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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Just get the stuff to Burma ...

by Gabby in QC

M, how's Bond? Too bad you didn't include this bit of information ... the Burmese/Myanmar government did NOT want to let foreigners in. Hmmm, I wonder if that had anything to do with the delay ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/burmamyanmar/1942422/Myanmar-cyclone-UN-launches-appeal-as-Burma-refuses-aid.html “UN launches appeal as Burma refuses aid Last Updated: 2:31AM BST 10/05/2008 The United Nations have launched a £96 million appeal to help the victims of the cyclone in Burma, despite there being no sign from the country's regime that it would allow foreign agencies to distribute the aid.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/06/usa.burma?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews “US pledges more funds to Burma as regime refuses aid The Bush administration today pledged $3m in new disaster aid to Burma, even as US response teams remained blocked from entering the isolated Asian nation by its military rulers. The Burmese regime, notoriously distrusting of the west, has denied visas to US state department responders seeking to help rebuild after the devastating landfall of Cyclone Nargis on the weekend.” In any case, regardless of which party is in power, there will always be Monday morning quarterbacks with 20/20 hindsight. Yes, it would be oh so nice if partisanship were absent, but the reality is that some people will always find fault, second guessing the government.

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