closer cooperation with China. Culminating with Malaysia's application to join BRICS. He has openly condemned Israel and placed sanctions, much to the dismay of the US. Today his old NED allies attacks him regularly and the US has placed some sanctions on Malaysia. So it's fair to say that he is proving not to be America's puppet.
Therefore sometimes things are not what it seems. As long as the person is not a complete idiot like Milei or Guaido, things might not be so predictable.