Soldiers in Myanmar have begun clamping down on the protests. They've been shooting into crowds and dragging away troublesome monks.
It's standard totalitarian procedure. The monks apparently are a strong enough organization within the country that they believe they have the ability to force limits on the country's military rulers--which would make them mere authoritarians.
The rulers, if they are to keep the status quo, must demonstrate that they cannot be limited, thus the clampdown.
So that's were we are.
