Myawaddy battle portrays Tatmadaw’s bona fide capacity when no interference by neighbour
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Tun Mon Thet (NP News) - May 8
In the modern history of Myanmar, after getting independence in 1948, the Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) has been encountering many turning points or the critical points along battling with internal insurrections, external invasions and the proxy conflicts.
The 2020 election fraud and the 2021 political transition play another critical moment for the Myanmar Tatmadaw as it was involved by the foreign interventions in Myanmar political sphere since the National League for Democracy ruling government. After 2021 political transition, the country’s situation has trended into hectic and volatile with various insurrections.
Looking into another side of the truth, the notorious People’s Defence Forces (PDF terrorists), a by-product of Spring Revolution of the West mastermind, has been massively exploited, violated human rights including rapes and abortions, and used as the chess pieces by the ethnonationalism of Myanmar’s ethnic armed troops under the title of ‘revolution against the dictatorship’. The PDFs, organized by the Bamar ethnic youths, mostly in the age of 20s are eager to fight against what they believe dictators. That’s a strategic key to play Myanmar, majority Bamar ethnic, Buddhism and the Tatmadaw.
The recent Myawaddy battles turned victories for the Myanmar Tatmadaw which has been encountering disasters consecutively since late 2023 in northern Shan State. Cross border posts in the northern Shan State including Chinshwehaw and Muse, the major border trade routes between Myanmar and China’s inland Yunnan Province, have been halted as those territories were sacrificed after 1027 military assaults.
In contrast to the northern Shan State situation, Thailand seems does not want to be involved in manipulating any tactic that will contaminate the bilateral trade route through the Myawaddy trade post.
Suffocating Myanmar by blocking trade channels is a major plot of the West bloc. When Tatmadaw serves its duties to save Myanmar from abyss, neighbour’s stance toward Myanmar plays a key in battles’ critical point.
Friendship bridges No. 1 and 2 in Myawaddy have been opened in end of April after a good defensive of the Tatmadaw battalion 275 for more than ten days. Reports stated that lorries and trucks from Thailand are now passing through the bridges on the trade route whereas the trade gates in the northern Shan State are still suspended despite of ceasefire for months.
Should the neighbour in the north tie with Myanmar government to re-open the border posts instead of supporting several armed groups. Only then, could the two nations avoid lose-lose situation and the greater US entanglement.
At present, Chinshwehaw border post is controlled by the Kokang insurgent MNDAA; the Muse border post is controlled by three northern insurgent groups; and Lweje in Kachin State is controlled by the Kachin insurgent KIA.
Myanmar – majority population is Buddhist Bamar ethnic, though having Christian ethnic armed insurgencies mostly backed by the US led West bloc such as KIA, KNU, KNDF and CNF. Aiming to divide the solidarity of majority Bamar ethnic, Tatmadaw and the Buddhist community in Myanmar by exploiting PDF youths in the most frontline battles is plotted by the West mastermind.
Hence, arming the insurrections will not only burn Myanmar but also scorch the neighbours that will bring ‘No-Win’ outcome for the region.