UN Security Council vote to censure Myanmar could undermine security strategy to contain China

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21 Dec 2022 the UN Security Council voted to Censure the Myanmar military with talk of "taking action". I try to explain why I think this threatens to undermine international security strategy to contain China by discussing multiple variables of the current and historic situation.

Sources:
00:05 - UN Security Council: Historic Censure of Myanmar Junta, Human Rights Watch, Dec 2022
04:10 - Myanmar: An Enduring Intelligence State, or a State Enduring Intelligence?, Seth Andrews, April 2021, Stimson Center
23:10 - first casualty of protests: https://youtu.be/O8GIT907AyQ
35:00 - Myanmar: Action Needed to stop carnage, says UN expert after adoption of Security Council Resolution, UNHCR, Dec 2022
50:30 - Myanmar Peace Dashboard, https://mmpeacemonitor.org/315223/coup-dashboard-november-2022/
57:00 - Definition of "Freedom Package", Comedy Central, The Daily Show with John Stewart, Mar 2011, https://www.cc.com/video/6x58a1/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-america-s-freedom-packages

Corrections:
05:04 - British East India Company not Dutch East India Company
7:30 - Confirmed that Persian is an Indo-European language.
58:00 - And getting over a 4 day drinking binge
1:02:05 - Ne Win not Than Shwe https://youtu.be/p76i53YkGZ8 (1966)

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