Myanmar's Junta Rulers Oblivious to Sanctions

With US President George W. Bush slapping fresh sanctions on Thursday against state-run Myanmar firms, offer little help to the Myanmar people. More pressure needs to be applied by the civilized world to help the poor people of Myanmar. Imposing sanctions against Myanmar’s Junta Rulers is just another wasted attempt by the Bush Administration.
In October of 2007 Myanmar Monks peacefully protested against the Junta Rulers with regards to soaring food and fuel costs only to be crushed by the Military Rulers. Many Monks were beaten and Killed for standing up for the people of Myanmar.
The News of this rocked the world and reports were telecasted world wide of the events unfolding in Myanmar (Burma). As time passed after the Military Regime suppressed the uprising Myanmar was again forgotten.
Now a cyclone has left two million survivors short of food, clean water, shelter and aid groups are being refused entry into Myanmar buy the Military Rulers. When will World leaders say “Enough is enough” and force Myanmar strategically for change?
Now more than ever is the time for World leaders to take a stance against Myanmar’s Rulers and come to the aid of the Myanmar people.
More Problems to Come:
One of the darkest problems on the horizons in Myanmar is the next rice harvest, which will be essential to keep a massive food shortage at bay. The Irrawaddy Delta hit hardest by the storm is the impoverished country's rice bowl.
"Extensive damage to agriculture production risks the loss of the November harvest," the United Nations said in a new internal report on the situation Sunday, warning that planting had to be carried out within seven weeks.
"If this planting season is lost, then assistance will be required for some months to come."
The UN's food agency has already warned that more than 20 percent of rice paddies in the cyclone-hit area were destroyed, including in districts outside Yangon and the delta region.
An intricate system of embankments and irrigation systems critical to the success of the crop will require an enormous amount of work to restore -- work by people who are grieving, homeless and weak from hunger.
How is this to happen if the Ruling Junta won’t allow foreign aid into the country?
Sanctions will do nothing to help the people of Myanmar let alone stop the ruling Junta from continuing their disregard for the welfare of the poor and suffering.
May 18, 2007 Burma Today
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