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International narcotics agenda behind Myanmar instability

Larry Chin | 29.09.2007 23:58 | Globalisation | History | Repression

For the past month, the military government of Myanmar has been the focus of increasingly strident demonstrations, resulting in violent military crackdowns in recent days. What must be noted is the Bush administration's open support for the dissidents, in conjunction with growing international (Western) support behind a coup attempt, and the likely parapolitical goals behind this agenda.

For the past month, the military government of Myanmar has been the focus of increasingly strident demonstrations, resulting in violent military crackdowns in recent days. What must be noted is the Bush administration's open support [1] for the dissidents, in conjunction with growing international (Western) support behind a coup attempt, and the likely parapolitical goals behind this agenda.


The demise of the Golden Triangle: bad for business

According to a report by Thomas Fuller of the International Herald Tribune, the Golden Triangle has, in recent years, lost its prominence as a narco-region. In fact, the legendary Triangle now accounts for as little as 5 percent of world opium supply, according to some estimates. [Notorious Golden Triangle loses sway in opium trade, Thomas Fuller, International Herald Tribune, September 11, 2007]

Not surprisingly, the Golden Crescent and Afghanistan [3], now under control of the US and its drug-intelligence proxies, are by far and away the world’s number one opium suppliers, as well as the top overall drug producing region, dwarfing Colombia and the Golden Triangle.

In fact, the demise of the Golden Triangle in recent years can be traced to geostrategic developments that run counter to the agenda of international interests whose financial and banking system depends on the multi-billion dollar cash flows of the criminal drug trade.

As noted by Fuller:

1. The United Nations credits Myanmar’s central government for leading opium eradication.

2. Militias with long-standing ties to the heroin business have also pushed eradication.

3. China has played a major role pressing opium growers to eradicate.

4. The Laotian government has led its own opium eradication campaign. Officials see the link between poverty and opium, and the fact that “it is mostly organized crime syndicates that profit.”

These narco-developments, parallel with 1) other financial and political reasons
[4] why a new Mynamar government would be preferred; 2) a fragile and teetering world economy facing numerous financial bubbles and insolvency; and 3) continued failure to control either the Middle East or contain the rising political and economic power of China, cast a different light on the sudden burst of interest on the part of the Bush administration to back a coup or regime change in Myanmar.

The Bush administration, the epitome of criminal political power, does not support “human rights.” It will utilize every means, including overt military force, to protect geostrategic interests that depend on the world drug trade.

The revitalization of the Golden Triangle drug trade, and the installation or support for an openly pro-US regime in Myanmar, benefits Western financial interests. Any geostrategic foothold in Southeast Asia also benefits efforts to contain China. #


Notes:


[1]  http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/sep2007/bush-s26.shtml


[2]  http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/11/asia/golden.php?page=3


[3]  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6178


[4]  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6901


[5]  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6901

Larry Chin
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Comments

Display the following 39 comments

  1. What is meant by parapolitical? — Strepsil
  2. Parapolitics, Deep Politics — Danny
  3. Really? — ymu
  4. Crimson not Saffron — Danny
  5. You're still missing the point — ymu
  6. it's not either/or — Danny
  7. Fine, so can we concentrate on promoting action instead of apathetic cynicism? — ymu
  8. Deeply suspicious of US/UK support for the dissidents. — ftp
  9. Politicians makes populist statements knowing it will have no effect! — ymu
  10. bullshit strawman — ftp
  11. We're gonna keep on wasting our time getting the actual resistance news out — ymu
  12. supporting western regime change programme? — ftp
  13. IMF/WB involvement in fuel crisis? — ftp
  14. I prefer this analysis to ymu's.... — ftp
  15. If it's in Counterpunch it must be true? OK, try this: — ymu
  16. Countercurrents actually..... — ftp
  17. Let's make an article of this — ym
  18. Resolution — Danny
  19. Drug lords, Schnews and "we" — ymu
  20. The lessons of history (addendum) — ymu
  21. The Democratic Voice of Burma says it best — ymu
  22. Free Burma Rangers report on narcotics trade in Shan State — ymu
  23. In conclusion — ymu
  24. back to US — Danny
  25. US anti-drug report blasts Venezuela, Burma (conveniently) — World War 4 Report
  26. Good article WW4 — ymu
  27. Back to the USSR — Danny
  28. You don't half presume a lot Danny — ymu
  29. Sch... — Danny
  30. jackals and juvenilia — ftp
  31. Schnews response is on the way... — ymu
  32. Now I've seen it all — ymu
  33. Response to Schnews on the newswire — ymu
  34. So you can categorically state ..... — ftp
  35. What do you think we're trying to achieve by spreading news from the resistance? — ymu
  36. Good article from informationclearinghouse - relevance? — ymu
  37. and again you're making it up. — ftp
  38. Ideologically-driven suicide — ymu
  39. National Endowment for Democracy — ftp