I am always surprised again when no one mentions Buddhist principles in connection with policy toward "Muslims in Rakhine" or any other government activity. Have Burmese people drifted so far from those principles they no longer have any practical meaning to the people? Is "Buddhist" just an in-group?

This would not, of course, be at all unusual, given the example of the behavior of nominally Christian people the world over, in this and the prior millennium. In subway stations I see, every day, Christian evangelists standing right next to disabled people reduced to begging.

> The text prophecies a war fought by an army of Buddhists and the destruction of the Muslim persecutors of dhamma; [1]

Kalachakra Tantra is classic buddhist anti-muslim text from XI century. Sadly both religions have very long history of conflict and misunderstandings.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalachakra

[2] http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14726.html

Thank you, this is informative. I gives me a window into the historical development of the present world.

Well, Al-Qaida and ISIS claim to be warriors of the Islamic faith as well. And some American Nazis say they're warriors of the Christian faith. And they say their version of that faith is the valid one (how the fuck does that include raping Yesidis or shooting up Mexicans, one could ask).

She was always thus. The act she put on was to get sympathy and help when she was on the receiving end. There is no other mystery about it.

> One Blood, One Voice, One Leader

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Burma

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_conflict_in_Myanmar

Which leaves the question; What external support does she have? Internal politics suggest she has no real power and is at risk of government sponsored 'suicide' if she steps out of line. I think she's both a survivor and someone who, maybe just might, have the power to do something good in the future. We are just watchers. P.S. Hope I'm right for gods sake once.