Umm, the Burmese junta is already victimizing a large part of its own citizenry.

Still, this would be tough. China would not be happy. I don’t think the junta would have any problems killing aid workers so force protection would be a nightmare. And even if the junta gets overthrown, then what?

There had better be a better occupation plan than the one for Iraq. Nevermind that the US can’t afford what it is doing now.

Not to mention that the junta appears to have plenty of support among the Burman population who make up roughly 68% of the country. The locals who want them gone are the fractious ethnic minorities that make up the other 32% and possess much less of the wealth and influence than the ethnic Burmans do. In essence, we’d be trying to overthrow a government that actually has the popular support (albeit possibly begrudging) of its people to empower minorities that likely don’t have a sufficient power base to maintain control short of installing their own military dictatorship. So you can’t make the claim that intervention is to “promote democracy” (as stupid a concept as that is).

It’s unfortunate, but sometimes you’ve just got to let these things play out on their own. The best thing that we could probably do to help the minorities fix their situation is to open trade with Burma, regardless of our opinion of their government. Keeping the country poor isn’t going to do anything to change the dynamics…and it probably will only make things worse as it’s likely to lead to more oppression as people are forced to fight over what resources Burma does have (a fight the junta will likely win). More importantly, trade sanctions against Burma wouldn’t help us either…and it would just push Burma further into China’s sphere of influence.

Absolutely. Plus, the terrain of Burma is much more conducive to guerrilla warfare than Iraq is. Finally, make no mistake, countries like China which have an interest in seeing the US occupied in other engagements will keep the insurgency well armed and equipped.

If you’ve seen the aftermath of what happened the last time the United States went in to liberate people using military force (it’s still on the news) you should probably reconsider asking for us to invade your own country. We screwed up in Iraq because we overlooked the complexity of the situation on the ground and we didn’t have the resources to dedicate so the troops could do their job…we have even less to work with now. Invading Burma would be a disaster, particularly since it’s very likely that the junta, once removed from power, would start an insurgency that we can ill-afford to fight.

Peoples are water ,food and freedom .So U.S and Others Countries must be Invade to Burma and SAVE OUR PEOPLES .

In fact, since the Burmese government doesn’t want American disaster aid, we should stop sending disaster aid and withdraw any aid offers we have already given.

Here’s a bonus question: which two countries are the Burmese regime’s biggest enablers?

Fuck Time Magazine…it’s a rag run by idiots.