Meanwhile, on page A7...

[Fairweather]

22,000 dead, and up to thirty thousand missing in Myanmar/Burma...

 

Hey! I hear Hillary and Obama split the big win yesterday. Have you seen the price of gas? And I hear REI is having a 20% off sale on neat things soon.

[kevbone]

And you like it in the butt......

[Hugh Conway]

Good to see the colony's competitors in the Heroin market squashed.

[tvashtarkatena]

I'm leaving for Alaska/Russia soon.

[tvashtarkatena]

It's funny, for a guy who grew up in California/Mexico, I've always had an affinity for more northern places. I could easily live in Canada/England.

[olyclimber]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/myanmar.aidcyclone/index.html

[Hendershot]

True, it is an unfortunate event for these people. The death toll is alarming and compassionate people or countries could offer assistance.

 

Except we won't for political reasons and Myanmar's gross offenses against human rights. We have an embargo in place against them.

 

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35910.htm

 

 

[underworld]

True, it is an unfortunate event for these people. The death toll is alarming and compassionate people or countries could offer assistance.

 

Except we won't for political reasons and Myanmar's gross offenses against human rights. We have an embargo in place against them.

 

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35910.htm

 

right...

 

the U.S. offered more than $3 million in aid. President Bush said Washington was prepared to use the U.S. Navy to help search for the dead and missing.

 

However, the Myanmar military, which regularly accuses the United States of trying to subvert its rule, was unlikely to accept U.S. military presence in its territory.

 

linky

 

 

 

 

[Hugh Conway]

the U.S. offered more than $3 million in aid. President Bush said Washington was prepared to use the U.S. Navy to help search for the dead and missing.

 

However, the Myanmar military, which regularly accuses the United States of trying to subvert its rule, was unlikely to accept U.S. military presence in its territory.

 

linky

 

Unwilling to accept other countries armed forces on their sovereign terrritory out of fear? Irony, she be a bitch

[Hendershot]

Yeah Underworld, in your same article.

 

"However, the Myanmar military, which regularly accuses the United States of trying to subvert its rule, was unlikely to accept U.S. military presence in its territory. "

[underworld]

ok, so what does that have to do w/ your inaccurate accusation:

 

...compassionate people or countries could offer assistance.

 

Except we won't...

[billcoe]

 

 

"Burma death toll could exceed 100,000

 

By Amy Kazmin in Bangkok and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington

 

Published: May 7 2008 18:56 | Last updated: May 8 2008 11:15

 

The death toll from the cyclone that struck Burma at the weekend could exceed 100,000, the US said............"

 

 

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