Burma’s military leaders are masters of psychological warfare. And you can tell they’re pretty proud of their accomplishments in this area. How many other countries do you know that boast a “Directorate of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare”?

But there is something about the regime’s latest effort to manipulate domestic and international public opinion which smacks more of slick modern marketing than good old colonial-style “divide and rule.”

By announcing plans to hold a referendum on a draft constitution in May, the regime has given Burma and the world a classic non-choice. Kyaw Zwa Moe (VS ‘06), comments in the Thailand-based English language news magazine The Irrawaddy.

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