Asean under pressure from the US and UN to act against Myanmar?

 Who is Asean's boss? Is Asean an independent organisation that serves the interests of its members, or is it a stooge of the US or the UN? The US and the UN are unhappy with Asean for the events happening in Myanmar. While the happenings in Myanmar are basically the internal affairs of Myanmar, the US, the self proclaimed policeman of the world aka the Evil Empire, makes it a point to poke their dirty fingers in Myanmar. They want to tell Myanmar what to do, how to behave and if Myanmar did not do as told, or do otherwise, the Americans are angry. Why should the Americans be meddling with Myanmar's domestic affair? Who gave them the right and authority to mess around with Myanmar's internal problems?

The UN too takes it upon itself to be the governing world body to tell Myanmar to behave to their likings. Does the UN has authority over the internal affairs of Myanmar? Is the UN an Empire of sort that can order countries around? Of course not. And Myanmar would not be lectured or told what to do by the Americans or the UN.

Having failed to make the Myanmese to their bidding, both the US and UN are angry. But what else can they do about it having been turned off by Myanmar? They tried another tact. They used to make China the whipping boy. China must tell Myanmar what to do. China is irresponsible if it does not order the Myanmese to do what the US or UN wants them to do. How it is that Myanmar's domestic problems becomes China's responsibility? China would not be pushed around by the US or UN and showed them their middle finger.

If China bashing does not work, who else can be made to do the dirty work of meddling with Myanmar's domestic affairs? Yes, Asean. Asean is an eager beaver of sort. Some in Asean think very highly of themselves and wanted to be the big brother of Myanmar. This is a good opportunity to get these eager beavers to do what the US and UN have failed. Tell Asean to tell the Myanmese what to behave, what they can do and cannot do. If Asean did not act, use the western to attack and criticise Asean. And there are some Asean members that would jump at this great opportunity to be tasked by the evil Empire to act big, to be given a cane to whack Myanmar. Of course Myanmar would not have any of these silly busy bodies meddling in their affairs. But Asean would not give up so easily. They like to be useful to their masters, the US and also the UN, as if they were bestowed the power to deal with Myanmar.

Asean is now reacting to Myanmar as expected by the Americans, holding big meetings, spending big time, to discuss how to meddle with Myanmar's internal affairs. It is now a darling of the Americans. If only Asean go one step further and conduct a regime change in Myanmar, guaranteed they would be invited to meet the Emperor in Washington.

What a cheap trick. The US and UN are holding Asean's hand to catch a snake. If bitten, it is Asean's hand, not theirs. But not to worry, Asean love to do such things, to feel important, to feel powerful, vested with the power to deal with Myanmar by the evil American Empire, and also the UN.

Asean is now responsible for the good behaviour of Myanmar according to the wishes of the US and the UN. The buck has been passed to Asean. And some in Asean are so happy to carry the buck. Just see how zealous and excited they are in Asean meetings to talk about how to deal with Myanmar. They did not know that they are acting and behaving according to the wishes of the Americans, to play the role of gangsters to interfere with another Asean member state's internal affair. They now think that it is right to do so and Asean is responsible on how Myanmar conducts itself, that the Asean Empire should dictate to Myanmar to behave as expected by Asean and the Americans.