tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post4890674144781271597..comments2024-03-27T19:54:34.479+00:00Comments on Falling On A Bruise: Is It Time To Invade Burma?Falling on a bruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-24311294216179521182008-05-15T22:50:00.000+01:002008-05-15T22:50:00.000+01:00How it was explained to me effay, because it was t...How it was explained to me effay, because it was the military government that changed the name from Burma to Myanmar in the late 80s, and because they are not recognised as the 'proper' rulers of the country, it was decided here to carry on using the established name of Burma rather than be seen to give any legitimacy to the junta.Falling on a bruisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-44016355160272300882008-05-15T20:51:00.000+01:002008-05-15T20:51:00.000+01:00and we can spearhead the attack with UN food aid r...and we can spearhead the attack with UN food aid rice (that might have come from Burma to begin with).<BR/><BR/>By the way, in the US they have started referring to Burma/Myanmar as Myanmar, which is the official name of the country, but I was listening to a BBC broadcast on NPR the other day and they still refer to the country as Burma, which was its colonial name. Maybe its too hard to say Myanmar in British.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852642278050989281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-12949710994632611732008-05-15T00:53:00.000+01:002008-05-15T00:53:00.000+01:00Lucy,Arrogance? More like posturing by Cuba and V...Lucy,<BR/><BR/>Arrogance? More like posturing by Cuba and Venezuela. I don't recall the people affected by Katrina needing 1,000+ doctors. They needed, and still need, housing. Of course, the part of New Orleans that was wiped out was a dreary slum. They needed housing before Katrina hit.<BR/><BR/>Grateful? Ok, sure, I'm grateful that they offered help. I'll be more grateful if Cuba sends 1,000+ doctors to Myanmar and China. Ditto if Venezula gives 1m brls of oil to Myanmar and China. And, I hope Venezula gives China $5m - I'm sure they need it...<BR/><BR/>What a farce.<BR/><BR/>QAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-17756186716281173312008-05-14T22:36:00.000+01:002008-05-14T22:36:00.000+01:00I didn't want to bring it up but yes miz uv, there...I didn't want to bring it up but yes miz uv, there is oil & gas off the Burmese coast.Falling on a bruisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-21640180798714732322008-05-14T20:55:00.000+01:002008-05-14T20:55:00.000+01:00To be said whilst wearing a head torch and holding...To be said whilst wearing a head torch and holding a suction cup on a stick:<BR/><BR/>"You are the enemy of the free world! You will be liberated! Liberate! LIberate Li-ber-rate!"Dismal Soyanzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527794711511575050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-57617689837612817762008-05-14T19:13:00.000+01:002008-05-14T19:13:00.000+01:00I am NOT in favor of invading Burma and killing th...I am NOT in favor of invading Burma and killing those peeps in order to help them. (They don't have any oil there, do they??)Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352412943602159027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-69673397103931297332008-05-14T13:15:00.000+01:002008-05-14T13:15:00.000+01:00Good grief Lucy,Cuba (U.S. rival) sending doctors ...Good grief Lucy,<BR/><BR/>Cuba (U.S. rival) sending doctors and Venezuela (another U.S. rival) offering 1m barrels of oil (we use that much in a day) and $5m (a nice party for the Hollywood elite) to the US (huge excess of resources) is nothing like the world offering support to Burma (damn near no resources). What a stretch. The rhetoric should go over well here.<BR/><BR/>In the end we agree. We (people, and nations) have too much to not offer aid to Myanmar, but we do not have a right to force aid.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand. The people of Myanmar should have the right to move somewhere else, just like the people of New Orleans, South Lousianna, and Mississippi...<BR/><BR/>QAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com