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Originally Posted by homealone
It is horrible, but if they will not let us help, then we are obliged to let them cope on their own
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I disagree, and there are provisions for intervention in the UN rule book:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_to_protect
http://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org/
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- yes that is appalling, but if the alternative is the invasion you presume, which scenario merits the worst fallout, politically - it may actually benefit the people in Burma to think they have to sort it out, themselves - rather than be 'rescued' with conditions ???
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The people of Burma tried to sort it out just a few months ago. They got shot at. They tried in 1988. Troops fired at the crowds. 3,000 people died.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7012158.stm
We invaded Iraq, and when no Weapons of Mass Destruction were found, regime change was quoted as the reason for intervention. If the international community is serious about human rights, then this is the time to show it imo.