Who are we kidding? With the military in-charge, the aid isn’t reaching the right people.<\/p>\n
And it really gets my gall to see the military voting on their stupid referendum as if nothing has happened.<\/p>\n
So hold your wallets, insist that the governments send military backing with aid deliveries, that aid workers go in with aid, before you give any more.<\/p>\n
While China, one of Myanmar’s stronger allies has her own problems now with the 7.9 earthquake in Sichuan<\/a>, I think they should muscle Myanmar into letting aid workers in.<\/p>\n We know China can do it.<\/p>\n They’ve illustrated with Tibet they can bully their way around with their military. (And I don’t even care that much for the Dalai Lama.) Never forget Tiananmen Square of 1989.<\/p>\n They’ve used their population numbers and huge potential markets to force companies to act in certain ways before allowing companies to enter China. Remember Yahoo! having to filter out “unapproved” websites.<\/p>\n Right now, I’m feeling very anti-China and my silent protest is not watching the Olympics this year. We know how badly China wants to show off to the world, using this as their PR card.<\/p>\n Not good enough, China.<\/p>\n Let’s not pretend the Olympics is about sports only. It has always been about politics because it has always been about money. And we know you don’t separate the two.<\/p>\n And since I’m at it, let me add Thailand to the fold. Ex-celebrity chef, now Thai PM Samak Sundaravej said of Aung San Suu Kyi:<\/p>\n “They are not releasing her, but they will not interfere with her. They will put her on the shelf and not bother with her, which is unacceptable to foreigners,” Samak, a vitriolic 72-year-old right-winger, told reporters.<\/p>\n “We think it’s OK if she is put on the shelf. But others admire her because of it,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n (Original source<\/a>. PDF copy<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Samak should stay in the kitchen.<\/p>\n Why are we tolerating the callousness of this military government who clearly doesn’t care for its people? What arrogance it is for a government to reject help or choose what type of help the country needs when her citizens are catching a preventable disease or getting infections from wounds that could have been treated.<\/p>\n And our ASEAN leaders? Drafting proposals for emergency meetings to help Myanmar? Come on!<\/p>\n Send the troops in with aid and the aid workers. Ensure it reaches the right people and isn’t used for more political propaganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Who are we kidding? With the military in-charge, the aid isn’t reaching the right people. And it really gets my gall to see the military voting on their stupid referendum as if nothing has happened. So hold your wallets, insist that the governments send military backing with aid deliveries, that aid workers go in with … <\/p>\n