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When the people, ordinary and religious, peacefully asks for democracy, and they are oppressed, jailed, threatened, tortured and killed, then it is time that the international politics pay attention to them.
Democracy and oppression, human rights and abuses in buddhist Burma, Myanmar
Any analysis and suggestions are welcomed.

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Roach

I agree, Burma needs to take serious centre stage. If we're going to pretend that we were serious about "saving" the Iraqi people from an oppressive regieme then we should really start talking tougher towards burma. Saying that hopefully china will do it for us.

America does the right thing after exhausting all the available alternatives - Winston Churchill

Inkslinger

Does Burma have oil?
It's evident Darfur doesn't.

sectionOne

hmmmm. the fight against democracy? wonder where that comes from?

Think for myself

Yo, genius, Myanmar is not a Muslim country.

Tick, on the disparity between Republican and Democrat intelligence levels.
And as a leftist loser he is intelectually inferior to real Americans.
Tick, on leftist intelligence.
And knowege of what leftists beleive and how they behave, and what their goals are.

sectionOne

are you calling me a genius? why thank you.

Think for myself

Actually it was an ironic statement based on your never ending assertion that the monks in Myanmar are protesting against Muslim rule, when the blatant fact exists that Myanmar is a Budhist country, with a Mulsim population of less than 10% and has never had a bit of religious strife in it.

Tick, on the disparity between Republican and Democrat intelligence levels.
And as a leftist loser he is intelectually inferior to real Americans.
Tick, on leftist intelligence.
And knowege of what leftists beleive and how they behave, and what their goals are.

sectionOne

do some more research.

Think for myself

Thanks for the tip. Any time you wish to check out and stop looking quite so uniformed then you really should stop putting these challenges forth for me.

The religious make up of Myanmar.
Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Islam 4%, Animist 1%, other 2%

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0855613.html

Tick, on the disparity between Republican and Democrat intelligence levels.
And as a leftist loser he is intelectually inferior to real Americans.
Tick, on leftist intelligence.
And knowege of what leftists beleive and how they behave, and what their goals are.

sectionOne

you can probably do better than that.