The World is Whitewashing Myanmar’s Brutal Dictatorship.

Ever since Mar Mar's military took over their country in 2021, the rest of the world has treated their regime as untouchable, authoritarian despots who overthrew a civilian government and then waged five years of scorched-earth warfare against their own people. The response from the international community was swift.

A crush of debilitating sanctions, a diplomatic version of the silent treatment, and invitations to meet human rights defenders in international court.

Invitation. Where the country's former civilian leader, Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, disappeared into state custody, her fate was a tragedy. When Mar Mar's pro-democracy protesters and its ethnic militias joined forces and liberated much of the country from military rule, they were praised as heroes all across the globe.