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Ultimately, the coup brought us here—to a broader realization within Myanmar that violence carried out against one group can easily be meted out against others.

frailty もろさ infirmity

Be reviled by 悪口を言われる

repercussions 悪影響

successor 後見人

spanning におよぶ

The report, spanning thousands of pages, was finalized when Mike Pompeo was still secretary of state, and he ultimately opted to call the armed forces’ actions “ethnic cleansing,” a descriptive term not defined by international law.