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    Quote Originally Posted by pooty View Post
    you guys who missed out on GWOT & the war against ISIS, or are just bored, this coup, plus the possible change in gov't in Thailand, might open up another chance to go get it on.
    Send the Marines.
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    That time when you unwittingly memed yourself into history by recording the start of the coup:

    https://twitter.com/@twitter/status/1356315137976672259
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    So. Where does China stand in all this? I would have to believe they have some strong interests in the events and outcomes.
    "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trigger View Post
    So. Where does China stand in all this? I would have to believe they have some strong interests in the events and outcomes.
    They stand to gain if the west goes back to sanctioning Myanmar. Because it forces Myanmar to basically only do business with China and India again.

    They already have been building inroads to Myanmar (literally). They want to get to the port at Akyab which will give them deep water access into the Indian Ocean. That port is already under development in a joint Burmese-Indian project.

    Right now, the critical thing for Burma is to prevent the rise of radicalised Islam within the borders. Because if it becomes a breeding ground for Islamic Terrorists neither India nor China will be on board for economics. India, in particular, is not going to tolerate an Islamic threat on its eastern border.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TGS View Post
    That time when you unwittingly memed yourself into history by recording the start of the coup:

    https://twitter.com/@twitter/status/1356315137976672259
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    Couping in style with whitewalls.
    "Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA

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    Does this mean Ann-Margaret's not coming?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lost River View Post
    Does this mean Ann-Margaret's not coming?
    It's a big shit sandwich and we all have to take a bite.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hambo View Post
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    Couping in style with whitewalls.
    Is that a Coup DeVille?
    --Josh
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rex G View Post
    Oops; forgot; the Brits don’t do empire, anymore.
    The sun truly set on it a very long time ago.

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    If Biden manages to send troops to Burma, I'll be deeply, deeply, amused.

    Because it was while serving in a "Policing Capacity" in Burma that one Eric Blair, aka George Orwell, began to truly form his anti-totalitarian views and prompted him to write Animal Farm.

    It seems only fitting that a hundred years later the west will be back to policing Burma with a quasi-totalitarian approach...

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