http://hourann.com/blog/2007/10/01/burmas-junta-crushes-protests-again Hourann’s illogical blog Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:56:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://hourann.com/blog/2007/10/01/burmas-junta-crushes-protests-again/comment-page-1#comment-13585 azza-bazoo Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:18:36 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2007/10/01/burmas-junta-crushes-protests-again#comment-13585 For sure, I'd support an East Timor-style peacekeeping force in Burma ... but the problem is, that intervention didn't go ahead until an independence deal had been agreed on with Indonesia. The Burmese military don't seem at all interested in striking any kind of bargain, maybe because they don't really think their grip on power is in danger. If only the protesters could regroup and somehow increase their numbers -- or if only China could be convinced to stop investing and selling weapons there. For sure, I’d support an East Timor-style peacekeeping force in Burma … but the problem is, that intervention didn’t go ahead until an independence deal had been agreed on with Indonesia. The Burmese military don’t seem at all interested in striking any kind of bargain, maybe because they don’t really think their grip on power is in danger. If only the protesters could regroup and somehow increase their numbers — or if only China could be convinced to stop investing and selling weapons there.

]]> http://hourann.com/blog/2007/10/01/burmas-junta-crushes-protests-again/comment-page-1#comment-13576 Daniel O. Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:26:27 +0000 http://hourann.com/blog/2007/10/01/burmas-junta-crushes-protests-again#comment-13576 The Burmese military at the moment is acting about as subtly as a single 19 year old male on a Saturday night at The Shed. Even if the uprising is quelled, the measures to do so do not seem to be sitting well with the public and I would think it would only be a matter of time before a similar situation occurred. The current international pressure has clearly not been working, and it may be time to take some more definitive action. Not as drastic as Iraq, but similar forces in Timor and the Solomons seem to be working. The Burmese military at the moment is acting about as subtly as a single 19 year old male on a Saturday night at The Shed. Even if the uprising is quelled, the measures to do so do not seem to be sitting well with the public and I would think it would only be a matter of time before a similar situation occurred. The current international pressure has clearly not been working, and it may be time to take some more definitive action. Not as drastic as Iraq, but similar forces in Timor and the Solomons seem to be working.

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