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100,000 Dead...One Million Homeless...
Posted by gerryPlanetEarth • 5/09/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: myanmar
The recent cyclone in Myanmar has left 100,000 dead and One Million Homeless and the ridiculous tyrants holding Myanmar hostage are stealing the aid sent to Myanmar by those in the world who wish to help...
Is it not time to somehow get rid of these vicious tyrants who control Myanmar ?
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Yes. But as there is a growing list of tyrants that we do nothing about, I fear this will be treated the same.-
This is why as individuals we need to do it when the Government isn't. -
@Shiley, I always wanted to stomp some bad people, this is my calling, who'll join me? -
That's why I started PP or at least part of it. There are other reasons but that's just one among many.
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It's my understanding they do not want US support
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I think they need to fly in the fighter jets, take out the military stronghold, so the UN can get THEIR planes with relief effort. Yes, I am going off of what I heard on the news this morning, and yes, I believe it when I saw it. Burns me up, that these people can't even get help.-
What? No, way. What is up with that government talk about cruel. I just read they are only allowing one shipment from the U.S. Those people are suffering. Does their Government not care?
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I would gladly donate money to help these people if there was some way of knowing if the donation actually reaches the people...
@RTBjr73
I agree with you about the use of fighter planes...
The United Nations should recognize the human rights of the millions affected by the cyclone and at the very least parachute supplys into the affected areas by using armed fighter planes as escorts...
A warning should be issued to these ham n'egger tyrants that if they dare interrupt the relief effort by firing weapons at the relief planes the escort fighter planes would be allowed to fire back...
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thats almost the total yearly homocide rate here in America but we have way more homeless.
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we haven't even taken care of our own victims of Katrina...how can we be expected to touch this?
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Yes it is a tragedy. And I think a sign of things to come, without sounding too morbid. -
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nice link...TY Tony
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May 15th is a day in which bloggers can rally around helping the people in Myanmar, by putting pressure on each of our governments to do whatever it takes to get the government of Myanmar to cooperate with the international community in the distribution of humanitarian aid.
There are many reasons that people use to justify forcing a government to cooperate by whatever means it takes. Shouldn't humanitarian reasons be the top of the list????
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First you must Identify the real TYRANTS (www.commondreams.org/headlines/052200-01.htm)
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What's that got to do with their government withholding and not allowing aid from the US, UK and other countries to the people who need it.
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@ravenscawl
WASHINGTON - Forced labour and other human rights abuses associated with building natural gas pipelines in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) continue with the knowledge of US and European corporations which partially own and manage the projects, according to a new report released here Monday by Earthrights International (ERI).
''The abuses are not incidental or unrelated to the pipelines - they are a direct result of western companies' investments,'' says the report, 'Total Denial Continues.'
Three prominent companies have invested in the region to construct pipelines: Union Oil of California (UNOCAL), and Total, a French company are involved in the Yadana pipeline. And the British company, Premier Oil, is part of a consortium building the Yetagun pipeline.
Thank-you for providing that relevant information... -
how does that affect the current crisis?
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@TonyB
"how does that affect the current crisis?"
I agree with you 100 per cent...While the investments of these large American and British corporations are certainly relevant to the tyranny in Myanmar and certainly help sustain the dictators that has nothing to do with somehow providing immediate assistance to those who need our help in Myanmar...
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This is is only the tip as the JUNTA MILITARY is financed by
by the WORLD BANK and the U.N BANK along with others. Most of th pertinent if can be found either at ravenscawl.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/60-years-of-the-greatest-lie-ever-told/
or at hrw.org/english/docs/2007/03/24/burma15557.htm
if you follow the trail you will see the ties to same people involved with the abuses in DARFUR
TonyB
how does that affect the current crisis?
these are the real reason for the hold up as it becomes a new bargaining chip.(keeping the SECRETS) -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_to_protect
The United Nations has the ability to act.
Demand it-
When does the UN take a proactive role?
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UN could be the way to go but is it too late?-
Exactly Tony - too late - too much Arm folding....
Any Burmese UN members well connected with the power of the world order?
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Just Some ("SOCAL" John D. Rockefeller)
So where are the Rockefellers now? The current head of the family is David Rockefeller, Chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank and prime mover in the secret 'Bilderberg' and 'Trilateral Commission' elite groups.
"Lord Mountbatten of Burma passed the Presidency to his great-nephew, HRH The Prince of Wales."in 1978
as you can tie many more just look! My post is not about
Secret Societies! For there will always be someone behind the curtain pulling strings.
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Easy way to solve the problem: start a rumour that there is alot of oil recently discovered there. -
United Nations should invoke its “responsibility to protect”-
The problem with invoking the “responsibility to protect” it
needs to be done by the security council. Some of which are major supporter of the current military regime!
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Probably.
But my guess is that France, or Russian, or China, or Berkeley, would object.-
~Norski
"France, or Russian, or China" They Have! and so has S.KOREA
INDIA
www.commondreams.org/headlines/052200-01.htm
hrw.org/english/docs/2007/03/24/burma15557.htm
hrw.org/english/docs/2008/01/11/burma17729.htm -
France is taking a more muscular stance towards the responsibility to protect than the US is, but Europe is about more than France.
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I feel very sorry about that. God bless! -
Regime change would distract from the real task at hand: keeping people alive. On the other hand, there is the responsibility to protect doctrine, which I blogged about yesterday on Stoneman's Corner.
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~markstoneman
I read your post and it had great merit to the cause for it's
amount of links for more info on "responsibility to protect"
But the problem that I'm trying to touch upon is the corprate
sponsors involved behind those host governments, Follow the money, That controls these governments
As I had posted on this subject last week(8-9)
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Perhaps, everyone is wishing to have a superpower to get rid off these tyrants who are not helping their people but burying them into the quagmire of poverty and killing them gradually! -
I cannot believe how evil many of the world's leaders have become!
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