The lesson to be learned here is for Americans - will the government to take away our civil rights and liberties in the name of "patriot acts" until this country becomes a totalitarian country like Myanmar?

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But then we would have a problem with Iraq, so wouldnt things be worse? Which is a bigger priority for us, natural disaster in Myanmar or terrorism in Iraq?

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So it OK to push around a third world country that is not a threat to USA but you have a problem with Iraq war where the libs claim we beat up on a small country that had no military might nor was a threat to USA? Hmmmm.....seems like a little bit of hypocrisy.

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I say what many think but fail to say but would like to.

I bet the lie-berals are feeling pretty stupid now for causing McCain to get rid of the members on his staff who were lobbying for the Myanmar regime. We could use their connections to the military government now.

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lost soul do you remember the other part of that quote?

I'm not suggesting an invasion of myanmar I'm saying that we would have more leverage against them

You don't go around beating everybody up with ur big stick or else u will eventually get pwned

Also Myanmar and Iraq are completely different.
We didn't really negotiate at all.
How were they supposed to dispose of imaginary weapons of mass destruction

I disagree

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Just remember folks - we are the bad guys according to half the people on this board.

Somehow, in a situation that doesn't really involve the US, it still gets blamed. It doesn't have a relationship with the Burmese junta, so America should share some blame for the lack of aid flowing into the region. What if America did have a relationship? Then it would likely get knocked for recognizing such a brutal regime, whether or not the US could open up the borders to aid. And especially if aid still did not flow, America would get blamed for enabling the regime's existence (and the consequent lack of aid) because the US dealt with the junta. The United States simply cannot endure any mass-media situation without some degree of blame, apparently.

Meanwhile, Asian powers have been clearly supporting the junta with business and weapons (I think Chevron is the only 'American' company really involved with the junta, since American sanctions prevent others from doing so). But no, it isn't the Burma junta's fault for committing war crimes and preventing aid, and it isn't China, Russia, or India's fault for supplying the regime with arms and business; it's Bush's fault for not getting more leverage in Burma by, say, outbidding China by giving them even more weapons, or outbidding India with economic and infrastructural aid.

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