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Burma- a question
BillieTheBot
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Admittedly I'm not an expert on that country, but nonetheless I am under the impression that:
a) the country is under one of the most repressive and odious regimes in modern human history
b) pretty much everybody there is united in their contempt for the military junta that governs them and there are no sectarian factions gagging to get at each other's throats and no religious extremism
c) the military muscle of the regime is comparable to that of an old people's home in Andorra
With the above in mind, could anyone explain to me why we have not intervened to get rid of the fuckers in charge? If there is such thing as a justified and worthy call for use of force, this is certainly it.
ps. no real need to answer. I am aware of the size of the oil reserves in Burma and its geographical location are not nearly as attractive as those of one or two countries I could mention...
a) the country is under one of the most repressive and odious regimes in modern human history
b) pretty much everybody there is united in their contempt for the military junta that governs them and there are no sectarian factions gagging to get at each other's throats and no religious extremism
c) the military muscle of the regime is comparable to that of an old people's home in Andorra
With the above in mind, could anyone explain to me why we have not intervened to get rid of the fuckers in charge? If there is such thing as a justified and worthy call for use of force, this is certainly it.
ps. no real need to answer. I am aware of the size of the oil reserves in Burma and its geographical location are not nearly as attractive as those of one or two countries I could mention...
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Anyway isn't it Myanmar?
The junta changed the name to Myanmar, Britain and several other countries still call it Burma because they don't believe it has the authority to change it's name.
Well, if it had been unsympathetic to the powers that be, that is.
I see on the news they've started killing people now. :no:
Though all I can say is thank goodness it hasn't got oil, or we'd have people marching the streets demanding that we don't do anything.
i'd say the best bet is to support the non-violent democratic people there whilst sanctioning the government itself, giving more people to join their cause and causing their government to collapse or for people in the junta to rebel against the leadership, whilst planning how to run the country after ie a workable long term constitution
i dont think military action will sove it, it's a country plagued by oppression, so another foereign power won't help, foreign assistance would be handy
Yep - August 1988 - around 3,000 protesters were killed, mostly shot, during an intensely violent repression of demonstrations.
A good overview of the current situation from the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7010202.stm
Exactly.
Lose, lose
This is a regime that was so afraid of an amphibious invasion by the Americans they had a brand new capital city built further inland so they could move their leadership to it and feel more secure. They kill and oppress their own people while keeping them living in poverty.
Realisitically given the geographical position, the country does fall into China's sphere of influence... but how likely are the Chinese to do anything about this?
:yes:
they moved the capital city inland to get away from an end of civilisation disaster as suggested by an astroleger :crying:
Why is it Britains responsibility?
Given we used to own half the globe that means we're responsible for sorting out a lot of problems - what about India and Pakistan, graft in Kenya, . Heck, what about problems in the US and New Zealand - they used to be part of the Empire as well.
India And Pakistan are not our responsibilty, the Soviets or rather the former Soviets allowed them gain Nuclear technology, so its their mess to clean up. The religious and historical elements to that problem go back before British involvement anyways. Either way, other countries have intervened and taken action or influenced India and Pakistan since Britain to such an extent it has fallen outside our sphere of influence to sort out.
The US were aided in gaining independence by the French which turned the tide in the "War" of Independence, so frankly, France can sort that mess out, they brought it about really!
I didnt know New Zealand had a problem?
You know Sarcasm isn't always that clever.