Millions of people are starving to death in Burma and somehow the most powerful nations in the world are helpless in a silent death watch. Or should I say they act helpless.
Since when did diplomatic etiquette take precedence over courage and integrity?
We can commit to a war in Iraq for the next five years where we are not wanted....but we turn a deaf ear to a nation crying for help. A nation where monks are gunned down, villages burnt to the ground, and where disease and starvation are killing over a million people. The genocide of the Burmese occurs with the silent conspiracy of the western nations, and the impotent United Nations.
Still we plan on holding the Olympics in a nation that supports the butcherers of the Burmese. Our own president is planning on attending.
The dying people of Burma have become the shame of our planet.
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