"The United States designated the United Wa State Army a terrorist organization, because of its role as a supplier of narcotics... Kobsak Chutikul, deputy leader of the Chart Pattana political party in Thailand, proposed that the U.S. should not rule out military intervention against the Wa. The Bangkok Post quoted an unnamed diplomat as saying that if the SPDC do not 'put the Wa out of the drug business, the Americans will get directly involved.' The Shan announced that the real terrorists are the SPDC themselves..."