Obama adviser: ‘What’s happening to the Rohingya is an abomination’

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Obama adviser: ‘What’s happening to the Rohingya is an abomination’

By Coconuts Yangon September 29, 2015

In the latest example of the international community condemning Myanmar’s inaction on the Rohingya crisis, a senior adviser to US President Barack Obama has called the situation “an abomination”.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Ben Rhodes, the President’s deputy national security adviser for strategic communication, cited the “willful refusal of the [Myanmar] government to stop the persecution of the Rohingya” as one of the “biggest challenges” facing the country.

“The fact of the matter is that what's happening to the Rohingya population is an abomination,” he said.

He was responding to a question about whether US policy towards Cuba had any hope of success after the disappointment – interviewer Mehdi Hasan called it “failure” – of Myanmar’s democratic transition.

Full story: http://yangon.coconuts.co/2015/09/29/obama-adviser-whats-happening-rohingya-abomination

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What is happening to Americans under the present administration...is an Obamanation...

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Myanmar does not want another south Thailand, or a Bali bombing or groups of Islamic extremists attacking villages and kidnapping tourists like in the Philippines. I understand their angst. Look, the Muslim radicals exploit freedom of religion in every country to serve their cause.

It's time for due diligence and education about Islam and Sharia.

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It is well known now, and AJ knows, that there is a massive amount of funding by Saudi Arabia (et al) for the expansion of the Jihadist movement world wide. The strategy, as seen in recent history, is to take advantage of a non Islamic country's freedom of religion, claim autonomy under Sharia Law, then attempt to destabilize a government through violence. If no one has seen the Muslim attacks on the army in south Thailand take a look on YouTube.

Myanmar does not want another south Thailand, or a Bali bombing or groups of Islamic extremists attacking villages and kidnapping tourists like in the Philippines. I understand their angst. Look, the Muslim radicals exploit freedom of religion in every country to serve their cause.

It's time for due diligence and education about Islam and Sharia.

I agree