Re: british government moves war****ps into the region

On Sat, 17 May 2008 07:09:00 GMT, PaPaPeng <PaPaPeng@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>
>There were more such calls especially just after the cyclone hit a
>fortnight ago.  


From Rusty's earlier post:

Aid at the Point of a Gun

By ROBERT D. KAPLAN
Published: May 14, 2008
Mae Sot, Thailand

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/opinion/14kaplan.html?th&emc=thMORE
than 60,000 people may have died as a result of Cyclone Nargis in
Myanmar, and at least 1.5 million are homeless or otherwise in
desperate need of assistance. The Burmese military junta, one of the
most morally repulsive in the world, has allowed in only a trickle of
aid supplies. The handful of United States Air Force C-130 flights
from Utapao Air Base here in Thailand is little more than symbolic,
given the extent of the need.

France’s foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, has spoken of the
possibility of an armed humanitarian intervention, and there is an
increasing degree of chatter about the possibility of an American-led
invasion of the Irrawaddy River Delta....(more..)