Hong Kong (CNN) Few people have risen so high in the international imagination only to fall as dramatically as Aung San Suu Kyi . "The need to keep the rebels in check made the army strong," Suu Kyi wrote in a 1985 history of the country. Neoconservatives in the US also embraced Suu Kyi as an example of the image of liberal democracy they claimed to want to bring to places such as Iraq. Suu Kyi -- "The Lady" -- was lumped not only with the hopes of her own people, but the entire international community. The international community took its eye off Myanmar, assuming Suu Kyi could handle the country's numerous problems while remaining a paragon of democracy.

Source: CNN December 14, 2019 00:33 UTC