"The world cannot fail the people of Burma again"

[oberliner]

"The world cannot fail the people of Burma again," said the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, an exile group based in Washington. "Selfless sacrifices deserve more than words and lip-service. They want effective intervention before it is too late."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070929/ap_on_re_as/myanmar;_ylt=AmgV_GU3MBC0hxWAWH8SlB2s0NUE

Why is no one doing anything to help these people?

[Breeze54]

1. Ask China and India

[NC_Nurse]

2. Oh yes it can.

Amazingly, it can.

Do they have oil? If not, we won't be helping them. :(

[BlooInBloo]

3. Wanna bet?

[Mike03]

4. It's hard not to think of Tibet

when reading this quotation. Or to think of John Boorman's film "Beyond Rangoon." Courageous dissenters are betrayed and failed all the time.