Comments on: The Tragedy in Myanmar http://ingodwetrustblog.com/uncategorized/the-tragedy-in-myanmar/ Unifying America for Freedom's Cause Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:20:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Ghost http://ingodwetrustblog.com/uncategorized/the-tragedy-in-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-5419 Ghost Sun, 11 May 2008 02:07:01 +0000 http://ingodwetrustblog.com/2008/05/10/the-tragedy-in-myanmar/#comment-5419 Maybe they could drop them in rubber rafts because most of the area is flooded. Maybe they could drop them in rubber rafts because most of the area is flooded.

]]> By: Sharon Anderson http://ingodwetrustblog.com/uncategorized/the-tragedy-in-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-5418 Sharon Anderson Sun, 11 May 2008 01:50:47 +0000 http://ingodwetrustblog.com/2008/05/10/the-tragedy-in-myanmar/#comment-5418 I wish we could just airlift supplies and parachute them into the areas where people are suffering. I wish we could just airlift supplies and parachute them into the areas where people are suffering.

]]> By: Benjamin http://ingodwetrustblog.com/uncategorized/the-tragedy-in-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-5413 Benjamin Sat, 10 May 2008 18:13:41 +0000 http://ingodwetrustblog.com/2008/05/10/the-tragedy-in-myanmar/#comment-5413 Mac, I have read comments on some of the articles about this situation that are from Burmese people who believe that Bush manufactured the cyclone and is using it as an excuse to go in with the military and take over their country. This is a very paranoid government we are dealing with and it is a volatile situation. I'm not sure it would be the right thing to go in with the military. I know this is a human tragedy that is huge and devastating but the clash of militaries could escalate into something even worse. Mac, I have read comments on some of the articles about this situation that are from Burmese people who believe that Bush manufactured the cyclone and is using it as an excuse to go in with the military and take over their country. This is a very paranoid government we are dealing with and it is a volatile situation. I’m not sure it would be the right thing to go in with the military. I know this is a human tragedy that is huge and devastating but the clash of militaries could escalate into something even worse.

]]> By: Mac http://ingodwetrustblog.com/uncategorized/the-tragedy-in-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-5407 Mac Sat, 10 May 2008 17:07:33 +0000 http://ingodwetrustblog.com/2008/05/10/the-tragedy-in-myanmar/#comment-5407 We shouldn't give the food to the Myanmar government to steal. We should storm in there with our military and save those people. Thousands of lives are at risk and we can't wait around and play games. I don't think they would seriously try and stop us if we did it right. We shouldn’t give the food to the Myanmar government to steal. We should storm in there with our military and save those people. Thousands of lives are at risk and we can’t wait around and play games. I don’t think they would seriously try and stop us if we did it right.

]]> By: Jan W. http://ingodwetrustblog.com/uncategorized/the-tragedy-in-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-5406 Jan W. Sat, 10 May 2008 15:26:29 +0000 http://ingodwetrustblog.com/2008/05/10/the-tragedy-in-myanmar/#comment-5406 Even if the junta takes a lot of the food we have to give. We can't stand idly by and watch people starve without trying to help. Even if the junta takes a lot of the food we have to give. We can’t stand idly by and watch people starve without trying to help.

]]> By: Cameron http://ingodwetrustblog.com/uncategorized/the-tragedy-in-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-5404 Cameron Sat, 10 May 2008 13:50:31 +0000 http://ingodwetrustblog.com/2008/05/10/the-tragedy-in-myanmar/#comment-5404 Myanmar junta hands out aid boxes with generals' names YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's military regime distributed international aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an apparent effort to turn the relief effort for last week's devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise. The United Nations sent in three more planes and several trucks loaded with aid, though the junta took over its first two shipments. The government agreed to let a U.S. cargo plane bring in supplies Monday, but foreign disaster experts were still being barred entry. State-run television continuously ran images of top generals — including the junta leader, Senior Gen. Than Shwe — handing out boxes of aid to survivors at elaborate ceremonies. One box bore the name of Lt. Gen. Myint Swe, a rising star in the government hierarchy, in bold letters that overshadowed a smaller label reading: "Aid from the Kingdom of Thailand." "We have already seen regional commanders putting their names on the side of aid shipments from Asia, saying this was a gift from them and then distributing it in their region," said Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, which campaigns for human rights and democracy in the country. "It is not going to areas where it is most in need," he said in London. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone Myanmar junta hands out aid boxes with generals’ names

YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar’s military regime distributed international aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an apparent effort to turn the relief effort for last week’s devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise.

The United Nations sent in three more planes and several trucks loaded with aid, though the junta took over its first two shipments. The government agreed to let a U.S. cargo plane bring in supplies Monday, but foreign disaster experts were still being barred entry.

State-run television continuously ran images of top generals — including the junta leader, Senior Gen. Than Shwe — handing out boxes of aid to survivors at elaborate ceremonies.

One box bore the name of Lt. Gen. Myint Swe, a rising star in the government hierarchy, in bold letters that overshadowed a smaller label reading: “Aid from the Kingdom of Thailand.”

“We have already seen regional commanders putting their names on the side of aid shipments from Asia, saying this was a gift from them and then distributing it in their region,” said Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, which campaigns for human rights and democracy in the country.

“It is not going to areas where it is most in need,” he said in London.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone

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