The media protects communist/socialist regimes. Because they want them to win, because they themselves are working for the socialist/communist cause. They want all resistance crushed to make a centrally controlled global government.
Thank you for covering my country man..ive been watching your videos to prepare myself if i have to fight..people are massing in lines to create passports to flee the country. Its been 4 years but we are winning this war against the junta.
A guy I worked with was from burma. Has been here for 3yrs trying to get his family here. About a yr ago his home village was wiped off the earth. Only about 1/4 survived. His wife and children among them. But not his parents or siblings or extended family
@@MM-op6tiTo make American wages? To become a citizen so he can get citizenship for his family easier? Maybe he got tired of them and lied about trying to help them get to America. 😂
One of the few people I’ve gotten really close to at school this year is a guy whose family fled here from Myanmar a few years ago. I was broadly familiar with what was going on because of the news sources I read, but being friends with him has made my interest in this conflict a lot more personal
FBR, the Eubanks and the volunteers are all amazing people. Definitely a wealth of knowledge. The people of Burma are some of the kindest most coring that you will ever meet.
One thing that's interesting about this conflict is that there's a large amount of FCG9s, the 3D printed pew from JStark (RIP), who made it for the exact reason they're using it.
@@Juliuscaesar0315 probably. I don't know much about that world beyond some youtube videos but I imagine like any digital file once it's out there, somebody has it.
This is an excellent video man. Thank you for name dropping the Free Burma Rangers, they're the shit. I personally I was informed about the Burma war from a pretty young age, we had some refugees from Burma that came to our city in middle school and they're all pretty awesome and still here. It's unfortunate because they would prefer to return to their homes, but the fighting has made it unsafe. You're right on about the fact that these people have threadbare equipment and are entering their fifth decade of resistance. "but the government has fighter jets!"
What flavor of refugee hasn’t been settled all over the country? I only assumed Fort Wayne because we have the single highest non-native Burmese population in the world.
Burma, in my opinion, is a much more important conflict to watch closely for westerners than Ukraine is. In terms of practical relevancy. Ukraine is an example of a smaller conventional force repelling a super power, Burma is students turned soldiers waging a guerrilla war against a regime. One amazing takeaway from Burma is the ingenuity of the rebels in creating arms and ordinance to wage war in a country where the state severely hoarded access to weapons. What would a rebellion in England look more like? 🤔
@@douglasduda9826 yup, unfortunately I think if England were to ever open rebel against their gay foreign ran government they would be heavily dependent on the good nature and donations from other Anglo countries
@@douglasduda9826 the reason a lot of poorer countries fare better in such a situation is largely down to the lives they led before shtf; they already had to rely on themselves, their family, and their community. They already had ingenuity and needed to know how to improvise things that most of us "westerners" in first world countries wouldn't imagine. Seemingly random, but to note, the saying isn't just "jack-of-all-trades, master of none..." but also "... Is often better than a master of one." Learn many relevant skills, and life without an overwhelmingly large and well funded supply system will be far better for you and yours.
@@John_.Cabell_.Breckinridge People's war in Peru still exists. It's not advanced like it once was, and the PCP got divided in a lot of other groups, but nonetheless, it's happening still. We have to remember that these take time, India is like on it's sixth decade of people's war.
@@Italoqo1 But they have achieved barely anything. Plus didn't the PCP turn into a drug trafficking organisation now. And as for the PPW in the Philippines, it basically died when Sison left
Thank you, that was of some educational value, I had no idea there was even a conflict going in Burma. I did know Burma was around Vietnam in Southeast Asia, although, I was not sure where its exact placement was or is.
@user-qj6vg8gp3l not at all, Ukraine is a very specific circumstance that might never be replicated again, same people’s fighting same peoples with almost identical equipment, Slavic civil war
@@ViktoriousDead I agree, but I was talking more in terms of the terrain and tech we will be up against. The Burmese military, as stated in the video, is pretty low tech. At least compared to developed countries. I think the way it would be similar to Burma is being outmanned and outgunned, and disorganized.
Maybe, but I'm sure we wouldn't be all on our own. There would be a superpower with technology to lend. The current advancements don't seem to help Ukr, plus there are several weaknesses pinpointed already in Minecraft
I didn't learn much as I lived next door to Burma for years and so am well aware of the conflict. I have an idea for a thermal cloaking device made of this stuff that is very very resistant to temperature change, you hold a blowtorch to it for awhile and it still won't burn and the other side stays cool. They used to have a similar compound on the space shuttle, but you can make a homemade version of that material. I am def going to test it with my thermal optics.
I used to work at a carwash and being that their wages were subsidized i worked with a lot of karen and syrian refugees. The conflict may not get along of coverage but it's something that i think of often. The shit they survived is something no one should have to go through.
@@OffGridInvestor funny enough one of my karen friends moved to Australia for a bit but had to return to Canada as he wasn't able to secure employment.
It's very inspiring. I wish people could get past the ethnic differences, religious and political as well and see these are mostly teens fighting for their freedom.
The podcast It Could Happen Here has done some incredible work on the war in Burma. They have traveled there to interview the fighters, and reported on the use of home made and 3D printed firearms in the conflict that have played a significant part in the arming of the rebel groups
Excellent video glad we are observing and learning from other conflicts some good takeaways they might be separated by geography culture and language but a lot of the same principles in any conflict between humans applies. War never changes
As Mao Zedong said, it's not the weapons that win wars. It's the people's willingness fight until victory is achieved. Most military theorist will say that the insurgency will need a foreign backer to transition to conventional warfare. Only a conventional army can defeat an established army. Which means that you will need factories. That a foreign nation can provide. A good case study is the American revolutionary war.
As far as I know, it is the first conflict in which 3d printed weapons are heavily used, no? It would be interesting to take another look at this. Great respect to the Burmese
Not to mention that the Tatmadaw (i.e. The Junta) also have EAOs that have sworn their loyalty to them - so they now have, at the most, a couple decently equipped and similarly Partisan Actors as "Auxiliaries".
As a Canadian (basically a vassal state to America) I encourage Americans to become knowledgeable in geopolitics / geography, because it will give you a sense of scale in your voting decisions. As Americans your votes, voices, and consumer choices hit harder than any other citizenry in the world when it comes to foreign affairs. Never depend on the media or politicians to learn through condensed headlines and oversimplified explanations - geopolitics is nuanced, there is never a black-&-white dichotomy in these complex civil conflicts. IMO, the only way to properly learn about geopolitics on a feasible scope is to learn all the way down to local county / regional levels - so when talking about Burma, you should try to understand which regions support what and why. Then zoom out wider and view the neighbors of these regions - what interdependencies and stances do they have? Because zooming down to the regional level typically goes beyond the scope of mainstream media, you then need to rely on individual accounts from social media (unreliable), or dedicated information networks like Bloomberg API or any of the main IR analyst platforms. Many point to the Taliban as an example of successful modern insurgency as “all they had to do was outlast the republic”. But then there’s the failure of the Syrian Free Forces in their rebellion, and when you compare that to Burma… well I think their structure is eerily similar: a regional coalition tied together by their common hate for the incumbents. The only question is whether the incumbent government can drive a wedge between the rebel coalition like how Al-Assad did with the SFF, or if the Burmese rebels can sap government forces of enough firepower and morale before the coalition falls apart. Thus, the Taliban insurgency is not the best comparison for many modern insurgencies due to their trait of having a unifying religious “theme” / zealousness that likely saved the organization when it was being hammered in the mid-2010’s troop surge.
Holding a collection of groups together is an interesting question in different conflicts. Syria has a situation where different outside actors support their own chosen proxies.
Very interesting! I suppose we don't hear about these wars for the same reason they try to make the second amendment about protection from burglars and avoid speaking of taking the reins away from an unruly gov.
I went to the Burmese border with Thailand before the coup, in maybe 2017. It was disheartening to see the refugees coming through the border. I hope the rebels overthrow the Junta, unfortunately people in Thailand know all too well how detrimental full military control of the government can be.
Hey man, love your channel! Just a quick tip, the youtube algorithm REALLY likes when people watch videos to the end. So, abrupt finishes will likely fetch you a few more views then using outros.
An interesting conflict indeed. Alas yet another piece in the big game. If to leave a political part of it aside - in a theater like that its hard to effectively use an armored vehicles or air support. Half of the year it has a monsoon season, so rain is very often that limits a time window for a large scale military action by the regular army to october - june. Add to this a dense vegetation, hills, a lot of small rivers, tropical diseases, high temp, hostile wildlife and you have a good place for a vc style stuff. Probably would be worthwile to mention a weak soil carrying capacity and a bridge network (and overall regional infrastructure) as a factors. Like during vietnam war the use of armored vehicles was really impeded by this since heavier vehicles got stuck in the mud and were unable to cross many bridges coz they were unable to carry their weight. Thats why NVA mosty used pt-76 tanks instead of t54 they had and american side used mosly walker buldogs and m48. And even the use of those vehicles was limited coz buldog had only 160km worth of fuel capacity.
From what I understand, the junta still controls the ports and much of the urban centers with industrial capacity. It does not have full control of the country but not collapsing.
Our time is coming up….. I’m really really hoping it doesn’t but ya know the more I’m seeing every day the more I’m seeing succession in the near future for the US
I remember being on a website that showed a lot body cam footage and that’s how I found out about the conflict in Burma 🇲🇲 I seen a video of a guy Make a homemade AK-47 & compared it to a factory one and seen the Vietnam era M16’s you mentioned
Watching this I got a video Idea I would like to see done by you. How a guerillia group could defeat a tyrannical government in a more developed country. Great Britain, France or Germany, something along the lines of that. Taking into account the geography, combat readyness of the people and how well armed/what the capabilities of said country are like. Would be cool if you made it happen.
The people of Burma were a great ally to the free world during the Second World War and were a great help in defeating the Japanese. My grandfather fought along side Nagas and the Kachins during the war. He said that they were some of the most brave and committed fighters that he had ever known. Why are we funding Ukraine and not Burma? And why did we ever let them fall in the first place.
I had a relative that wrote about the Burma Road , WW II . It's on the Internet (freebie) : Burma Diary by Paul Geren . I have tried to research just who he was . I had some info he may have been in the Intel community . Went to Vietnam under Kennedy . I suspect he was OSS , but never pinned it down .
Your lessons and teaching are very appreciated 👍👍 These armies on the other side of the world still obey the gov even though they know they're tyrannical...so sad. I wonder what percentage refused to go along and kill their own countrymen?
Just started reading 'Soldier H S.A.S. The Headhunters Of Borneo', set during 1963. I shall start reading up on the Burma troubles after this video, thanks. We were told a story once in person by an old British soldier, can't for the life of me remember if it was Burma or Borneo but he said they were with Ghurkas and patrolling through dense jungle when a machine gun opened up at them and he said the bloomin Ghurkas just charged straight at it and silenced it! Thanks for the video and the reminder.
Thank you for covering my home country!Not a lot of people internationally know or care about our struggle, but we will keep fighting as we have for over 75 years. Also you missed the point of the resistance stepping up and really started mastering drone warfare. Since 2022, the resistance has repurposed civilian drones to be able to drop 40mm, mortar and pipe bombs,with fixed wings drone they are able to drop multiple mortar bombs. Drone warfare has definitely help push the tide of the war to the resistance’s favor.
Aung San Suu Kyi is seeking international support against the military junta that ousted her from power a few years ago. However, her calls for help have been largely ignored. The international community remains unwilling to assist her due to her silence and lack of repentance over the military's genocide against the Rohingya people, which occurred during her administration. This past inaction continues to tarnish her reputation and hinders her appeal for support.
Kah-ren. I have a bunch in my area and my parents know them. Nice people, very hard workers, the women are very shy particularly of white men. Some will shake your hand but not be able to look you in the face. They were on the side of the British in WW2 and the burmese ONLY swapped from supporting the Japanese 2 weeks before he Japanese lost. SUDDENLY when the writing was on the wall, the burmese swapped to the British side, and the British left them in charge for them to turn on the karens and other minorities like 3 MONTHS after the British left. The karen where told to destroy all their weapons at the end of the war by the British but they hid them all in caves and when the burmese turned on them, they were ready
I know a lot about the Karen side and my parents know many who survived it, some with shrapnel scars. They set up small settlements in the jungle, iften to have the military raid them late at night. They would make sure they always left with their seed stash if they had to escape, and many lived for YEARS of just bamboo shoots and bananas.
@@codygranrud6212the fighters always stay at the outer edges to make sure they get any incoming forces before they get to the villages. But sometimes they still do. They have heaps of Karen in UN refugee camps and there's a highway near the border. The military will fire beltfeds INTO the camp at night and the thai military guarding it will not engage them because they don't want to start a conflict between Thailand and the burmese military. This would happen every couple of months and they would wake up to bury the dead the next day. In the refugee camp they can't have guns and are essentially sitting ducks. They are in bamboo shacks that offer little or no protection against the beltfeds.
welllll with the way china and america are vying for indonesia and the strait that everyone loves down there, like any other poor country that has big countries breathing down their backs.
It sounds like the different factions opposed to the Junta started out with mutual mistrust born from government led propaganda. That's not ideal. The enemy of my enemy is my friend is usually temporary. What are the causes of the various factions, and how likely are they to stick together when the Junta is defeated verses turning on one another?
Man this information is wonderful. I always wanted to go to Burma and fight along side the resistance since watching Rambo lol. Jake what is your opinion on leaving the states and going to a country and gaining that knowledge and experience in the battlefield with a resistance army. ? I hope this isn’t a far fetched question. If so what would I need to accept ? Prepare? And understand?
The only resistance countries are Russia, China, Yemen, Iran, and NK. They're set when it comes to soldiers. Be clear: fighting with almost any country other than them means you're fighting WITH the GAE. The one that mutilates kids and eliminates its own borders and population because a tiny foreign tribe said to. That's not worth the 'experience'.
I am no expert, but Its not a "Glorious thing" You might die moments after getting there...before you get to do anything let alone fight. You might die horribly or get captured and tortured for fun. Combat and war Should not be something we seek, but a Last resort. Combat/war is HELLISH and Scary, anyone who says anything else is Not telling the truth. You gotta have a LOT of fortitude both physical and emotional/psychological among all the other things to EDURE, Survive and FIGHT. I know I am Not Suited the most for such things, but I would fight If I have to. I would definitely CHOOSE my battles though, as much as possible.
@@douglasduda9826thanks for this reply man. I absolutely agree with all that you said. It definitely should not be something we seek. I think it just some type of fantasy in the end of the day. That’s why I never can agree with all of todays “preppers”. I get that part of having some type of gear and knowledge for an emergency situation. But having a whole nuclear bunker of supplies, weapons, ammo.. hoping and waiting for a collapse situation is just another fantasy. Compared to like places in burma, Palestine, ukraine, etc you kinda have to pick and choose your battles there.
@@Marashm Yea you only get one life, You gotta pick what is worth sacrificing for. For these poor people in Burma they are sacrificing to hopefully be free, free to choose their leaders at least. They fight for a better future for Burma and All of its citizens who are not the oppressors.
Not sure why UA-cam is deleting my comments. I’ll try it a different way. There is a nonprofit called StrongHoldRescue that runs an ambulance service for these irregular fighters. Run by American vets. You can donate to them.
Something I worry about is the ideology of a rebel group. We have seen throughout history rebel groups that fight to overthrow a government and succeed but take control and do worse things then the government before them. (Russia is a great example in the late 1910s early 1920s). The conflict in Myanmar is definitely an important conflict for anyone who studies war and conflict to look into. I hope that if the rebels win that they will establish a free country and not a communist or fascist regime. Praying for them and praying for you guys too! Jesus saves!
The people rebels would be fighting are the same people who took over Russia in 1917. There is no worse government than that, there is no greater enemy.
For all it faults the soviet union did do alot of good for its people when compared to the horrors they suffered under monarchy. You were raised being told that the USSR was your enemy. When in reality it was your states enemy. Look what happened when the USSR fell and got carved up by American corporations. Capitalism was as bad for your average Russian as fake communism was.
You guys ever notice how all of these ´official´ government militaries always seem to don the 5 pointed star on their uniform? Some might call it a pentagram.
It's a communist symbol. It of course was used in other things long before and still other things now, but when you see a 5 pointed start being an emblem of a government, you can be rest assured they are communist at heart, if not openly communist/socialist. The US government has been taken over internally by these people through "the long march through the institutions". When I saw the drivers licenses in my state change to have a big 5 pointed start at the top, looking like an late Soviet ID, I was like, ugh.
@@expedition346I know we shouldn’t expect the everyday man to know the ins and out of dead ideologies but Communists love the idea of a state cmon. No need for this “seem to believe” they have several hundred books on what they believe.
@@johngojcevic8731 On paper, a dictatorship of the proletariat always precedes the withering of the state. Of course, in practice, you have your Stalins and Maos and such...such a dictatorship never fades and often ends up hurting a lot of the proletariat lol.
I´m referring to what we call in Spain ´judeo-freemasonry´ run out of Switzerland, if you have another take on it I would be interested to hear it. @@ViktoriousDead
If there's no money/oil/drugs in it then we won't hear about it.
Drugs are most definitely there, Myanmar is part of the notorious Golden Triangle, and produces A LOT of opium.
The media protects communist/socialist regimes. Because they want them to win, because they themselves are working for the socialist/communist cause. They want all resistance crushed to make a centrally controlled global government.
Not true Myanmar is the largest opium producer in the world.
It is one of the largest natural gas producers in Asia exporting to China, Thailand etc.
Burma has oil gold and emeralds. Thats how the government finances itself.
@NewAgeBarbarian well then why aren't we there kicking ass? No need for opium or natural gas I suppose
Thank you for covering my country man..ive been watching your videos to prepare myself if i have to fight..people are massing in lines to create passports to flee the country. Its been 4 years but we are winning this war against the junta.
We all wish the best of luck to you and your people. Stay safe out there.
is there any telegram account of those groups ?
Could you upload videos?
Stay safe man.
Stay safe. Love from Korea.
A guy I worked with was from burma. Has been here for 3yrs trying to get his family here. About a yr ago his home village was wiped off the earth. Only about 1/4 survived. His wife and children among them. But not his parents or siblings or extended family
Why would he be here and not with his family?
@@MM-op6tiTo make American wages? To become a citizen so he can get citizenship for his family easier? Maybe he got tired of them and lied about trying to help them get to America. 😂
@@MM-op6tiIt’s called being a responsible father and doing what you have to do to get your family out of a dangerous situation
One of the few people I’ve gotten really close to at school this year is a guy whose family fled here from Myanmar a few years ago. I was broadly familiar with what was going on because of the news sources I read, but being friends with him has made my interest in this conflict a lot more personal
They won't let people into America who know about the oppression of communism. It makes it hard to sell the communist ideas.
“The alarm to get active is going off all around you” well said man, very well said
FBR, the Eubanks and the volunteers are all amazing people. Definitely a wealth of knowledge. The people of Burma are some of the kindest most coring that you will ever meet.
Takeaways for use....in Minecraft.
NGL, Minecraft sounds hard as fuck.
@@jB-uw8fiit fr is ngl. hardest game out there.
One thing that's interesting about this conflict is that there's a large amount of FCG9s, the 3D printed pew from JStark (RIP), who made it for the exact reason they're using it.
I thought all the files were taken down.
@@Juliuscaesar0315 probably. I don't know much about that world beyond some youtube videos but I imagine like any digital file once it's out there, somebody has it.
@@xylvnking need it ngl
@@Juliuscaesar0315nah you can find them easily on ctrl pew
This is an excellent video man. Thank you for name dropping the Free Burma Rangers, they're the shit. I personally I was informed about the Burma war from a pretty young age, we had some refugees from Burma that came to our city in middle school and they're all pretty awesome and still here. It's unfortunate because they would prefer to return to their homes, but the fighting has made it unsafe. You're right on about the fact that these people have threadbare equipment and are entering their fifth decade of resistance. "but the government has fighter jets!"
Fort Wayne, I take it?
@@someshtbaglcpl5455 negative. Burmese/Karen refugees have been settled all over the country.
What flavor of refugee hasn’t been settled all over the country? I only assumed Fort Wayne because we have the single highest non-native Burmese population in the world.
@@someshtbaglcpl5455 well when we're talking about actual refugees and not economic migrants it narrows it down a fair bit. I'm from Tennessee though
The Burma Conflict is one that isn’t covered much because of the socialist background of some of the combatants. Solidarity with the people of Burma!
The media protects socialists/communists.
what does that even MEAN?
US backed communist guerrillas fighting against a Chinese backed fascist state. No one wants to publicize their involvement @@N238E
@@N238E look into the Karenni National People’s Liberation Front, and the Myanmar People’s Liberation Army. The KNPLF is a member of the 4K Coalition.
i know em, cuz theyre BASED!
Americans have fallen so far. Most can’t read a map let alone comprehend foreign conflict. Keep up the good work my boys. On-on. Thank you
Most can't even comment without massive spelling and grammar mistakes.
Americans specialize in global illiteracy. They haven't fallen. They were never able to acerately grasp it.
-sincerely an American.
The devil is a devious prick.
Wdym we have a pretty good military
The American man is now a shell of its former self. We are in big trouble.
Seeing so many older folks, teenagers and especialy so many women, united in the fight against the Junta is heartbreaking, yet fascinating...
Burmese people have been through so much, but they still.have joy and hope.
May peace reign in the hearts of all men
Burma, in my opinion, is a much more important conflict to watch closely for westerners than Ukraine is. In terms of practical relevancy. Ukraine is an example of a smaller conventional force repelling a super power, Burma is students turned soldiers waging a guerrilla war against a regime. One amazing takeaway from Burma is the ingenuity of the rebels in creating arms and ordinance to wage war in a country where the state severely hoarded access to weapons. What would a rebellion in England look more like? 🤔
I mean what are they banning this week? SPOONS? I mean Can you make an effective Molotov from Beer?
@@douglasduda9826 yup, unfortunately I think if England were to ever open rebel against their gay foreign ran government they would be heavily dependent on the good nature and donations from other Anglo countries
why would anyone in england want to rebel against their thriving country? unless you’re a leftist
@@douglasduda9826 the reason a lot of poorer countries fare better in such a situation is largely down to the lives they led before shtf; they already had to rely on themselves, their family, and their community. They already had ingenuity and needed to know how to improvise things that most of us "westerners" in first world countries wouldn't imagine.
Seemingly random, but to note, the saying isn't just "jack-of-all-trades, master of none..." but also "... Is often better than a master of one."
Learn many relevant skills, and life without an overwhelmingly large and well funded supply system will be far better for you and yours.
Great overview, glad you guys brought this conflict up.
The FGC-9, JStark's brilliant 3D printed design, has been combat proven in this conflict. Precisely what he designed it for.
Love this. Great breakdown, genuine answers.
Would you also cover Chechnya, Peru, and/or Columbia? Interesting and under evaluated guerrilla conflicts
But they none of these still exist again
@@John_.Cabell_.Breckinridge so? would it not be interesting to cover?
@@John_.Cabell_.Breckinridge also their is still fighting in columbia just not with FARC
@@John_.Cabell_.Breckinridge People's war in Peru still exists. It's not advanced like it once was, and the PCP got divided in a lot of other groups, but nonetheless, it's happening still. We have to remember that these take time, India is like on it's sixth decade of people's war.
@@Italoqo1 But they have achieved barely anything. Plus didn't the PCP turn into a drug trafficking organisation now. And as for the PPW in the Philippines, it basically died when Sison left
Thank you, that was of some educational value, I had no idea there was even a conflict going in Burma. I did know Burma was around Vietnam in Southeast Asia, although, I was not sure where its exact placement was or is.
I’m liking the channel man.
Great video. Awesome outro music. Thanks for the knowledge. ⚔️
Glad you're covering this topic especially since I personally think it's more informative then the Ukraine conflict.
It certainly appears to be a more applicable type of conflict which many of us may be exposed to, in Minecraft of course.
I don't think that. The situation here will be much more like Ukraine, if you live in a relatively flat area. Very few areas of the US are like Burma.
@user-qj6vg8gp3l not at all, Ukraine is a very specific circumstance that might never be replicated again, same people’s fighting same peoples with almost identical equipment, Slavic civil war
@@ViktoriousDead I agree, but I was talking more in terms of the terrain and tech we will be up against. The Burmese military, as stated in the video, is pretty low tech. At least compared to developed countries. I think the way it would be similar to Burma is being outmanned and outgunned, and disorganized.
Maybe, but I'm sure we wouldn't be all on our own. There would be a superpower with technology to lend. The current advancements don't seem to help Ukr, plus there are several weaknesses pinpointed already in Minecraft
Great new video you dropped yesterday. Thanks for the work you put in for us
I didn't learn much as I lived next door to Burma for years and so am well aware of the conflict. I have an idea for a thermal cloaking device made of this stuff that is very very resistant to temperature change, you hold a blowtorch to it for awhile and it still won't burn and the other side stays cool. They used to have a similar compound on the space shuttle, but you can make a homemade version of that material. I am def going to test it with my thermal optics.
Try a cheap "space blanket": K.I.S.S.
@@KeepZeeZ That only works for short durations and you can't see through it.
So, what are results of your experiment?
I used to work at a carwash and being that their wages were subsidized i worked with a lot of karen and syrian refugees. The conflict may not get along of coverage but it's something that i think of often. The shit they survived is something no one should have to go through.
A lot of them in Geelong and Melbourne. Unbelievable stories, some have shrapnel scars.
@@OffGridInvestor funny enough one of my karen friends moved to Australia for a bit but had to return to Canada as he wasn't able to secure employment.
Lots of love from the 603. I've got a lot of homework to do, your channel has certainly helped me start to get up to speed.
It's very inspiring. I wish people could get past the ethnic differences, religious and political as well and see these are mostly teens fighting for their freedom.
Indigenous resistance against authoritarian oppressors.
Excellent breakdown. Thank you for the effort
The podcast It Could Happen Here has done some incredible work on the war in Burma. They have traveled there to interview the fighters, and reported on the use of home made and 3D printed firearms in the conflict that have played a significant part in the arming of the rebel groups
Excellent video glad we are observing and learning from other conflicts some good takeaways they might be separated by geography culture and language but a lot of the same principles in any conflict between humans applies. War never changes
As Mao Zedong said, it's not the weapons that win wars. It's the people's willingness fight until victory is achieved.
Most military theorist will say that the insurgency will need a foreign backer to transition to conventional warfare. Only a conventional army can defeat an established army. Which means that you will need factories. That a foreign nation can provide. A good case study is the American revolutionary war.
As far as I know, it is the first conflict in which 3d printed weapons are heavily used, no?
It would be interesting to take another look at this.
Great respect to the Burmese
Tremendous content as always. Thanks brother
Thank you for the information.
Not to mention that the Tatmadaw (i.e. The Junta) also have EAOs that have sworn their loyalty to them - so they now have, at the most, a couple decently equipped and similarly Partisan Actors as "Auxiliaries".
Thank you burma is important
Id love to see you do a video talking about combat indecisiveness and how to prevent it, leads to too many bad situations
LOVE the music !!❤
What is the intro song?
Gabriel’s trumpet- Tim Erikson
Thank you so much dude! Talk about the Appalachistani war song.
@@ViktoriousDead
Great work!
another couple of good topics would be Ireland as well as Bangladesh's liberation from Pakistan
As a Canadian (basically a vassal state to America) I encourage Americans to become knowledgeable in geopolitics / geography, because it will give you a sense of scale in your voting decisions. As Americans your votes, voices, and consumer choices hit harder than any other citizenry in the world when it comes to foreign affairs.
Never depend on the media or politicians to learn through condensed headlines and oversimplified explanations - geopolitics is nuanced, there is never a black-&-white dichotomy in these complex civil conflicts. IMO, the only way to properly learn about geopolitics on a feasible scope is to learn all the way down to local county / regional levels - so when talking about Burma, you should try to understand which regions support what and why. Then zoom out wider and view the neighbors of these regions - what interdependencies and stances do they have? Because zooming down to the regional level typically goes beyond the scope of mainstream media, you then need to rely on individual accounts from social media (unreliable), or dedicated information networks like Bloomberg API or any of the main IR analyst platforms.
Many point to the Taliban as an example of successful modern insurgency as “all they had to do was outlast the republic”. But then there’s the failure of the Syrian Free Forces in their rebellion, and when you compare that to Burma… well I think their structure is eerily similar: a regional coalition tied together by their common hate for the incumbents. The only question is whether the incumbent government can drive a wedge between the rebel coalition like how Al-Assad did with the SFF, or if the Burmese rebels can sap government forces of enough firepower and morale before the coalition falls apart. Thus, the Taliban insurgency is not the best comparison for many modern insurgencies due to their trait of having a unifying religious “theme” / zealousness that likely saved the organization when it was being hammered in the mid-2010’s troop surge.
One of the interesting items is that they are using 3d printed items like the FGC9, while also using muskets.
Holding a collection of groups together is an interesting question in different conflicts.
Syria has a situation where different outside actors support their own chosen proxies.
Very interesting!
I suppose we don't hear about these wars for the same reason they try to make the second amendment about protection from burglars and avoid speaking of taking the reins away from an unruly gov.
You speak Burmese?
No, Elaine, that was gibberish.
This dude needs a channel
Namaste!
I went to the Burmese border with Thailand before the coup, in maybe 2017. It was disheartening to see the refugees coming through the border. I hope the rebels overthrow the Junta, unfortunately people in Thailand know all too well how detrimental full military control of the government can be.
Unfortunately even if they do overthrow the military that’s unlikely to be the end of the fighting.
Great video, short but informative!
I want to know what the takeways are!
Once I get my weird FLCL "None Of This Shit Happened" Christmas present headphones working, I'll be viewing.
Imagine trying to keep the powder for your musket dry in the jungle.
why most wars in asia are western proxy? 😂😂😂
Hey man, love your channel! Just a quick tip, the youtube algorithm REALLY likes when people watch videos to the end. So, abrupt finishes will likely fetch you a few more views then using outros.
Keep up the good content
Jesus is the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE.
An interesting conflict indeed. Alas yet another piece in the big game. If to leave a political part of it aside - in a theater like that its hard to effectively use an armored vehicles or air support. Half of the year it has a monsoon season, so rain is very often that limits a time window for a large scale military action by the regular army to october - june. Add to this a dense vegetation, hills, a lot of small rivers, tropical diseases, high temp, hostile wildlife and you have a good place for a vc style stuff. Probably would be worthwile to mention a weak soil carrying capacity and a bridge network (and overall regional infrastructure) as a factors. Like during vietnam war the use of armored vehicles was really impeded by this since heavier vehicles got stuck in the mud and were unable to cross many bridges coz they were unable to carry their weight. Thats why NVA mosty used pt-76 tanks instead of t54 they had and american side used mosly walker buldogs and m48. And even the use of those vehicles was limited coz buldog had only 160km worth of fuel capacity.
From what I understand, the junta still controls the ports and much of the urban centers with industrial capacity. It does not have full control of the country but not collapsing.
Our time is coming up….. I’m really really hoping it doesn’t but ya know the more I’m seeing every day the more I’m seeing succession in the near future for the US
Sounds like America at this point in time .
Great video!!
I remember being on a website that showed a lot body cam footage and that’s how I found out about the conflict in Burma 🇲🇲 I seen a video of a guy Make a homemade AK-47 & compared it to a factory one and seen the Vietnam era M16’s you mentioned
Extra points for the greenhouse.
Super interested to hear about Burmese innovation labs, if there are any. Although musket man doesn’t reassure me there are 😂
There's little to nothing but some are making drones that drop mortar shells.
Hey guys! You should do a video covering Rojava and their struggle against the Turkish, Iranians, and Syrians.
Been anciously waiting on another post. I found you at the beginning, so theres not a library to power watch.
Just came to say that those patrol caps are badass. Take it easy fellas.
Watching this I got a video Idea I would like to see done by you.
How a guerillia group could defeat a tyrannical government in a more developed country. Great Britain, France or Germany, something along the lines of that.
Taking into account the geography, combat readyness of the people and how well armed/what the capabilities of said country are like.
Would be cool if you made it happen.
The people of Burma were a great ally to the free world during the Second World War and were a great help in defeating the Japanese. My grandfather fought along side Nagas and the Kachins during the war. He said that they were some of the most brave and committed fighters that he had ever known. Why are we funding Ukraine and not Burma? And why did we ever let them fall in the first place.
7:00 i don't know the extent or the efficacy of this, but i heard they were able to utilize 3D printed weapons to great effect.
I had a relative that wrote about the Burma Road , WW II . It's on the Internet (freebie) : Burma Diary by Paul Geren . I have tried to research just who he was . I had some info he may have been in the Intel community . Went to Vietnam under Kennedy . I suspect he was OSS , but never pinned it down .
Your lessons and teaching are very appreciated 👍👍 These armies on the other side of the world still obey the gov even though they know they're tyrannical...so sad. I wonder what percentage refused to go along and kill their own countrymen?
Just started reading 'Soldier H S.A.S. The Headhunters Of Borneo', set during 1963.
I shall start reading up on the Burma troubles after this video, thanks.
We were told a story once in person by an old British soldier, can't for the life of me remember if it was Burma or Borneo but he said they were with Ghurkas and patrolling through dense jungle when a machine gun opened up at them and he said the bloomin Ghurkas just charged straight at it and silenced it!
Thanks for the video and the reminder.
I’m surprised you didn’t talk about the rebels’ use of 3D printed weapons in this conflict
@@ashtray3860 at this time and location it wasn’t happening
Seinfeld clip got me 😂
I knew it was near to Vietnam not going to pretend I knew exactly where it was
Tormund??
i didn't even know there's a war in burma
Thank you for covering my home country!Not a lot of people internationally know or care about our struggle, but we will keep fighting as we have for over 75 years. Also you missed the point of the resistance stepping up and really started mastering drone warfare. Since 2022, the resistance has repurposed civilian drones to be able to drop 40mm, mortar and pipe bombs,with fixed wings drone they are able to drop multiple mortar bombs. Drone warfare has definitely help push the tide of the war to the resistance’s favor.
Aung San Suu Kyi is seeking international support against the military junta that ousted her from power a few years ago. However, her calls for help have been largely ignored. The international community remains unwilling to assist her due to her silence and lack of repentance over the military's genocide against the Rohingya people, which occurred during her administration. This past inaction continues to tarnish her reputation and hinders her appeal for support.
Nice work
why do they hold up three fingers? what does it mean?
Very good video what’s the name of the song in the intro
You had me at HiLux.
I see KARENS are taking over BURMA as well…
Those areas are litteralky called Karen Country 😂
Kah-ren. I have a bunch in my area and my parents know them. Nice people, very hard workers, the women are very shy particularly of white men. Some will shake your hand but not be able to look you in the face. They were on the side of the British in WW2 and the burmese ONLY swapped from supporting the Japanese 2 weeks before he Japanese lost. SUDDENLY when the writing was on the wall, the burmese swapped to the British side, and the British left them in charge for them to turn on the karens and other minorities like 3 MONTHS after the British left. The karen where told to destroy all their weapons at the end of the war by the British but they hid them all in caves and when the burmese turned on them, they were ready
@@djocharablaikan8601trust me, they're good people. Many are Christians.
@@OffGridInvestor i trust you
History Legends made a decent video on recent events there, if anyone wants to learn more.
Groovy
Do you have a link or the name to the website he was talking about to gain my knowledge
Free Burma Rangers
they have aircraft now
Damn good video
How do the Burmese tribes even live? Are they hiding out in caves, or are they in actual small village huts in the open like you showed in the video?
They live in villages but they have to be constantly on the move because the government forces would send a helicopter out bomb from time to time.
The fighters are probably moving around and just making camp at night. The jungle itself might provide enough food etc.
I know a lot about the Karen side and my parents know many who survived it, some with shrapnel scars. They set up small settlements in the jungle, iften to have the military raid them late at night. They would make sure they always left with their seed stash if they had to escape, and many lived for YEARS of just bamboo shoots and bananas.
@@codygranrud6212the fighters always stay at the outer edges to make sure they get any incoming forces before they get to the villages. But sometimes they still do. They have heaps of Karen in UN refugee camps and there's a highway near the border. The military will fire beltfeds INTO the camp at night and the thai military guarding it will not engage them because they don't want to start a conflict between Thailand and the burmese military. This would happen every couple of months and they would wake up to bury the dead the next day. In the refugee camp they can't have guns and are essentially sitting ducks. They are in bamboo shacks that offer little or no protection against the beltfeds.
Cool hat bro.
welllll with the way china and america are vying for indonesia and the strait that everyone loves down there, like any other poor country that has big countries breathing down their backs.
It sounds like the different factions opposed to the Junta started out with mutual mistrust born from government led propaganda. That's not ideal.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend is usually temporary. What are the causes of the various factions, and how likely are they to stick together when the Junta is defeated verses turning on one another?
They’re already turning on each other
Lot of the armies are ethnically divided and what their own states.
I think they need some freedom and democracy
Do you understand/believe in color revolutions?
What's the name of the intro song?
If my OSINT is correct...
"Gabriel's Trumpet"
Rendition by Tim Eriksen on his 2013 album "Josh Billings Voyage, Or Cosmpolite on the Cotton Road"
@@alexondrick141 Thank you
Man this information is wonderful. I always wanted to go to Burma and fight along side the resistance since watching Rambo lol.
Jake what is your opinion on leaving the states and going to a country and gaining that knowledge and experience in the battlefield with a resistance army. ? I hope this isn’t a far fetched question. If so what would I need to accept ? Prepare? And understand?
The only resistance countries are Russia, China, Yemen, Iran, and NK. They're set when it comes to soldiers. Be clear: fighting with almost any country other than them means you're fighting WITH the GAE. The one that mutilates kids and eliminates its own borders and population because a tiny foreign tribe said to. That's not worth the 'experience'.
I am no expert, but Its not a "Glorious thing" You might die moments after getting there...before you get to do anything let alone fight. You might die horribly or get captured and tortured for fun. Combat and war Should not be something we seek, but a Last resort. Combat/war is HELLISH and Scary, anyone who says anything else is Not telling the truth. You gotta have a LOT of fortitude both physical and emotional/psychological among all the other things to EDURE, Survive and FIGHT. I know I am Not Suited the most for such things, but I would fight If I have to. I would definitely CHOOSE my battles though, as much as possible.
@@douglasduda9826thanks for this reply man. I absolutely agree with all that you said. It definitely should not be something we seek. I think it just some type of fantasy in the end of the day. That’s why I never can agree with all of todays “preppers”. I get that part of having some type of gear and knowledge for an emergency situation. But having a whole nuclear bunker of supplies, weapons, ammo.. hoping and waiting for a collapse situation is just another fantasy. Compared to like places in burma, Palestine, ukraine, etc you kinda have to pick and choose your battles there.
@@Marashm Yea you only get one life, You gotta pick what is worth sacrificing for. For these poor people in Burma they are sacrificing to hopefully be free, free to choose their leaders at least. They fight for a better future for Burma and All of its citizens who are not the oppressors.
Not sure why UA-cam is deleting my comments. I’ll try it a different way. There is a nonprofit called StrongHoldRescue that runs an ambulance service for these irregular fighters. Run by American vets. You can donate to them.
Something I worry about is the ideology of a rebel group. We have seen throughout history rebel groups that fight to overthrow a government and succeed but take control and do worse things then the government before them. (Russia is a great example in the late 1910s early 1920s).
The conflict in Myanmar is definitely an important conflict for anyone who studies war and conflict to look into. I hope that if the rebels win that they will establish a free country and not a communist or fascist regime.
Praying for them and praying for you guys too! Jesus saves!
The people rebels would be fighting are the same people who took over Russia in 1917. There is no worse government than that, there is no greater enemy.
They already have a communist regime, that is who is doing the oppressing. Read up on it.
I mean, we did fairly well in 1776. We were “rebels” by the opposition’s standards.
For all it faults the soviet union did do alot of good for its people when compared to the horrors they suffered under monarchy. You were raised being told that the USSR was your enemy. When in reality it was your states enemy. Look what happened when the USSR fell and got carved up by American corporations. Capitalism was as bad for your average Russian as fake communism was.
You guys ever notice how all of these ´official´ government militaries always seem to don the 5 pointed star on their uniform? Some might call it a pentagram.
There’s another group that uses the five pointed star….
It's a communist symbol. It of course was used in other things long before and still other things now, but when you see a 5 pointed start being an emblem of a government, you can be rest assured they are communist at heart, if not openly communist/socialist. The US government has been taken over internally by these people through "the long march through the institutions". When I saw the drivers licenses in my state change to have a big 5 pointed start at the top, looking like an late Soviet ID, I was like, ugh.
@@expedition346I know we shouldn’t expect the everyday man to know the ins and out of dead ideologies but Communists love the idea of a state cmon. No need for this “seem to believe” they have several hundred books on what they believe.
@@johngojcevic8731 On paper, a dictatorship of the proletariat always precedes the withering of the state. Of course, in practice, you have your Stalins and Maos and such...such a dictatorship never fades and often ends up hurting a lot of the proletariat lol.
I´m referring to what we call in Spain ´judeo-freemasonry´ run out of Switzerland, if you have another take on it I would be interested to hear it. @@ViktoriousDead