It will only end when real systemic justice is achieved. The U.N. and Myanmar flags flying side by side outside the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Building in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, November 13, 2014.

The move came as a special U.N. envoy warned that the country “is on the verge of spiraling into a failed state.” Unable to reverse course and unwilling to compromise, the military junta seems ...