BURMA DISASTER-AID PARALYSIS AND POSSIBLE FURTHER STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE ALREADY AFFECTED AREAS
Posted by Site Staff on Wednesday May 14, 2008
All news agencies throughout the world are reporting that though a lot of aid is being sent to Burma little is getting through to the people. The junta in control is still not allowing visas into the country for foreign aid workers.
In the meantime there are indications that more storms are headed toward the region which was devastated last week by a cyclone. The U.N. is concerned about the lack of cooperation from the ruling junta in Burma but it seems to be reacting (U.N.) also to politics while people are suffering at a large scale.
We (this newsletter staff) is aware that “gunboat diplomacy” is not the best way to resolve a problem but human life is involved here. One party is ignoring or refusing to admit the obvious; their reasons being dubious.
Talks (negotiations) continue regarding visas and how the aid is to be distributed. It remains the position of this newsletter, not wanting to look hawkish, that the distinct possibility of invasion remain on the table. There are those in the U.N. who believe that permission or not to save lives a humanitarian intervention is necessary. Like with George Mitchell in Ireland a specific deadline should be given for humanitarian cooperation or invasion, the deadline being just around the corner.
Aid must be distributed immediately by those who do just that not the junta or its’ military. Full medical treatment and teams must be let into the country immediately. Anything short of this is not acceptable.
Negotiation is a wonderful tool and process but when used to harm others it is not proper and in some cases inhumane.
Weather experts and bureaus are reporting that storm centers are now headed towards the regions affected by the cyclone last week in Burma; should another serious or deadly storm take place how
will this be dealt with? Surely aid will be then needed in much more quantity with medical care urgent.
The junta claims that they are taking care of the countries needs but indications are that this is a defense mechanism to bolster negotiation on their side and is positional “bargaining” dealing with the lives of thousands of people.
