Editorial: Of course it's genocide. Finally the U.S. recognizes the truth about Myanmar's Rohingya slaughter

As the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar grows more grim, it shows every sign of taking its place on the shameful list of mass atrocities that the world did nothing to stop.

the military leaders who oversaw the genocidal campaign against Rohingya, including the general who led it, are the same military leaders who overthrew Myanmar’s democratically elected government a little more than a year ago. Since then, more than 1,600 people in Myanmar, also known as Burma, have been killed, thousands have been detained, and the de facto civilian leader of the country, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been convicted of trumped-up charges and is being detained.

These actions were appropriate but not enough. The U.S. should do more to stop the Myanmar military from obtaining weapons by pressing the United Nations Security Council to impose an embargo on arms sales. That may fail — China and Russia could veto it. If that happens, the council should vote again and put China in the awkward position of having to justify its no vote.It’s outrageous that the military in power in Myanmar has now sentenced Suu Kyi to prison on absurd charges.

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