The situation in
After two week of the devastating earthquake, the military junta which rules the country since 1992 has focused its efforts on putting as much hurdles as possible in the way of international aid.
The death toll is currently at 78000 and the missing are estimated at about 56000, 30000 children under 5 are threatened to die of hunger in the next three weeks.
The scale of the natural disaster is made worse by the outrageous reaction of the military government. By deciding to take the aid efforts by their hands only, the Burmese government established the “people as our property” policy that they and the other dictatorships around the world try to impose.
the government’s mission is to represent people, to insure safety and security, to provide services to the people. To fail the people and to prevent so much needed help is totally inhumane and cruel.
I was among the people who thought that diplomatic negotiations would lead to a solution in the first days of the catastrophe. However time proved that it was a false hope. The Burmese general have been under pressure since the crackdown on the Buddhist monks this year and with china as their ally, they had nothing to fear from the international community.
What was needed is a “human aid intervention”. Because people’s lives are more important than any law, diplomacy or regulations whatsoever. The operation should be under the banner of the united nations, military backed if necessary. the aim must be saving people's lives.
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