Myanmar mess

[NoOneLikesUs]

Hey 500K people are likely going to perish because the junta wants to flex its muscles. And yet the only thread on this situation is about Al Gore. :'(

Should we send in Rambo?

 

[93Devil]

The classic Catch 22.

We should go in, with force, and give these people the help they need.

If we did go in without permission, we are opening the doors for a country like China to amp up nuclear weapon production because if we just go where we please, then they feel the need to protect themselves.

I don't think there is an answer for this problem.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1143691.ece

Check out the video...

 

[93Devil]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1143691.ece

Check out the video...

So what would you do?

Should the United Nations forcibly go into the country?

Do they even have this ability or manpower?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I feel bad about what happened, but for once I want to see the US only help out the countries that have helped us out when we need it.

It's a tragic thing, but it shouldn't be on us to fix it.

 

[jgmacg]

Yeah.

Why go in to Yangon when we can't even get in to the 9th ward?

 

[Ace]

The U.N. still should help these people. And they need to rise up and throw the bums out.

 

[BTExpress]

I feel bad about what happened, but for once I want to see the US only help out the countries that have helped us out when we need it.

You mean like Iran helped us fight the Taliban in Afghanistan?

 

[poindexter]

I don't think there is an answer for this problem.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1143691.ece

Check out the video...

So what would you do?

Should the United Nations forcibly go into the country?

Do they even have this ability or manpower?

We, and I mean the entirety of the human race, should not sit idly by and watch the demise of these people. The world has the ability and resources to help and it should.

 

[Ace]

I don't know. I think the folks willing to say tough luck to these folks who don't have two pesos to rub together because they didn't bail out the USA are starting to wear me down.

Hell, with 'em. How about they bail out a big U.S. mortgage lender and we'll talk about giving them some clean water and spam.

 

[93Devil]

I don't know. I think the folks willing to say tough luck to these folks who don't have two pesos to rub together because they didn't bail out the USA are starting to wear me down.

Hell, with 'em. How about they bail out a big U.S. mortgage lender and we'll talk about giving them some clean water and spam.

Good point.

We used to be the good guys. Now, we are a long way from being the good guys.

 

[trifectarich]

A sad reflection of the times we live in, on many fronts.

 

[Angola!]

This situation is mind blowing. I guess the lack of oil in Myanmar means we can't go over there to help:

Disaster struck on Saturday when 120mph Cyclone Nargis forced ashore waves up to 20ft high. The Irrawaddy town of Labutta – population 80,000 – was wiped off the map.

Local doctor Aye Kyu told how families clung to trees as their homes were swept away.

He said: “I asked survivors how many there were left. They said about 200.”

 

[Mizzougrad96]

The rest of the world laughed at us when 9/11 happened...

**** em...

 

[93Devil]

This situation is mind blowing. I guess the lack of oil in Myanmar means we can't go over there to help:

Disaster struck on Saturday when 120mph Cyclone Nargis forced ashore waves up to 20ft high. The Irrawaddy town of Labutta – population 80,000 – was wiped off the map.

Local doctor Aye Kyu told how families clung to trees as their homes were swept away.

He said: “I asked survivors how many there were left. They said about 200.”

Yep.

Ditto for Africa.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

I also heard that state media failed to report on the cyclone, when it was being reported in the Indian press for at least two days.

 

[poindexter]

I also heard that state media failed to report on the cyclone, when it was being reported in the Indian press for at least two days.

Nobody was blogging?

 

[Angola!]

The rest of the world laughed at us when 9/11 happened...

**** em...

You are an idiot.

If we are going to make ourselves the world policeman when it comes to the Middle East, then we better follow through elsewhere.

And if this storm really did do major damage to the rice farms, then we will all be feeling a food crunch soon.

Oh, and as far as 9/11 is concerned, did you really expect help from Myanmar? Didn't the rest of the world help with the formation of the Coalition of the Willing or whatever the hell it was called?

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

This situation is mind blowing. I guess the lack of oil in Myanmar means we can't go over there to help:

Disaster struck on Saturday when 120mph Cyclone Nargis forced ashore waves up to 20ft high. The Irrawaddy town of Labutta – population 80,000 – was wiped off the map.

Local doctor Aye Kyu told how families clung to trees as their homes were swept away.

He said: “I asked survivors how many there were left. They said about 200.”

Yep.

Ditto for Africa.

Uh, Nigeria has quite an oil supply. Its currently under attack by terroists/rebels/militants, whatever they're called over there. They kidnap oil rig workers and hold them for ransom. Its one of the many reasons why oil prices continue to climb.