A short time ago I said that if the US were going to intervene in Myanmar it would not be because the regime had committed genocide, it would be because they mis-managed the genocide. What I mean is that the regime allowed too many Rohingya to flee.
It has always been my contention that power was not genuinely interested in exterminating the entire Rohingya population, but rather in maintaining a population perpetually eligible for extermination. The existence of the Rohingya in Myanmar is extremely useful as an instrument of distraction, diversion, and control; as a technique for the regime to manage the ethnic Rakhine by directing their insecurity and anger towards the helpless Rohingya.
Since August 25th, however, too many Rohingya have fled, leaving far too few left behind to serve this purpose effectively.
This, I think, is why we are seeing talk about repatriation, which, under the circumstances, would seem utterly bizarre otherwise. How can you possibly talk about ‘welcoming back’ people you have just driven out, and whom you are still continuing to drive out? It is absurd. But the bottom line is that Myanmar needs a larger number of Rohingya available if they are to be portrayed as a security threat.
The objective here, in my view, is not to resolve the conflict, but to keep it going.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-official-rohingya-returned-safely-myanmar-50927210
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