Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Where's the Oil?

A couple of weeks ago a major cyclone hit Burma flooding the Irrawaddy Delta. As a result hundreds of thousands have been made homeless, thousands have died and there are major problems with lack of food, clean water and disease. The Burmese Junta have, however, refused entry to any aid workers and emergency aid supplies are lying idle because they cannot be distributed. As a result, more and more people are dying.

Given what happened in Iraq - invasion by the US and UK on the grounds that Saddam was guilty of genocide against his own people (WMDs a red herring) - why is there no move against the Burmese dictatorship in view of their recklessness and genocide by neglect?

Where's the oil?

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