Teodoro Locsin Jr., the Philippine Foreign Minister, on Feb. 4 exploded in a passionate attack on the British and the U.S. in regard to the crisis in Myanmar. “The West destroyed Suu Kyi,” he said. “I pour scorn on the Western world for destroying Aung San Suu Kyi and making her a victim of the military. She had only the adoration of the world to stand up with against the Army…. Every step she made in the freedom of Burma, they erased — all so they could feel well tearing her down,” he said.
Further quotes: “Myanmar is divided between the Army, which holds it together — the Army founded by her father. All she had as a balance to the Army was her reputation as a freedom fighter. Then the Rohingya problem comes up. Some idiots in my office in New York say that that is a problem of Myanmar. No! That’s a problem of the British, who created a sub-class, of sub-humans of the Rohingya, brought them to Burma and left them there, and never gave them residence or citizenship. That’s the British legacy.
“What did the Oxford crowd do? Erased every step she had taken towards democracy in Myanmar, just so they could feel good.
