Comments by "K `" (@user-jt3dw6vv4x) on "Myanmar's Jungle Warriors" video.

@deepblue3682 You do know that the Burmese military (Tatmadaw) is killing Shan Buddhists, Rakhine Buddhists and Bamar Buddhists (who don't support the Tatmadaw) right? You do know that the Tamil Tiger terrorists bombed Sri Lankan Buddhists, Muslims, Christians and Hindus right? This has nothing to do with religion.
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@Sasha.Z. Your narrow worldview is showing. It's really wrong of you to claim the Russia-Ukraine Crisis is more important than the Myanmar crisis. So I guess the people of Myanmar and by extension the rest of the Asian region don't matter in your eyes. All of Asia's regional powers (China, India, Japan) are involved in Myanmar and any seismic crisis in Myanmar can have effects on these countries and the rest of the region and eventually the rest of the world. Let me reiterate that CHINA is involved and if you aren't aware, China is the emerging power of the world and is already outperforming the US in several sectors. Asia is also the region with the highest economic growth rate in the world. What happens in Asia, affects the world. Why do you think the US is so obsessed with Asia and the Pacific these days?
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@Sasha.Z. You must only follow what's happening in Eastern Europe and the US or something because a year ago, the Myanmar coup was one of the top international news stories and discussed at the UN.
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@mrsalwaysright6478 Based on your comment, you must be from India because many Burmese (especially young people and the Burmese government-in-exile) are now supportive of the Rohingyas and the Burmese government-in-exile wants to reintegrate them back into Myanmar's society. They also used the word "Rohingya" instead of "Bengali". I only see Indians continue to say "illegal Bengalis" and "Bangladeshi refugees" and that type of stuff when the rest of the world has moved on. You must be an Indian.
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@nomastersnogods9303 The Muslim population in Myanmar is still small today. There are small minorities of native Burmese people who are Muslim (many of whom live in Rakhine State) such as the Kaman. The Arakan Kingdom was always separate in identity to the central plains and was home to Rakhine Buddhists and Arakanese Muslims. The idea that there was "hardly any Muslims etc. in Myanmar" is wrong because Myanmar, as we know it today, was a collection of several different kingdoms. It is only expected with the Islamic invasions of South Asia that Islam eventually spread into neighbouring western Myanmar in which groups like the Kaman became Muslim.
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@nomastersnogods9303 Myanmar is not homogenous, it has always been home to hundreds of different ethnic groups. Idk where you got this idea that Myanmar is homogenous, it's not and never has been. Myanmar is so diverse that the country has officially recognised 135 different ethnic groups but there are many other minority groups who are not recognised. The largest ethnic group are the Bamar and there are hundreds of other indigenous minorities in the other states of Myanmar such as the Mon (the first inhabitants of Myanmar), Shan, Rakhine, Karen, Kachin, Wa, Kaman, Maramagyi, Daingnet etc. This is why Myanmar has for so long dealt with separatist movements from minority groups. On top of that, there are non-indigenous minorities, many of whom came during the colonial era, such as the Burmese Indians and Burmese Chinese (who now after several generations and also through facing systematic racism have become Burmanised). Myanmar is far from homogenous and the Tatmadaw has, like the CCP in China, engaged in a process known as Burmanisation. This is why you will be able to find many Burmese Muslims (such as Bamar Muslims) who are only Muslim by religion as their culture, mentality, style of dress, food etc. is "Bamar Buddhist". In fact, it is generally accepted that for a Burmese Muslim, the more "Bamar" you are the more accepted you will be in society. Myanmar is a heterogenous country.
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Most of them now live in Bangladesh. Rohingya refugees also live in other neighbouring countries like India, Thailand, Malaysia and further afield in Indonesia, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
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@doyoumissme8442 Actually they do and people in Myanmar do care about it a lot now.
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You can't expect minority groups to take a stand when they're fighting for their lives too. The Burmese military is the only one to blame here and all of the other countries and the UN who watched and let it happen.
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They had so many documentaries and videos about the Rohingya genocide back in 2017. Where were you??? You obviously didn't watch any of them and you probably think the Rohingya genocide is due to them being Muslim, it's not.
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What makes you think foreign fighters are going to travel to Myanmar? Foreign fighters travelling to the Middle East is to do with religion. The Myanmar crisis has nothing to do with religion, there is no universal belief that would entice foreigners to travel to Myanmar. Myanmar's woes are much more similar to situations that happened in other neighbouring regions of Asia than the religious-influenced wars of the Middle East.
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@ajarofmayonnaise3250 You really can't expect Modi to know what peace and democracy is. He is a supporter of the Burmese military, Hopefully the Indians wake up and realise he's toxic and is doing nothing good for India.
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The Burmese military committed the genocide and they're the ones in power still killing people.
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@failtolawl They are citizens of Myanmar. Many ethnic minority groups in Myanamr are recognised as natives and citizens of the country. Myanmar has 135 recognised ethnic groups. Most of the minority groups in Myanmar who are not citizens/not officially recognised are non-indigenous like the Burmese Chinese and Burmese Indians. Burmese Chinese, Burmese Indians and many Burmese Muslims (even native ones) are viewed as "mixed blood" and face greater scrutiny when it comes to acquiring citizenship even though they have lived in Myanmar for hundreds of years compared to other Burmese groups who are indigenous.
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@mahmudulhasanshihab3382 Are you aware of the fact that there are other Muslim groups in Myanmar besides the Rohingyas? No you aren't. There are other groups like Bamar Muslims and Kaman who don't face the same type of abuse Rohingyas face. The Rohingya issue has nothing to do with religion. The military targeted them because since WWII, they were seen as traitors and in the 1970s they were stripped off citizenship. Also, many young Burmese and now even the Burmese government-in-exile is supportive of the Rohingyas and regret not speaking up. The Burmese government-in-exile said they want to reintegrate Rohingyas back into Myanmar's society and a #/Black4Rohingya campaign to show support for Rohingyas went viral in Myanmar last year. Many Bamar people are now supportive of Rohingyas. They were brainwashed by the military into thinking the Rohingyas were a threat.
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@CunnyRape You know nothing about Burmese affairs and it shows.
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@CunnyRape Men in dresses? What? Where?
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You need to understand that Myanmar was under the clutches of the military and still is. Many were brainwashed at the time into thinking the Rohingyas were a threat to Myanmar. People's eyes opened to the truth when the military staged a coup on February 1, 2021. That's when people realised the real enemy is the Burmese military and not the Rohingyas, since then there is a lot of growing support for the Rohingyas.
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@newtonmin3174 I am aware that Myanmar has been under military rule for a very long time. The thing that is missing is that Myanmar was cut off from the rest of the world for half a century. It was not until the early 2010s that Myanmar got full access to the internet and with that, it was still limited. Burmese people had no idea that the military had been targeting Rohingyas at a great scale until the early 2010s. For many Burmese, at the time, the internet was "Facebook" and you might be aware of the fact that a lot of fake news was spread on Facebook by the military claiming Rohingyas were killing Rakhine people and that ultimately led to the 2012 race riots in Rakhine State. The military continued to spread fake news on Facebook (which Facebook did not remove) throughout the 2010s and that brainwashed Burmese (especially Bamar people) into thinking Rohingyas were a threat. Everybody thought the Rohingyas were illegal immigrants from Myanmar but if you look closely at pre-2012 life in Rakhine State, the state where Rohingyas live, Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims lived peacefully with each other until the military brainwashed the Rakhine into thinking Rohingyas were targeting Rakhine people. The Rakhine people were the first to realise that the Rohingyas were never a threat when the Burmese military began attacking Rakhine people in 2019. Eventually, the rest of Myanmar (especially Bamar) woke up in 2021 when the coup happened.
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@newtonmin3174 Islamophobia is not the roose cause of the Rohingya genocide. The Rohingyas have been targets of violence since Burmese independence. General Min Aung Hlaing of the Burmese military even said that the Rohingyas are being targeted in order to "complete unfinished business from WWII". That "unfinished business" traces back to when the Japanese invaded Myanmar during WWII. At the time, the Japanese had convinced Asian people that Japan was freeing South and Southeast Asia from the Europeans. Naturally, most Burmese sided with the Japanese believing the Japanese were going to kick out the British and give the Burmese people independence. The British told the Rohingyas that they would get their own separate state if they allied with the British, the Rohingyas did that (obviously they were lied to by the British because they got nothing) and from that day on, the Rohingyas were seen as traitors and outsiders. Pre-colonial times show that Rohingyas (Arakanese Muslims as they were known back then) lived peacefully with the Rakhine Buddhists in the Arakan Kingdom until the Bamar took over the Arakan Kingdom and then the British colonised the country. You need to understand that there are many other Burmese Muslim groups in Myanmar. One of Aung San Suu Kyi's closest political allies was a Muslim. Yes Islamophobia has risen in Myanmar but that's not the root cause for the Rohingya genocide.
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@newtonmin3174 The Rohingya crisis in Myanmar is also a very ethnocentric issue. That's why, prior to the 2021 coup, other Burmese Muslim groups such as the Kaman Muslims were against the Rohingyas. The Kaman Muslims are a much smaller minority in Rakhine State compared to the Rohingyas. Kaman are Muslims, they look similar to Rohingyas (but many seem to have lighter skin compared to most Rohingyas) and live in the same area as the Rohingyas. The Kaman however are culturally more similar to the Rakhine Buddhists and speak a Sino-Tibetan language called Arakanese. There was a time in the early 2010s where the government had been giving citizenship to Rohingyas and labelling them as "Kaman" and that created a lot of anger among Kaman. Additionally, claims from Kaman that they were targeted by Rohingyas created friction in the state. Anyway, things have changed considerably since then. There is much more support for Rohingyas these days and the Rohingyas have now sued Facebook because Facebook played a big role in their genocide. Facebook, at the time, refused to delete fake news spread by the military.
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@newtonmin3174 One of Myanmar's prominent pro-democracy activists today is a Rohingya woman. Her name is Wai Wai Nu and her father was also voted into the government in 1990 before the military refused to recognise the results.
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@newtonmin3174 Yeah but some of your points are not correct. Not all Rohingyas are Muslims, there are Hindu and Christian Rohingyas too and while the Hindu and Christian Rohingyas are treated better than their Muslim counterparts, they too were driven out of their homes and now live in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Yes Islamophobia exacerbated the situation but that is not the root cause of the problem. The Rohingyas have been "othered" first due to their decision to side with the British in the 1940s, the second for their attempt to gain independence after Myanmar became a country, the third when they were stripped off citizenship in the 1970s and finally when the military brainwashed the Bamar into thinking the Rohingyas were illegal immigrants from Bangladesh during the 2010s. It's very easy to claim that it's all due to religion but it's far more complex than religion. Burmese military has a tight control on information so it's unsurprising that the Bamar, who live far away from Rakhine State, would fall for military propaganda. Most of them have never been to Rakhine State and most of them know very little about Rakhine State. Those who are Islamophobic are the ultranationalists and their Islamophobia is no different to the Islamophobia in other parts of Southeast and South Asia. In fact, the Burmese ultranationalists who are Islamophobic see themselves as part of a network with other ultranationalists, such as those from Sri Lanka and they've also inspired the ultranationalists in India and share similarities to their counterparts in Thailand. To them, they claim they all face extinction in South and Southeast Asia because of their communities' low fertility rates compared to Muslims. The Burmese ultranationalists played a role in brainwashing Bamar people but they are not the roose cause of the situation. Also, when you say "Burmese" you mean "Bamar" because it is Bamar that accepted the Islamophobic and illegal immigrant propaganda. The ethnic groups in Rakhine State, on the other hand, have lived with Rohingyas for centuries and had no issue until the Bamar took over and the British colonised the area. The important thing is that many Bamar are now supportive of Rohingyas and this support has been accepted by many Rohingyas in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. People are finally realising they were wrong and are now expressing regret for their silence.
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@newtonmin3174 Yes Rakhine were killing Rohingyas. That violence started in 2012 when a Rakhine woman was gang raped by Rohingyas. That started the whole destruction between the two groups. However, before 2012 things were good between rakhine and Rohingyas. Both groups lived with each other peacefully, went to the same schools and frequented shops owned by Rohingyas and Rakhine. You should read the testimonies from people that lived in this area before the 2012 violence. How am I saying Islamophobia is only centred in Rakhine State? I have been talking about the Bamar the whole time and Islamophobia among Bamar and Bamar don't live in Rakhine State. What makes you think I'm only talking about Rakhine? Muslims? Before the military took over, there were Muslims in the Burmese government. I don't know why you think all Muslims are facing the same turmoil in Myanmar like the Rohingyas. Not all Muslims in Myanmar are Rohingyas. Yes Islamophobia exists but that doesn't extend to all Muslims, some Muslims in Myanmar (e.g. Rohingyas) face more discrimination in Myanmar than others. There is a long history of Bamar Muslim politicians in the Burmese government. Most are actually supporting the Rohingyas now. If the Burmese government-in-exile is now supportive of Rohingyas why would you say only some are supportive. You need to read about the Burmese government-in-exile and read what they are saying. You;ll see attitudes are changing. I said earlier on there was also a viral campaign in Myanmar to show support for Rohingyas. It went viral in Myanmar. Things don't go viral if most people aren't aware of something. Attitudes are changing and many Rohingyas are very welcoming of this. It has to start somewhere. The fact that people are finally waking up is a really good thing. I didn't think this day would ever come but it did.
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How?? The Burmese military is literally in power right now murdering more people. So how???
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@no5829 I'm talking to the OP, sorry their name didn't show up.
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@no5829 I'm sorry but why? I already know that the military is the one who committed the genocide. The OP is claiming the military is paying for what they have done but that's not the case, the military is still in power and the Rohingyas have still not been allowed to go back to their homes.
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@no5829 Hmm but that's not true. It was the military that did that. The "Burmese government" never had full control of the country, even though Myanmar had "democracy" for 10 years, the military still held seats in the government and thus were able to control the situation in the country. The military has always targeted Rohingyas since Myanmar gained independence. General Min Aung Hlaing is the one who ordered the genocide of Rohingyas.
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@ajarofmayonnaise3250 India is one of the biggest arms suppliers of the Burmese military.
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@Xfishf00D What does NATO have to do with Southeast Asia? NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, it applies to the countries of North America and Europe.
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