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Old 05-13-2008, 02:45 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by jalami View Post
It's a very sad situation... talk about a forgotten part of the world. Most people don't have a clue what's going on, how many people are being affected, not to mention the misery and poverty they've been living in for decades. It's truly sad that us individuals (not bumbling governments) can sit idly by while fellow human beings are being treated in this fashion.
It's sad to see people die because of other indifference. We get enraged when people in a city near to us kill a single person, like in London or Cleveland. But when people murder hundreds or thousands we do nothing but prattle about it. Burma is just the last piece of proof and no doubt next year there will be another instance.

As for the Burmese resisting, I would not like to see Western lives lost and it's a consideration. I just doubt if the military would fight people bringing in aid. Would the Junta be prevaricating if they knew the options would be their over throw?

They could not do much if aid were being dropped.

Time will tell if the UN needed to of applied more force to the Junta.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7397617.stm

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