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by alephnerd 484 days ago
> And narrative of EOA being funded by China, Thailand, India is false. EOA had nad alliance and bargain with those nation to, they have to buy the weapons and do the trades but none of them funded and controlled by those bigger powers

I agree to a certain extent. The EOAs were created by individual Myanmarese who faced the brunt of the regime (a major reason as you mentioned behind the PDF movement), but at least in Chin, Saigang, and Kachin the EOAs do have to collaborate closely with India or China (Intel, weapons, medical care) because they have significant investments which changes the calculus, and worst case justify limited cross-border interventions (but both Chinese and Indian have done so a number of times)

> We are in progress to restore democracy but a lot of us are suffering. No western power help us. We are mostly on our own

Absolutely. I think what the PDFs are doing is extremely difficult and admirable, but a lot of the EOAs are not necessarily aligned with the PDF movement and in a lot of cases collaborated with the Junta.

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>EAOs relying on India and china They have to buy arms, that don't come without deals.

Not a lot, just a few. Pa O and Karen BGF are only supporter. SSA is neutral. It's like only 2 of of 100 actually.