Myanmar is a story just waiting for a fairytale ending. The beautiful daughter of an assassinated national hero faces down evil generals during years of cruel incarceration. For decades, the generals grind the country into the ground, trashing the economy and fighting ethnic minorities in the wild border regions. Finally, the generals relent. They release “the Lady” and begin a remarkable transition to democracy. Political prisoners are set free. The press is unshackled. Western sanctions are lifted. Ceasefires break out throughout the land. All that remains is for the military to return definitively to barracks and allow Aung San Suu Kyi, the princess of this tale, to take up her rightful position as leader of a democratic, peaceful and prosperous country. It is so close you can almost touch it.
緬甸的情況就像一段故事，現在只缺一個童話般的結局。遭暗殺的民族英雄有一個美麗的女兒，她曾遭到多年的殘酷監禁，但從未向邪惡的將軍們低頭。幾十年來，這些將軍殘暴地壓榨著這個國家，把經濟毀得一塌糊塗，並在荒涼的邊境地區與少數民族作戰。最後，這些將軍發了慈悲，釋放了「那位夫人」(The Lady)，啓動了了不起的民主化轉型。政治犯被釋放，媒體不再受到束縛。西方的制裁解除了，這片土地的各個地方都達成了停火。剩下的就是讓軍隊徹底退回營房，讓這段故事裏的「公主」翁山蘇姬(Aung San Suu Kyi)擔任她應有的職位，成爲一個民主、和平和繁榮的國家的領導人。這一切看起來離我們如此之近，幾乎觸手可及。