Myanmar's dictators break cover
Having governed since 2015 and won a landslide in November’s general election, Myanmar’s National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, has been ousted by a military coup. Taking a leaf from the Trump playbook, the generals are claiming election fraud. The NLD won 58.6% for the lower chamber and 61.6% for the upper chamber, versus 5.9% and 3.1% for the military front party USDP. The military, who have run Myanmar for most of the time since its independence in 1948, never really gave up much power. The problem is not just the NLD’s timidity: Aung San Suu Kyi has denied that the regime...