The Will To Fight

Insight Myanmar · Sep 2, 2025 · 1h 10m

Episode #389: Mie Mie Wynn Bird, a retired U.S. Army officer and defense strategist runs leadership and capacity-building workshops for Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement. In this episode, she argues that morale—and not weapons or resources—is the decisive factor in war. She is guided by this principle: “people first, mission always”: leaders must train, protect, and respect their teams while keeping the mission in focus, building trust that cannot be fabricated in crisis.

In Myanmar, morale among the resistance groups continues to be high, with the people believing they are fighting for a…