Shan/Slorc reference????

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The following below was posted to me,and i would be interested in
comments whether you have read the book source or not. Thank you, Dawn
Star, Paris


> In a new book by a sociologist called Philip Lamy called "Millenium Rage:
> Survivalists, White Supremacists, and the Doomsday Prophecy"---
> 
> "The notion of religious wars and anticommunist freedom fighters as
> spiritual allies of the United States is also a theme in an article about
> the Burmese Shan guerrillas entitled 'Burma's Golden Triangle'(in Soldier
> of Fortune, May 1984)  The author, Sterling Seagrave, calls the opium wars
> of Burma's Golden Triangle an 'old-fashioned battle between good and
> evil.'  The forces of good are the Shan, an ancient, religious people from
> whom the people of Indonesia are descended.  The forces of evil are the
> repressive communist government and their Chinese drug-lord allies.
> Seagrave suggests that because the freedom-fighting Shan, Karen, and
> Kachin peoples are often mistaken for ethnic Chinese opium smugglers,
> 'just as Contras were often mistaken for murderous Sandinista soldiers,'
> they have not rightfully garnered the support of the American government.
> Seagrave quotes the dismay of one Shan commander: 'We have always
> considered America our spiritual ally.  We have tried to remain friends.
> But with friends like America, who needs enemies?'"  (p.200)
>