| It is not often that Opinions allows a writer to publish under a pseudonym. But in the case of this op-ed about the persistent atrocities in Myanmar, we have made an exception. The author — a human rights advocate writing under the name Zau Maran, for security reasons — brings to life on the page the savagery that the military junta, under the leadership of Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, has visited upon the people of Myanmar in the past year. "My mind is filled with the things I've witnessed," Maran writes: "people shot in the streets, protesters run down by military vehicles, pregnant women drowning in their own blood, the lifeless bodies of young children lying on their parents' laps. It's like a horror movie filled with scenes I never want to see again." Maran, who says "we are not calling on the world to save us," nevertheless excoriates the international community, including the U.N Security Council, as having aided and abetted a brutal regime through inaction. The world has "responded with shock and concern, offering welcome statements of support for the people and admonitions of the military's heinous acts," Maran writes. "But words are insufficient. If we, the people of Myanmar, are to succeed in regaining our future, then governments must do their part to strip the military of its access to money, weapons and political legitimacy, and our military leaders must be held accountable for their crimes."  (AP) We humans have an amazing ability to adapt. But I don't want to adjust to this horrifying new normal. By Zau Maran ● Read more » | | | | Pence must meet his fate and rebut Trump's lies — or shrink into private life. By Henry Olsen ● Read more » | | | | If it helps them keep the House, they could end partisan gerrymandering forever. By Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | | How are we supposed to cheer for something that should have happened decades ago? By Amanda Blackhorse ● Read more » | | | Why, in the midst of a genocide, has China again been honored with hosting the Games? By Mia Farrow ● Read more » | | | | Public health expert Dr. Leana S. Wen answers questions about coronavirus vaccines, variants and public health guidance. By Leana S. Wen ● Read more » | | | | Republicans are taking deficit-financed federal dollars, passing them on to constituents in the form of lower taxes and reaping the political benefits By Catherine Rampell ● Read more » | | | | How many attacks must we sustain before the world accepts that a message of Jew-hatred has become systemic? By Brooke Goldstein ● Read more » | | | Black women have been shut out for so long that there is an embarrassment of riches to choose from. By The Ranking Committee ● Read more » | | | | It's the height of hypocrisy for Republicans to claim otherwise. By Michael Gerson ● Read more » | | | | Biden understands why diversity matters and what's needed to achieve it By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more » | | | | The revanchist version of Trump is even more malignant that the previous version. By Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | |
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