''During my visit to Myanmar in mid-November, the latest of many since 2010, I witnessed new layers of complexity in the historical and political forces contributing to the Rohingya crisis. While the plight of the Rohingya population has galvanized international opinion, it has reinforced nationalist sentiment within a large segment of the Myanmar population and has drawn State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi closer to the powerful military establishment that she has opposed since leading a popular uprising 1988. As a result, the United States and other Western countries are finding it hard to punish the people who caused the flight of the Rohingya without undermining the transition to civilian rule that began in 2011...''