The Guardian view on Myanmar's military: the generals are in trouble

When Myanmar's military launched a coup almost three years ago, snatching back the limited portion of control they had ceded to elected civilian leaders, it looked like the same old story. Once again, the generals were crushing the democratic aspirations of their people. To widespread surprise, perhaps most of all the military's, they failed to stamp out the resistance. What began as a courageous campaign of civil disobedience led to tens of thousands of civilians joining armed groups, including people's defence forces (PDFs) set up by the national unity government formed from the remnants of deposed leader Aung San Suu…