By Rubashov
Yesterday, the InsiderNJ website (owned and operated by a notorious insurance vendor) posted what appears to be an unattributed press release containing some rather weird sadomasochistic images. It seems the purpose of this is an attack by Democrat Congressman Tom Malinowski on his Republican opponent, State Senator Tom Kean Jr.
InsiderNJ appears to suggest that public officials are responsible for the opinions and comments of everyone with whom they come in contact – whether serious, humorous, satirical, or hyperbolic. If this is how InsiderNJ and the Graham family genuinely feel, then we must question why they have failed to ask any questions of Democrat Congressman Tom Malinowski about his relationship with Myanmar?
Democrat Malinowski called Aung San Suu Kyi “someone who symbolized to people all over the world what was good and hopeful and promising.” Malinowski said the Myanmar political leader was “a beautiful contrast” to “ugliness and evil”.
In December 2019, Aung San Suu Kyi appeared before the International Court of Justice at The Hague where she “defended the Burmese military against allegations of genocide against the Rohingya” a mainly Muslim minority in Myanmar. In a speech of over 3,000 words, Suu Kyi did not use the term "Rohingya" in describing the ethnic group. She denied that genocide was occurring and claimed that the violence perpetrated by the Burmese military was merely a response to terrorism. The murders and rapes that occurred were simply defensive murders and rapes.
In January 2020, the International Court of Justice ruled against Aung San Suu Kyi and her government. The New York Times reported (January 23, 2020):
Rejecting arguments made by Myanmar’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, the International Court of Justice at The Hague ruled on Thursday that Myanmar must take action to protect Rohingya Muslims, who have been killed and driven from their homes in what the country’s accusers call a campaign of genocide.
The court said Myanmar must “take all measures within its power” to prevent its military or others from carrying out genocidal acts against the Rohingya, who it said faced “real and imminent risk.” It also essentially put Myanmar under court oversight, telling it to submit regular reports to the tribunal explaining what steps it had taken.
The decision is the first international court ruling against Myanmar over its military’s brutal treatment of the Rohingya. While the court has no enforcement power, any member of the United Nations can request action from the Security Council based on its rulings.
“The chances of Aung San Suu Kyi implementing this ruling will be zero unless significant international pressure is applied,” said Anna Roberts, executive director of the rights group Burma Campaign UK.
Congressman Tom Malinowski would have you believe that its “White Americans” who are oppressing Muslims. That’s what Malinowski would have you believe, but it’s a lie.
There’s been a genocide going on in Myanmar (formerly Burma) since 2012, when the military started persecuting an ethnic minority called the Rohingya people, many of whom practice the Muslim faith in this majority Buddhist country. Around the time that Tom Malinowski began his first campaign for Congress (August of 2017) the government of Myanmar let loose its latest pogrom on the Rohingyas.
This included “atrocities” in the form of “looting and burning down Rohingya villages, mass killing of Rohingya civilians, gang rapes, and other sexual violence.”
Médecins Sans Frontières estimated in December 2017 that the violence claimed the lives of “at least 10,000 Rohingya people… At least 392 Rohingya villages in Rakhine state were reported as burned down and destroyed…
as well as the looting of many Rohingya houses, and widespread gang rapes and other forms of sexual violence against the Rohingya Muslim women and girls.”
In September 2018, the United Nations reported that over 700,000 Rohingya people had been driven out of Rakhine state and had become refugees in neighboring Bangladesh. Two Reuters journalists covering a massacre of innocent people at Inn Din were arrested and imprisoned by the Myanmar government.
Agencies of the United Nations and the International Criminal Court have termed these attacks as acts of “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide”.
In August 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights declared that the leaders in Myanmar should face charges in the International Criminal Court for "crimes against humanity", including acts of "ethnic cleansing" and "genocide."
The leader of Myanmar, State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi was strongly criticized for her inaction and silence in response to the military abuses. Tom Malinowski personally knows State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and has championed her. Unfortunately, back when he was working for the State Department – during the administration of President Barack Obama – Malinowski had the opportunity to publicly say something about the genocide, and instead, said nothing. In 2014, the organization United to End Genocide reported:
“The Burmese government has isolated and demonized the 1.3 million Rohingya in Burma as part of a plan to promote a singular nationalist and Buddhist identity. This was formalized in the 1982 Citizenship Act when they were declared ‘non-national’ or ‘foreign residents.’
Today, the Rohingya have become outsiders in a land they have occupied for generations. They are prohibited from marrying, having children, working, obtaining healthcare and going to school...
So who can the Rohingya rely on for protection? Instead of taking a hardline approach against Burma’s repressive government, much of the international community is fighting for the economic spoils of a resource-rich country that is now opening its economy to the world.
Eager to please the Burmese government, the international community is now honoring Burma’s request not even to mention the name Rohingya.
In August, when U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited Burma, he met with President Thein Sein and other leading officials, and did not use the word Rohingya. When questioned, a State Department representative said the name issue should be ‘set aside.’
Earlier this summer, Tom Malinowski, the U.S. Special Envoy for Human Rights, visited Burma and failed to say the word ‘Rohingya’. When giving a presentation on the status of the Rakhine state where the majority of the Rohingya live, he did not even acknowledge the group.”
Think about that for just a moment…
Both Aung San Suu Kyi and Tom Malinowski adopted the same tactic of ignoring the existence of the Rohingya people – behaving as if they didn’t exist – turning them into unmentionables. Malinowski weeps publicly because he says not enough taxpayer money is being spent on providing Sanctuary State services to illegal immigrants in New Jersey. But then he does nothing – won’t even acknowledge – the plight of people who have been deemed “foreign” in their own country.
In Congress and in newspaper op-eds, Tom Malinowski has been blaming “White Americans” and labeling them the world’s worst terrorists. But when an actual bricks and mortar government and its military commits institutional genocide and crimes against humanity… it’s crickets. Tom Malinowski does nothing.
And remember these words from United to End Genocide… “Instead of taking a hardline approach against Burma’s repressive government, much of the international community is fighting for the economic spoils of a resource-rich country that is now opening its economy to the world. Eager to please the Burmese government, the international community is now honoring Burma’s request not even to mention the name Rohingya.”
So what did Tom Malinowski do in between leaving the Obama State Department and running for Congress? Well, it was disclosed in “Schedule E” of his personal financial disclosure when he filed for Congress. Tom Malinowski was on the Board of Advisors of something called the Inle Advisory Group.
You guessed it.
Malinowski tried to help the “international community” cash in on those “economic spoils” of “resource-rich” Myanmar/Burma.
Tom Malinowski became part of an entity called the Inle Advisory Group. Who are they? Well, we will let them tell you themselves…
Uniting Myanmar’s Heritage With its Brightest Future.
Inle Advisory Group is a boutique firm focused on development opportunities in Myanmar. As Myanmar opens up to political and economic engagement from around the globe, Inle Advisory Group will be there to provide in-depth and comprehensive advisory services for clients across industries.
Like the iconic fishermen using his distinctive rowing style to navigate the difficult waters of Inle Lake, Inle Advisory Group will utilize our unique knowhow and capabilities to steer our clients through the many investment challenges. The strength of Inle Advisory Group is unparalleled knowledge of Myanmar. This deep expertise equips us to provide clients looking to invest in the world’s newest emerging market with a tailored package of the best possible tools and strategies for long-term growth and desired results.
Inle Advisory Group will ensure our clients are fully informed to invest successfully in a challenging environment, promoting the “gold standard” of business practices that will benefit U.S. companies and the people of Myanmar.
Something tells us that there was an Inle-type “advisory group” back in the 1930’s promoting a “gold standard” of business practices and enabling another regime set on genocide. Hey Congressman, is trade really the right response to genocide and crimes against humanity? What point is made by making murderers rich?
So why is InsiderNJ ignoring the genocide of innocent Muslims? Why haven’t they covered Malinowski’s connections to Aung San Suu Kyi and the Inle Group? Are some stupid posts on social media worse than mass murder and gang rapes? Is what happens on social media in America really more important than actual killing and sexual assault somewhere else? Where are your priorities?
You have some explaining to do.
