Myanmar allows first UN aid flights but none from US

Stop all aid to all countries,we need that money for gas...

The cone of the 'despot' truth is revealed this way. The web moves faster than the local press and truth is a 'mother'.

Chrs Robinson wrote:

<quoted text> There is a bit of truth and sadeness to this comment. There will be many who believe we should butt the hell out of this with Burma. I on the other hand have already spoken witha couple of our countries reps, and have asked and strongly encouraged any action that will get the help needed to thos in need in Burma, including if needed, an "invasion" and to airdrop needed supplies, versus bombs as we are so good at doing.
I tend to not like humans in general, but also know that we are all human, and that race, and beliefs need to be put aside for the sake of the world, not a country, so therfore treating those in Burma as I would anyone in this country legaly.
I too hope that our countries ambassadors do get a propper recognition for their efforts in assisting thos ein Burma, as they have truly stood up to the plate and put everything we represent on the line, as being the all powerfull nation so many wish to believe!

Sincerely,all is good but please don't invade Myanmar. I don't think we can absorb fall-outs from another war in the indochina. I am sure, we are standing in similar platforms with regard to the problem now in Myanmar but the way to approch it shouldn't be too forceful. I will brake! Please take notices that we probably better of if we don't have to make conflict with our neighbours. On the east,Vietnam and CIA's secret war in Lao might be finished but there are still some refugees sufferring around here after these years. Also, there are Karen and Burmese refugees from our western side as well. I belive,we are not asking too much. Until next time!

At the time the storm hit, it had winds of only 120mph. You have to love dictators, (Jimmy Cater does), let your people die, steal and sale relief supplies on the black market and then tell your people that the rest of the world doesn’t care, especially the evil and greedy Americas. Who knows in 10 years Myanmar's current Prime Minister Lt. Gen. Thein Sein will probably be the head of the U.N. that’s where all the dictators go.

This might be a wake up call for the citizens to uprise and get rid of their facist leaders. and if they do not want our aid then please bring it back and give it to our own people that need it, like some of the elderly and disabled that only gets $10 a month in Food Supplements and tries to live on less than $800.00 that our government thinks that they can live on well.

Mav wrote:

I think that nobody wants help of USA. What kind of help can USA give for people? A new war, ruining a new country, supporting of a new regime just as Iraq. It is seen what USA made with Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia and such ,,help,, is probably redundant. USA is country of lies which does not understand basic terms and words.

The USA is a country of people who have been lied to. The government is no longer controlled by the people. Foreign policy is made by the Council on Foreign Relations-a privately owned organization, which, by the way, decides much of the foreign policy in some other countries, as well. If the American people are guilty of anything, it's being complacent and believing what we've been told for years. We've gone past the time when we could have stopped the takeover of our government by corporate interests.

IMO, World events have gone way beyond the ability of the American people to stop even our part in them, I'm sorry to say.

In one way the U.S.A. is not unlike other countries.We have a Gov`t which is reelected every time and we do not send the do nothings home but keep them there.How many Senators and or Representatives in congress have outlived any usefulness on the job??? How do we expect anything different if we keep voting the same ole folks back in that do nothing now??We can change this if we forget the party lines and vote for people young enough and smart enough to change our Country back to a moral and decent place!!!!!

The people of Burma will get hungry and if it goes long enough and they get mad enough they may fight back.May the GOOD LORD help them.

'THEY ARE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT OUR RULERS ARE SOO0 GLAD TO GIVE THEM A CARROT TO GET THE US ARMY IN THE DOOR. THAT WILL BE THE END OF THEIR AUTONOMY. THE USA JUNTA HAS PROVEN TO THE WORLD HOW THEY WORK. THAT IS WHY THEY ALL HATE US.
IF I WERE THEM, I WOULD DIE BEFORE LETTING THE "TROJAN HORSE" IN THE DOOR.'

I see we are in agreement about this issue, but from a different point of view, but it still comes out the same...let'em starve to death !

There is a reason why they don't want our "help". I guess they don't want to owe the Empire anything or perhaps leave the door open for unwanted company. A shame.

Worrywart wrote:

I find it sad that in the the short period of the last decade, suddenly most countries do not want any "organized" American force in their countries, even charities for charitable purposes. When for decades previously, we (and our aid) would be welcomed with open arms.
"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all... The Nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest ... Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world." - George Washington, Farewell Address, 17 Sept. 1796.

The leaders of Myanmar are Progressive socialist , not Fascist. And they rule in the socialist tradition of Stalin, Mao ,Pol Pot and little Kim.
Even befor the Cyclone every Minority group in Myanmar was in revolt government had already crack down on both student and buddhist Monk killing many and jailing others.
Good quistion is will this be the straw that break the Camels back and send the Generals out of power.

Americans rely on the MSM to make their decisions for them. The MSM is in bed with the CFR soooooo.....Americans do exactly as they are told. Do some research folks and you will find how gullible you are to the manipulation. This is no longer a Republic or a Democracy. You are controlled.

Independent patriot wrote:

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The USA is a country of people who have been lied to. The government is no longer controlled by the people. Foreign policy is made by the Council on Foreign Relations-a privately owned organization, which, by the way, decides much of the foreign policy in some other countries, as well. If the American people are guilty of anything, it's being complacent and believing what we've been told for years. We've gone past the time when we could have stopped the takeover of our government by corporate interests.
IMO, World events have gone way beyond the ability of the American people to stop even our part in them, I'm sorry to say.

like in old brother Iam with you fellows hehe

Thank God I saw the last page of these comments. I was beginning to despair about the average Amercan's IQ. Let's get one fact straight from the start. The Burmese would absolutely love to get all the help they could from anyone willing to offer it. Unfortunately for them there's a handful of paranoid generals controlling the military and in turn controlling the whole country. These generals are bona fide nutcases. They actually believe the whole world is out to "get them". They are revelling in their position of power like any dictator has ever done. Stop eating for one moment and kick your grey matter into action and you can figure out for yourself why the aid is not getting into Burma. It is not about a country hating USA. Its about a dictatorial government being paranoid (not helped by Bush's talk about his wish for a "regime change" in Burma).
Rev Ken, just what do you know about what it is like to live under the rule of a paranoid military junta. When you have barely enough resources to stay alive from one day to the next the last thing you want to do is start a fight with the military.
Burma's best hope is that the rising superpowers of tomorrow, China and Russia, develop both a concience, some backbone and some moral fibre and join the rest of the world in heaping pressure on the Burmese junta. The Chinese government could, if they could be bothered to help anyone but themselves, quite possibly sway the Burmese government to back down.

brejamin wrote:

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Can you read or think? The refrence to Myanmar was how those people are given nothing by thier government nor do they have the means to take care of themselves like we do.
In the case of N.O. the government failed them. So at that point what do you do. Sit around and blame everyone else? Or do you get off you a$$ and take care of yourself.
In Myanmar they had no means of even knowing the storm was coming. In the U.S. there was no way they didn't know. Most of those people stayed there to loot.
I will never understand people like you. You compalin when the government fails us yet you want the government to do everything for you. If that's not a true statement then you are the contradiction.

Thanks so much for the clarification. I am able to read, and understand clearly written posts quite well.

Yes, the people of Myanmar have it really tough right now. So did the the people of New Orleans, right after Katrina. They were just as helpless and lacked just as much as those in Myanmar, in the aftermath. When all you own is destroyed and you can't get to a bank, you have no resources. If your government fails you, you have nothing, and can only pray someone will give you food and shelter.

Most people in New Orleans did NOT stay to loot, as you claim. Many of them had weathered hurricanes in the past and had no idea that the levees would fail so completely, although lots of folks kept axes in their attics to gain access to rooftops in case of flooding. Many had nowhere to go and no funds to get them anywhere else. Many didn't own vehicles.

And you really can't claim to know what 'people like me' think or want from the government or anyone else.

Mikael Doverskog wrote:

Thank God I saw the last page of these comments. I was beginning to despair about the average Amercan's IQ. Let's get one fact straight from the start. The Burmese would absolutely love to get all the help they could from anyone willing to offer it. Unfortunately for them there's a handful of paranoid generals controlling the military and in turn controlling the whole country. These generals are bona fide nutcases. They actually believe the whole world is out to "get them". They are revelling in their position of power like any dictator has ever done. Stop eating for one moment and kick your grey matter into action and you can figure out for yourself why the aid is not getting into Burma. It is not about a country hating USA. Its about a dictatorial government being paranoid (not helped by Bush's talk about his wish for a "regime change" in Burma).
Rev Ken, just what do you know about what it is like to live under the rule of a paranoid military junta. When you have barely enough resources to stay alive from one day to the next the last thing you want to do is start a fight with the military.
Burma's best hope is that the rising superpowers of tomorrow, China and Russia, develop both a concience, some backbone and some moral fibre and join the rest of the world in heaping pressure on the Burmese junta. The Chinese government could, if they could be bothered to help anyone but themselves, quite possibly sway the Burmese government to back down.

Good luck with that.

Bama Yankee wrote:

Let them do without then.... we have plenty of people in this country that need aid. Charity begins at home!

And you know that!!!!!

Let them die in their ignorance. In fact, let's send our illegal cockroaches and our welfare leeches over there to die with them and keep our aid for the rest.

Simbledun wrote:

I see on CNN that the Myanmar military has seized the first UN shipments and booted the aid workers out. The UN says it won't send anything else.
Too bad for the Burmese that they aren't sitting on oil fields, or we'd put together a coalition of the greedy -- er -- I mean "willing" to set them free.

Correct. I am also watching the unfolding orchestrations be there any.