Myanmar Junta Celebrates Itself With Military Pageant

Fonte: International Business Times

Myanmar's military has experienced massive losses as it battles anti-coup guerillas and long-standing ethnic armed groups AFP Myanmar's junta will muster its embattled troops for a show of strength on Armed Forces Day on Thursday, after a year of seismic defeats and turning to forcibly conscripting civilians to bolster its ranks. Thousands of soldiers will march before junta chief Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw, where a banner over the approach to the parade ground reads: "Only when the military is strong will the country be strong". Special forces guarded the main entrance to the remote, purpose-built capital.