The Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar is on the brink of becoming a failed state.

For three years the nation of 54 million people has been embroiled in an escalating civil war

between the military junta and hundreds of pro-democracy militias, ethnic

armies, and local defense forces.

Civilians are suffering.

The United Nations estimates that more than 18. half million people desperately need humanitarian assistance.

Thousands are fleeing the country.

A 2021 military crew brought to an abrupt end Myanmar's move toward democracy. The widespread

peaceful protests that followed were put down by the junta with a brutal crackdown.

Scores of opposition protesters fled the cities for the mountainous

jungles that make up much of the country. Pro-democracy militias and armed

ethnic groups united with the common goal of overthrowing the junta.

Last month, rebel forces took control of a key economic hub

that was responsible for $1 billion in trade last year.

It's among the latest in a long line of which of defeats over the last six months

that has left resistance groups in control of a significant part of the country.

Earlier I spoke with Burmese American journalist A-Men Taunt about the current situation in

Myanmar.

F I think has really escalated in Myanmar since October of 2003, where Myanmar saw large

resistance forces really coalesce and forming allyship and launch a coordinated

attack against the military on multiple fronts.

And since then, major gains were made, especially along the border regions, along major

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