The other day as President Bush addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations, he actually made comments about his situation and nearly "pleaded" with the Assembly to take action on events occurring in Myanmar (formerly Burma). He got it right and this is just the type of thing that the United Nations should step in and handle. It should have moved sooner in Darfur, Ethiopia, and many other places where innocents are being attacked by "terrorist" government oppression. I would actualy support the United Nations in a limited way, if it actually did something "good" in a nation like Myanmar.
Soldiers with automatic rifles fired into crowds of anti-government demonstrators Thursday, killing at least nine people in the bloodiest day in more than a month of protests demanding an end to military rule. On the second day of a brutal crackdown, truckloads of troops in riot gear also raided Buddhist monasteries on the outskirts of Yangon, beating and arresting dozens of monks, witnesses and Western diplomats said. Japan protested the killing of a Japanese photographer.
May the press keep the images coming, and may we as a people make sure that we want to have the United States in conjunction with the United Nations to resolve this terrible repression on monks and other innocents! Call your congressman, senators, and the White House and give them your thoughts on keeping up the pressure on the Myanmar government! Thanks!
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