Whose Army Is Burma Army: Aung San’s Or Ne Win’s?

(Bertil Lintner’s rare excellent article from the IRRAWADDY on March 31, 2014.)




Burmese soldiers on Armed-Forces-Day.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi shocked many of
her supporters and admirers when, in a BBC interview in January of last year,
she expressed support for the Tatmadaw, saying: “The truth is that I am very
fond of the army, because I always thought of it as my father’s army.”


She also